Key
Stage 1
[During key stage 1 pupils learn how to think imaginatively and talk about what they like and dislike when designing and making. They build on their early childhood experiences of investigating objects around them. They explore how familiar things work and talk about, draw and model their ideas. They learn how to design and make safely and could start to use ICT as part of their designing and making.]
Key
stage 2
Knowledge, skills and understanding
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 ICT-based sources
Working with tools, equipment, materials and components to make quality products
2.
Pupils should be taught to:
e)
use finishing techniques to strengthen
and improve the appearance of their product, using a range of equipment
including ICT [for example, 'drawing' software or computer-aided design (CAD)
software and a printer]
Knowledge and
understanding of materials and components
4.
Pupils should be taught:
c)
how mechanisms can be used to make things
move in different ways, using a range of equipment including an ICT control
program