Year Group 

Autumn 

Spring 

Summer 

3 

• Food: Egyptian bread 

• Textiles: Roman money bag 

• Construction: Labyrinth/ Parthenon 

4 

• Mechanics: Making a book with moving mechanisms 

• Construction: Making a Viking Longboat 

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• Food: Making a tortilla wrap 

5 

• Textiles: cushion linked to Bayeux Tapestry 

• Food: Mexican 

• Construction: Bridge construction 

6 

• Construction: Air Raid Shelter 

• Mechanics: Fairground 

• Electronics: Earthquakes 

Year 3 

Year 4  

Year 5 

Year 6 

Key Skills: I can design 

To master techniques - Mechanics 

• Use scientific knowledge of the transference of forces to choose appropriate mechanisms for a product (such as levers, winding mechanisms, pulleys and gears). 

To design, make, evaluate and improve 

• Design with purpose by identifying opportunities to design.  

•  Use software to design and represent product designs. 

To take inspiration from design throughout history 

• Identify some of the great designers in all of the areas of study (including pioneers in horticultural techniques) to generate ideas for designs.  

• Improve upon existing designs, giving reasons for choices.  

• Disassemble products to understand how they work. 

To design, make, evaluate and improve 

• Design with the user in mind, motivated by the service a product will offer (rather than simply for profit) 

• Use prototypes, cross sectional diagrams and computer aided design to represent designs 

To take inspiration from design throughout history 

• Combine elements of design from a range of inspirational designers throughout history, giving reasons for choices 

• Create innovative designs that improve upon existing products 

Key Skills: I can make 

To master practical skills - Food 

• Prepare ingredients hygienically using appropriate utensils.  

• Measure ingredients to the nearest gram accurately. Follow a recipe.  

• Assemble or cook ingredients (controlling the temperature of the oven or hob, if cooking). 

To master techniques - Materials 

• Cut materials accurately and safely by selecting appropriate tools.  

• Measure and mark out to the nearest millimetre.  

• Apply appropriate cutting and shaping techniques that include cuts within the perimeter of the material (such as slots or cut outs).  

• Select appropriate joining techniques. 

To master techniques - Textiles 

• Understand the need for a seam allowance.  

• Join textiles with appropriate stitching.  

• Select the most appropriate techniques to decorate textiles. 

To master techniques - Electricals and electronics 

• Create series and parallel circuits. 

• To master techniques - Computing 

• Control and monitor models using software designed for this purpose. 

To master techniques - Construction 

• WA - Choose suitable techniques to construct products or to repair items. Strengthen materials using suitable techniques. 

To design, make, evaluate and improve 

• Design with purpose by identifying opportunities to design.  

•  Make products by working efficiently (such as by carefully selecting materials).  

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To master practical skills-food 

• Understand the importance of correct storage and handling of ingredients (using knowledge of micro organisms) 

• Measure accurately and calculate ratios of ingredients to scale up or down from a recipe 

• Demonstrate a range of baking and cooking techniques 

• Create and refine recipes, including ingredients, methods, cooking times and temperatures 

To master practical skills-materials 

• Cut materials with precision and refine the finish with appropriate tools (such as sanding wood after cutting or a more precise scissor cut after roughly cutting out a shape) 

• Show an understanding of the qualities of materials to choose appropriate tools to cut and shape (such as the nature of fabric may require sharper scissors than would be used to cut paper) 

To master practical skills - textiles 

• Create objects (such as a cushion) that employ a seam allowance 

• Join textiles with a combination of stitching techniques (such as back stitch for seams and running stitch to attach decoration) 

• Use the qualities of materials to create suitable visual and tactile effects in the decoration of textiles (such as soft decoration for comfort on a cushion) 

To master practical skills - electricals and electronics 

• Create circuits using electronic kits that employ a number of components (such as LEDs, resistors, transistors and chips) 

To master practical skills - computing 

• Write code to control and monitor models or products 

To master practical skills - construction 

• Develop a range of practical skills to create products (such as cutting, drilling and screwing, nailing, gluing, filing and sanding) 

To master practical skills - mechanics 

• Convert rotary motion to carry linear using cams 

• Use innovative combinations of electronics (or computing) and mechanics in product designs 

To design, make, evaluate and improve 

• Make products through stages of prototypes, making continual refinements 

• Ensure products have a high quality finish, using art skills where appropriate 

Key Skills: I can evaluate 

To design, make, evaluate and improve 

• Refine work and techniques as work progresses, continually evaluating the product design.  

To take inspiration from design throughout history 

• Evaluate the design of products to suggest improvements to the user experience