Design Technology - Toni's Trattoria (Upper Key Stage 2)

This unit of work forms part of the PrimaryDT scheme of work that features over 60 units of work designed to deliver outstanding outcomes for primary school children in design technology.
This unit of work has been revised and updated for 2026 and is based on delivering six sessions of design technology that are guided by high quality presentation slides accompanied by all the resources that are needed to deliver the lessons, including a knowledge organiser.

Comprehensive medium-term planning that includes
• Unit overview and sequence of learning
• Prior learning needed and links to other curriculum areas
• Learning statements (from our curriculum pathway document)
• List of resources and background information to support teaching and learning
• Key vocabulary for the unit of work
• Teaching activities (investigative and focus tasks)
• Teaching activities (designing and making)
• Advice for challenge and support strategies
• Assessment indicators that children are keeping up with the curriculum

Accompanying this revised unit is further information about the scheme of work and the progression chart and vocabulary list used when creating the scheme of work.

In this project, children apply their knowledge of cooking and nutrition to design and make a main course pasta Italian meal. Children investigate the different places where people ‘eat out’ and conduct market research to find out about favourite restaurants. They research the traditional cuisine of Italy and find out about different pasta meals. Using this research, children are tasked with adapting a tomato sauce recipe to create a pasta-based main course. They apply a range of cooking skills to make their pasta dish and organise a taste test session to evaluate the food that they have made. Using the results from the taste test they take on the role of a restaurant critic and review some of the pasta dishes that the class have made.

This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions:

1. Investigate Task 1: All About Restaurants
2. Investigate Task 2: Favourite Restaurants
3. Focus Task 1: Making Basic Tomato Sauce
4. Design and Make: Designing the Pasta Dish
5. Design and Make: The Big Cook - Making the Pasta Dish & Taste Testing
6. Evaluation Session: Writing a Restaurant Review