--- title: "DT" url: "https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/dt" school: "St. Teresa’s Catholic Primary School" --- Admissions Consultation BHCET schools in Hartlepool [Click Here](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/governance/admissions-consultation) **Tel:** 01429 274936 **Email:** admin@stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk # DT ***Respect – Resilience – Read – Retain*** **Respect** – we aim to develop a sense of respect for themselves, peers, adults, other faiths and cultures, the environment and the wider world **Resilience** – we aim to develop a ‘give it a go’ and ‘its ok to make mistakes’ attitude within our children to prepare them for life beyond school **Read** – we believe that reading is the doorway to all learning, we will prioritise the teaching of reading in school **Retain** – we aim for our children to know more and remember more, our curriculum design will reinforce and revisit skills and knowledge Subject Leader - Mrs Riley ### Intent At St. Teresa’s School we work to ensure that children are influencing the future through developing creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently. We aspire to mould our children to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world. In Design and Technology, pupils are taught to design, develop, plan and communicate ideas to produce high quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users. They work with existing products, making creative and informed choices along the way. We encourage children to plan, discuss, evaluate and amend their processes and products, giving and receiving constructive advice while working as part of a group or team. Children should be aware that by making mistakes, we are learning, and therefore should be given opportunities for trial and error. This will build up resilience for other areas of the curriculum, as well as teaching children to experiment with ways to complete tasks. ### Implementation We follow the National Curriculum for DT alongside a strategy from Kapow. Where possible we implement the trust’s planning and assessment guidance. These have been created by a team of Trust primary and secondary specialists. Our creativity in Design Technology start in the Nursery and Reception classes with carefully planned continuous provision and adult modelled/guided activities which support children’s creative, physical and language development. In Key Stage One and Key Stage Two at St. Teresa’s, DT is taught termly and follows a two-year cycle. This ensures that children have the opportunity to revisit and refine particular skills they are taught. The specific teaching of the practical skills in DT using all areas (food, textiles, resistant materials) allows pupils to develop their technical skills and vocabulary. This, combined with the study of specific designers will teach pupils to analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others and give them the tools with which to discuss and express their thoughts and ideas. For year 2022-23 we are introducing DT books to show our learning in DT. ### Impact Through their Design and Technology curriculum; St Teresa’s pupils will be more proficient in their planning, designing, making and evaluating. They will have gained a better knowledge of how careful planning makes an easier and smoother make, and that a selective and honest evaluation can help in the future. Most children will have also developed many other skills which are transferrable to other aspects of life for instance resilience, perseverance, observation and planning and they will leave their primary school with a sound base with which to begin Key Stage Three. ### Whole School Long Term Overview of Design and Technology | **St. Teresa’s R.C Primary School Design and Technology Long Term Overview** | |---| | **EYFS** | **Autumn 1** | **Autumn 2** | **Spring 1** | **Spring 2** | **Summer 1** | **Summer 2** | | Nursery | | Christmas crafts | **Structures** Junk modelling - transport | Easter crafts | | | | Reception | **Structures** Construct bridges to hold 3 Billy Goats | Christmas crafts | **Textiles** Cutting fabric and weaving a heart | **Food** Design and bake an Easter biscuit | **Structures** Design and create a habitat/home for Bog Baby | **Food** Healthy food for our booknic – a rainbow salad | | | **Year A** | **Year B** | | **Autumn** | **Spring** | **Summer** | **Autumn** | **Spring** | **Summer** | | **Key Stage 1** | **Structures** Constructing a windmill | **Food** A balanced diet | **Textiles** Puppets | **Mechanisms** Making a moving story book | **Food** Fruit and vegetables | **Textiles** Making a Pouch | | **Lower Key Stage 2** | **Mechanical Systems** Pneumatic toys – making a moving story book | **Food** Adapting a recipe | **Textiles** Cushions | **Structures** Constructing a castle | **Food** Eating seasonally | **Textiles** Fastenings | | **Upper Key Stage 2** | **Mechanical Systems** Making a moving pop-up book | **Food** What could be healthier? | **Textiles** Waistcoats | **Structures** Playgrounds | **Food** Come dine with me | **Textiles** Stuffed toys | **Curriculum Documents** To learn more out Design and Technology at St Teresa's School please take a look at our Progression plans. ### DT Curriculum Documents St Teresa's School Design and Technology Progression Document 412 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool-2/files/documents/curriculum/Progression-Design-and-Technology-1.pdf) Design Process Strand Progression 123 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool-2/files/documents/curriculum/Design-Process-Strand-Progression.pdf) Food Strand Progression 119 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool-2/files/documents/curriculum/Food-Strand-Progression-.pdf) Product and Designers Strand Progression 110 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool-2/files/documents/curriculum/Product-and-Designers-Strand-Progression-.pdf) Textiles Strand Progression 108 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool-2/files/documents/curriculum/Textiles-Strand-Progression-.pdf) ### PARENTS & PUPILS - [Our School](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/information/parents/year-groups-and-classes) - [Key Documents](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/our-school/pupil-premium) - [Curriculum](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum) - [Curriculum](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum) - [British Values](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/british-values) - [Art](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/art) - [DT](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/dt) - [Computing](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/computing) - [Geography](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/geography) - [History](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/history) - [Maths](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/maths) - [MFL](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/mfl) - [Music](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/music) - [PE](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/pe) - [Phonics](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/phonics) - [Science](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/science) - [Religious Education](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/religious-education) - [Reading](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/reading) - [PSHE and RSE](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/pshe-and-rse) - [Writing](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/curriculum/writing) - [News and Events](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/news-and-events) ![St. Teresa’s Catholic Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/st-teresa-s-catholic-primary-school-hartlepool-2/images/logo/Bishop_Hogarth_and_Hexham_Logo_new_(1).png) ### St. Teresa’s Catholic Primary School Callander Road Hartlepool TS25 3BG 01429 274936 - [Office 365](https://outlook.office.com/bhcet.org.uk) - [Liturgy](https://liturgy.bhcet.org.uk/) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stteresashartlepool/#) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/stteresas_hartlepool/) ### Translation ### Office 365 [Sign in to Office 365](https://outlook.office.com/) © Copyright 2025–2026 St. Teresa’s Catholic Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stteresashartlepool.bhcet.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)