HOW OUR 4 CURRICULUM PRINCIPLES ARE REALISED AT SOUTHFIELD

Contextualised: Personal Growth:

Design and Technology is weaved into our curriculum themed weeks. For example, the children complete the ‘cook’ element of this curriculum in our ‘Healthy Lifestyles Week’. They may then make a garment from the ‘sew’ unit during History week or design a pulling and pushing mechanism from the ‘build’ unit in Science Week.

Our curriculum allows children to become problem solvers and think of creative ways to overcome issues whilst designing a product. The children are further challenged by having to create these products contextually, Roman soldier.

Our T.R.U.E values are embedded in the activities the children complete. The children have to trust one another, respect opinions and work together in order to get the best outcome possible.

In this subject, pupils are given the opportunity to take ownership of a project - from the designing of it, to the making of it and then evaluating it. Their ideas come to life through their creativity and self expression. Our school motto ‘Ex Corde Vita’ (out of the heart springs life), is never more evident then when these products come to fruition, and we can see all of the care and effort that has gone into the making of these products.

A culmination of not only their knowledge and skills, but their care and effort, develop the Southfield Designer, with children using the skills and knowledge accumulated to produce projects at home.

Each Year group showcases their products at the end of the unit, further instilling their confidence in themselves and their ideas.