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Knowledge, skills and understanding Teaching should ensure that knowledge and understanding are applied when developing ideas , planning , making products and evaluating them. The general teaching requirement for health and safety applies in this subject. During key stage 2 pupils work on their own and as part of a team on a range of designing and making activities. They think about what products are used for and the needs of the people who use them. They plan what has to be done and identify what works well and what could be improved in their own and other people's designs. They draw on knowledge and understanding from other areas of the curriculum and use computers in a range of ways. Developing, planning and communicating ideas 1) Pupils should be taught to:a) generate ideas for products after thinking about who will use them and what they will be used for, using information from a number of sources, including ICTbased sources Working with tools, equipment, materials and components to make quality products 2) Pupils should be taught to:a) select appropriate tools and techniques for making their product Evaluating processes and products 3) Pupils should be taught to:a) reflect on the progress of their work as they design and make, identifying ways they could improve their products Knowledge and understanding of materials and components 4) Pupils should be taught:a) how the working characteristics of materials affect the ways they are used5) During the key stage, pupils should be taught the Knowledge, skills and understanding through: a) investigating and evaluating a range of familiar products, thinking about how they work, how they are used and the views of the people who use them |
for example, 'drawing' software or computeraided design (CAD) software and a printer