Design Technology - Photograph Frames (Lower Key Stage 2)

Photograph Frames is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 7-9.

Design Brief: Design and make a seasonal, savoury tart for your school lunch
The package provides the medium-term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation). Any additional resources are provided as PDFs or as Powerpoint Presentations.

This unit of work fulfils the National Curriculum (England) Design Technology requirements for this age group in the following strands of learning:

• Materials
• Structures

In this unit of work children learn about creating a wooden framework that is used to create a free-standing photograph frame. They investigate how frames are constructed so that they are strong and stable, and the different techniques that allow them to be free-standing. They apply this technical knowledge when designing and making their own wooden photograph frame using the Jinks method. Children learn about ideas of theming and decorating products and apply this knowledge to their own photograph frame.