At Turners Hill we value and encourage creativity in a wide range of ways. Design and Technology is part of every child’s immediate life experience. The subject encourages children to become creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify the needs and opportunities and to respond by developing ideas and eventually making a range of products. Throughout the study of Design and Technology, they combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as the products function whilst looking at a diverse range of designers. This allows the children to reflect, evaluate and design technology. Currently, Design and Technology is planned by a specialist teacher to give the children exciting new experiences and skills.

Through our curriculum milestones, we intend to provide children with:

• Significant levels of originality and the willingness to take creative risks to produce innovative ideas and prototypes.
• An excellent attitude to learning and independent working.
• The ability to use time efficiently and work constructively and productively with others.
• The ability to carry out thorough research, show initiative and ask questions to develop an exceptionally detailed knowledge of users’ needs.
• The ability to act as responsible designers and makers, working ethically, using finite materials carefully and working safely.
• A thorough knowledge of which tools, equipment and materials to use to make their products.
• The ability to apply mathematical knowledge.
• The ability to manage risks exceptionally well to manufacture products safely and hygienically.
• A passion for the subject and knowledge of, up-to-date technological innovations in materials, products and systems.