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DT Mechanisms - Wheels and Axles - Making!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project.
This is the third lesson in the series, which focuses on making the wheel, axle and enables children to:
-Recall how wheel and axle mechanisms work;
-Recall key terminology relating to wheel and axle mechanisms;
-Understand a clear design brief;
-Understand how to put together a chassis, different types of wheel/ axle fixings and washers;
-Test and improve their base vehicle.
The resource is made up of a 12-slide PowerPoint presentation.
These lessons were originally created for children in years 2 and 3, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
DT: Electrical Systems - Simple Circuits and Switches - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents building their knowledge of electrical systems as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on simple circuits and switches.
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Electrical Systems, Simple Circuits and Switches;
-Example Battery-Powered Products - Simple Circuit, Torch, Handheld Fan;
-Designing;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT: Mechanisms - Gears and Pulleys - KS2 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents building their knowledge of mechanical systems as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on gears and pulleys
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Mechanical Systems, Gears and Pulleys;
-Example Mechanisms - Flagpole, Can Opener, Bicycle;
-Designing - Toy Car;
-Making and Evaluating - Toy Car;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT: Structures - Upper KS2 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents learning about ‘Structures’ as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on frame structures.
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Structures and Frame Structures;
-Example Structures - The Eiffel Tower and Tents/Gazebos;
-Designing - How do I design a strong, stable, secure frame structure;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT: Mechanisms - Sliders and Levers - KS1 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents learning about ‘Mechanisms’ as a part of the KS1 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on sliders and levers.
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Mechanisms, Sliders and Levers;
-Example Mechanisms - Seesaw, Scissors, Children’s Books, Drawers;
-Designing;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT: Structures - Lower KS2 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents learning about ‘Structures’ as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on shell structures.
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Structures and Shell Structures;
-Example Structures - St. Peter’s Basilica Dome and Sweet Tubes;
-Designing - How does a shell structure contain, protect and present?;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
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KS2 Design and Technology Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents building knowledge of the KS2 Design and Technology curriculum. The organisers are clear, logical and fully aligned with the expectations of the National Curriculum.
Included are organisers based on:
-Structures: Shell Structures;
-Structures: Frame Structures;
-Mechanisms: Gears and Pulleys;
-Textiles: Simple Sewing;
-Textiles: More Complex Sewing;
-Electrical Systems: Simple Circuits and Switches;
-Electrical Systems: More Complex Circuits and Switches;
-Food and Nutrition: Healthy and Varied Diet;
-Food and Nutrition: Culture and Seasonality
The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 (although can be printed onto A4), and are provided in both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
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Holiday Fun Activities Bundle!
Included in this bundle are hours of fun, interactive, and productive activities that have been tried and tested with hundreds of happy children. Not only are the activities engaging, they also enable young people to develop their key skills in areas as varied as: Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Art and Design, PSHE, and Speaking and Listening.
Included within the bundle are the following popular resources:
- Murder Mystery Investigation: Students use exhibits, maps, evidence, and budgeting skills in order to solve a murder mystery case;
- Fantasy Football Club Group Project: Students design and resource their own football team from scratch, using a limited budget and selection of classic and modern footballers;
- Stating Your Case for the World’s Greatest Sportsperson - Students use their researching, persuasive writing, and speaking and listening skills to argue the case for the best sportsperson of all time;
- Space Mission: Find Us A New Earth! - Students are given an imaginative scenario and real-life information about the current most hospitable exo-planets, and must use their scientific and literacy skills to build a case for the next planet humans should inhabit;
- Crazy Animal Limericks Anthology - Loads of fun animal limericks for students to read, and comprehension/ creative tasks for them to complete.
All that you have to do is print and go, everything that you need for these resources (including teacher guidance) is provided.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slides of the presentations.
DT: Food and Nutrition - Lower KS2 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering the ‘Food and Nutrition’ elements of your lower KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
It includes sections on:
-Preparing and Cooking Processes;
-A Healthy and Varied Diet;
-Where Food Comes From;
-Foods Around the World;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT Mechanisms - Wheels and Axles - Constructing the Vehicle Body!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project.
This is the fourth lesson in the series, which focuses on making the body of the vehicle. Children:
-Recall how wheel and axle mechanisms work;
-Recall key terminology relating to wheel and axle mechanisms;
-Understand how to use nets to create strong cube/ cuboid shapes;
-Understand how to use a variety of materials to make windscreens/ spare wheels/ bumpers/ roofs;
-Test and improve their vehicle.
The resource is made up of a 13-slide PowerPoint presentation and the nets needed for the cube/ cuboid shapes.
These lessons were originally created for children in years 2 and 3, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
DT: Mechanisms - Wheels and Axles - KS1 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents learning about ‘Mechanisms’ as a part of the KS1 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on wheels and axles.
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Mechanisms, Wheels and Axles;
-Example Mechanisms - Ferris Wheel, Roller Skates, Toy Car;
-Designing;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
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Huge Art and Design Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for students learning about a wide range of different artists throughout their art and design study.
The bundle contains 12 knowledge organisers, focusing on the following artists:
-Andy Warhol
-Andy Goldsworthy
-Banksy
-Claude Monet
-Frank Gehry
-Frida Kahlo
-Georgia O’Keeffe
-JMW Turner
-Pablo Picasso
-Vincent van Gogh
-Wassily Kandinsky
-William Morris
Each organiser contains comprehensive sections on:
-Biography of the Artist;
-Styles and Techniques;
-Life Timeline;
-Significant Works;
-Key Vocabulary;
-How do I create art like this artist?
The resources can be adapted for all ages, are best suited for KS2 and KS3 children.
The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Magazines - Genre and Audience! (Writing Front Covers)
This engaging and interactive lesson enables students to analyse the techniques that magazine writers use to meet their genre and audience. In particular, students identify the generic conventions of different types of magazines, consider the effectiveness of different model examples, and create their own interesting and appropriate front covers.
Over the course of their learning journey, students:
- Define and exemplify what genre/generic conventions/audiences are;
- Identify and understand the different generic conventions for various genres and audiences, using a range of different model example magazine front covers;
- Analyse the techniques that magazine writers use to appeal to their audiences in their front covers;
- Use a wide-range of generic conventions in writing their own front covers;
- Peer and self assess each other's front cover attempts.
The resources include:
-Visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint;
-A colourful and clear success criteria;
-Worksheet for identifying audiences and genres;
-Blank front cover template;
-Five magazine front cover model examples for analysis;
-Helpful and comprehensive step-by-step lesson plan.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final page of the slide.
EYFS Learning in Design and Technology - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource helps to detail and categorise the foundation Design and Technology learning that takes place in the EYFS stage.
It is an important resource for EYFS teachers and parents, but also Design and Technology subject leaders to aid the development of a clearly-mapped and well-sequenced D+T curriculum across the school.
This organiser groups the D+T- related learning into the relevant EYFS areas of learning, including:
-Expressive Arts and Design;
-Understanding the World;
-Physical Development.
There is also a section detailing ‘Health and Safety’ considerations.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT: Structures - KS1 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents learning about ‘Structures’ as a part of the KS1 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on freestanding structures.
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Structures and Freestanding Structures;
-Example Structures - Burj Khalifa and Forth Bridge;
-Designing - What makes a strong, stable, rigid structure?;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT: Food and Nutrition - Upper KS2 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering the ‘Food and Nutrition’ elements of your upper KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
It includes sections on:
-Preparing and Cooking Processes;
-A Healthy and Varied Diet;
-Where Food Comes From (including seasonality);
-Foods Around the World;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
DT Mechanisms - Wheels and Axles - Evaluating!
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project.
This is the fifth and final lesson in the series, in which children focus on evaluating their products. They:
-Recall how wheel and axle mechanisms work;
-Recall key terminology relating to wheel and axle mechanisms;
-Understand which skills and knowledge they will need in order to successfully evaluate products;
-Use a clear evaluation template and success criteria to evaluate their own products.
The resource is made up of a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation and the evaluation template.
These lessons were originally created for children in years 2 and 3, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.
DT: Textiles - Templates and Joining Techniques - KS1 Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents building their knowledge of Textiles as a part of the KS1 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
This organiser has a particular emphasis on templates and joining techniques.
It includes sections on:
-Overview - Textiles;
-Example Textiles - Blankets, Quilts and Clothes;
-Designing;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
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DT: Structures Primary Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering the ‘Structures’ elements of Design and Technology. The organisers are clear, logical and fully meet the expectations of the National Curriculum.
There are KS1, lower KS2, and upper KS2 organisers, which each include sections on:
-Overview;
-Example Structures;
-Designing;
-Making and Evaluating;
-Health and Safety Guidance.
The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 (although can be printed onto A4), and are provided in both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Bundle Sale
KS1 Design and Technology Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering all elements of the KS1 Design and Technology curriculum. The organisers are clear, logical and fully aligned with the expectations of the National Curriculum.
Included are organisers based on:
-Structures: Freestanding Structures;
-Mechanism: Slides and Levers;
-Mechanism: Wheels and Axles;
-Textiles: Templates and Joining Techniques;
-Food and Nutrition
The resources are designed to be printed onto A3 (although can be printed onto A4), and are provided in both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).