In this unit of work children learn how to make a focaccia bread product that can be used as part of a shared meal. They investigate a range of bread products from around the world and have the opportunity to taste test some breads that can be bought locally in a bakery then recording their results using a taste test recording sheet. Children learn how to follow a basic bread recipe, about the action of yeast and the importance of kneading bread. Using this knowledge, they adapt this recipe and add other ingredients to create their own focaccia bread product which is shaped to make it suitable to be shared. The completed product is taste tested and evaluated. Sequence of Learning for Teachers IDEA Task 1 – Breads from Around the World & IDEA Task 2 Investigating Breads Focused Practical Task 1 – Baking Bread IDEA Task 3 – What is Focaccia? & Focused Practical Task 2 – Shaping Dough DME: Bread Designing DME: Making Focaccia DME: Evaluating and Packaging the Product

In this unit of work children design and make a robot buggy that is controllable using Crumble Kit and programmed for random movement using computer block coding. As part of this project children learn about how electric vehicles work and the story of Elon Musk. Children embark on a series of focused practical tasks to create a chassis on which to add other electrical components to make their controllable vehicle. They learn how to use block code to program their vehicle to successfully complete the ‘test track’ before their vehicle is allowed to take part in the class Robo Wars. Children evaluate their project by making a short documentary film or a display stand or by taking part in a ‘show and tell’ event. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1 – Robo Wars! Focused Practical Task 1: Creating the Chassis Focused Practical Task 2: Vehicle Control Buggy Designing and Making Test Track Evaluation: The Robo Wars Competition – Let Battle Commence

Arty Cushions is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 7-11. The unit focuses on creating a three-dimensional fabric product using a range of textile skills. Design Brief: Design and make a decorative cushion to be sold in the local art gallery shop. 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/Textiles In this unit of work: Children join textile pieces to create both a cushion and a cushion cover. They are introduced to the technique of creating a seam allowance and build on their knowledge of sewing and decorative techniques. They design and decorate their cover based on a famous and iconic work of art understanding that the cushion is being made as a sample for a client. They evaluate their cushion product by creating a page for an online shopping website. This unit of work is part of the Primary Design Technology Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.

In this unit of work children design, make and decorate a Tote Bag to encourage people to be more eco-friendly. Children learn about different types of bags and their functions and understand that designers will often design a product that has both function and is fashionable. Children have the opportunity to develop and consolidate their sewing skills and techniques working with textiles. Each child makes an identical tote bag but in learning about graphic design will make design decisions around additional features to add to their tote bag and also about how to decorate their tote bag with a slogan and logo to promote an eco-friendly message. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: Investigating Bags & Focused Practical Task 1 – Fashion Designers and Mood Boards IDEA Task 2: Newspaper Bag Challenge Focused Practical Task 2 – Making a Tote Bag Eco-Bag Designer Adding the decoration. Evaluation session.

In this unit of work children design and make a money container using textile materials. They apply their knowledge of how to create pattern template from models and prototypes and how textiles can be joined both temporarily and permanently. Children have the opportunity to consolidate their skills in using the running stitch and are taught the technique of the overstitch. Children learn about different textile fastenings and consider which ones would be best suited to use in a money container. They develop their knowledge of textile decorative techniques including embroidery, embellishment and appliqué to create a money container for someone special. Sessions: IDEA Task 1: All About Money Containers & Focused Practical Task 1 – Developing Decorative Stitching IDEA Task 2: Investigating Money Containers Focused Practical Task 2 – Simple Coin Purse Designing Session Making Session Evaluation Session

In this unt of work, children create their own recipe, branding and packaging for a healthy yoghurt-based breakfast meal. This unit of work also includes learning about the importance of breakfast. Children learn how to make yoghurt and how a thermos flask helps to maintain the temperature of the yoghurt allowing the micro-organisms to create yoghurt from milk. Applying their knowledge of a balanced, healthy diet, children design a layered breakfast pot of yoghurt, cereal and fruit. Consolidating their skills in food preparation, children use their design to make a healthy breakfast product. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1 – All About Breakfast IDEA Task 2 – Investigating Yoghurts & IDEA Task 3 – Yoghurt Pot Packaging Focused Practical Task 1 – Making Yoghurt & Focused Practical Task 2 – Cross-Sectional Drawing Designing a yoghurt-based breakfast Making the yoghurt product Evaluation

In this unit of work children create a simple lunch of a healthy soup and a bread roll. Children follow instructions and recipes to make a classic tomato soup and a bread roll. Children learn how bread is made and develop their skills in preparing food and kneading bread. Children consolidate their understanding of how taste testing can be used to evaluate food products and through participating in taste tests develop their own taste vocabulary. Children learn some of the key messages around healthy eating and use this information to explain how their lunchtime meal provides them with a healthy, balanced meal. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: All About Soups & IDEA Task 2: Soup Taste Test Focused Practical Task 1 – Making Soup IDEA Task 3: All About Bread Focused Practical Task 2 – Making a Bread Roll Meal Designer Meal Maker

In this unit of work children extend their knowledge of food preparation by designing and making a healthy salad for the King’s lunch. This unit provides an opportunity for children to consolidate their food cutting skills and to extend these skills to include grating and juicing fruit and vegetables. For the design and make activity children learn about the commonwealth and how different countries around the world grow different types of fruit and vegetables. Children design a salad using different fruit and vegetables that are grown in commonwealth countries. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: Supermarket Salads Focused Practical Task 1: Carrot Salad Focused Practical Task 2: Designing Salads for Your Friends Designing Session: Designing Salads for Your King Making and Evaluating Salads Design and Make a Packaging Box for the Royal Salad

In this project, children apply their knowledge of cooking and nutrition to design and make a three-course Italian meal to be served in the class restaurant. Children investigate the different places where people ‘eat out’ and conduct market research to find out about our favourite restaurants. Children learn about restaurants, menus and the different roles of people who work in restaurants. Children are tasked with designing and making a three-course meal that is based on the cuisine of Italy. Thy research recipes and create a plan to make and serve their three-course meal in the class restaurant. They make their dishes 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 one of the class restaurant meals. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: All About Restaurants IDEA Task 2: Favourite Restaurants DME: Designing a Three Course Meal DME: Planning a Three Course Meal DME: The Big Cook Evaluation Session

In this project, children apply their knowledge of cooking and nutrition to design and make a three-course meal to be served in the class restaurant. Children investigate the different places where people ‘eat out’ and conduct market research to find out about our favourite restaurants. Children learn about restaurants, menus and the different roles of people who work in restaurants. Children are tasked with designing and making a three-course meal that is based on the cuisine of a country of their choice. Thy research recipes and create a plan to make and serve their three-course meal in the class restaurant. They make their dishes 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 one of the class restaurant meals. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: All About Restaurants IDEA Task 2: Favourite Restaurants DME: Designing a Three Course Meal DME: Planning a Three Course Meal DME: The Big Cook Evaluation Session

Money Containers is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 7-9. The unit focuses on Textiles. Design Brief: Design and make a money container for a special person to keep their money safe. 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 fulfills the National Curriculum (England) Design Technology requirements for this age group in the following strands of learning: • Materials/Textiles In this unit of work children design and make a money container using textile materials. They apply their knowledge of how to create pattern template from models and prototypes and how textiles can be joined both temporarily and permanently. Children have the opportunity to consolidate their skills in using the running stitch and are taught the technique of the overstitch. Children learn about different textile fastenings and consider which ones would be best suited to use in a money container. They develop their knowledge of textile decorative techniques including embroidery, embellishment and appliqué to create a money container for someone special. Sessions: IDEA Task 1: All About Money Containers & Focused Practical Task 1 – Developing Decorative Stitching IDEA Task 2: Investigating Money Containers Focused Practical Task 2 – Simple Coin Purse Designing Session Making Session Evaluation Session

Seasonal Tarts 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 fulfills the National Curriculum (England) Design Technology requirements for this age group in the following strands of learning: • Cooking and Nutrition For this project children design and make a seasonal, savoury tart for their school lunch. This unit develops their cooking skills and introduces the technique of baking using pastry. Children learn about seasonality in food and how different climates across Europe mean that different fruit and vegetables are grown and harvested at different times of the year. Children learn how to make short crust pastry when they create jam tarts. This provides an opportunity to learn more about how and why foods are preserved. Applying their knowledge of how to create sweet tarts, in the design and make activity children design and make a savoury tart for themselves having considered their favourite fruit and vegetables.

In this unit of work children learn about structures by designing and making a model treehouse. They begin by visiting a local playground to look at different types of playground equipment. Their shapes and structures. Having discussed their favourite playground activities and equipment, they draw a plan of their ideal playground. Children create 2D and 3D structures using drinking straws and pipe cleaners and are taught different ways of making these frame structures stronger, stiffer, and more stable. Having discussed what a treehouse is and the different types of activities that can take place in a treehouse, children draw a labelled drawing of their treehouse design. Working in groups they use their designs to help them make a model of their treehouse and apply their learnt knowledge to make them strong, stable, and stiffer. They evaluate their own models and those of their peers using the design specifications and identify what they like and what they would improve about the products they have made. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: Visiting the Local Playground Focused Practical Task 1: Making Straw Shapes & IDEA Task 2 – All About Treehouses Focused Practical Task 2: Playground Models Designing Treehouses Making Treehouses Evaluating Treehouse

In this unit of work children learn about structures by designing and making a model of a monkey enclosure for the local zoo. They begin by visiting a local playground to look at the different types of playground equipment, their shapes and structures. Having discussed their favourite playground activities and equipment, they draw a plan of their ideal playground. Children create 2D and 3D structures using drinking straws and pipe cleaners and are taught different ways of making these frame structures stronger, stiffer, and more stable. Using information from either a visit to a zoo or from watching a video of different monkeys and primates in zoos, children design a new enclosure for monkeys. They use their ideas and designs to help them create a model of a monkey enclosure applying different skills and techniques to make their structure strong, stiff and stable. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: Visiting the Local Playground Focused Practical Task 1: Making Straw Shapes and IDEA Task 2: Monkeying Around Focused Practical Task 2: Playground Models Designing Session Making Session Evaluating Session

Snack Dippers is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 5-7 Design Brief: Design and make a dips and dippers food product as a healthy snack between meals. 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: • Cooking and Nutrition In this unit of work children extend their knowledge of food preparation by designing and making a healthy lunchtime snack. They learn how to make Greek Tzatziki and also take part in a taste test to find out what vegetables and biscuits make the best dippers. Using their knowledge of how to make Tzatziki, they adapt this recipe to make a dips and dippers product based on Indian Raita. As part of the evaluation, they design labelling for their snack product and create an advert to promote their product.

Torches is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 7-9. Design Brief: Design and make a ‘hands-free’ headlamp for someone walking their dog at night. 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: Structures Materials Electrical Systems In this unit of work children are given the opportunity to apply their knowledge of creating simple electrical circuits to design and make a torch product. Using a range of electrical components, they create a hand torch that lights up when the switch is on. Children have the opportunity to develop brainstorming skills to investigate how a torch works and then use the same skills to develop ideas and to design their product. In this unit children are taught how cut-away drawings, labels and annotations can help to understand how a product has been made and functions. They use this knowledge to create an authentic ‘hands-free’ headlamp product for somebody who walks their dog at night. Having made their product and thinking about the appeal to the intended client, children design a poster to market and advertise their product. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: All About Torches IDEA Task 2: Investigating Torches Focused Practical Task 1: Making a Torch Designing the Headlamp Torch Making the Headlamp Torch Evaluation Session

Mechanical Book Page is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 7-9. Design Brief: To design and make a page for a book for the class library with movable mechanisms to interest and engage the reader. 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 Mechanical Systems In this project children create a page for a book for the class library. This book could be linked to wider curriculum learning. Children consolidate and develop their knowledge of simple mechanical systems with a focus on levers and linkages. The focused practical tasks deepens children’s knowledge and understanding of how levers and linkages work by making simple mechanical monsters. Children then apply their knowledge of levers and linkages to create a movable part for a book page and enhance this page by adding other mechanical systems such as levers, pop-ups and flap mechanisms. Children add text, images and other decorative features to make their page attractive and appealing to the reader. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: Investigating Moving Books & Focused Practical Task 1: Making a Lever Monster Focused Practical Task 2: Making a Linkage Monster Focused Practical Task 3: Pull Down Mechanism Designing the book page Making the book page Evaluation session

In this unit of work, children apply their knowledge and understanding about healthy eating to design and make Mexican-inspired tacos based on the key messages from the Eatwell Guide for healthy eating. Children begin by discussing the different ways that we can eat food at home and outside the home. They conduct market research into their favourite take-away foods. They consolidate their understanding of how designers use mood boards when creating their products. In learning how to make a tortilla and a filling they acquire the essential skills and knowledge needed to make a taco. They consolidate their understanding of the different food groups on the Eatwell Guide to healthy eating and use this knowledge to design a taco that promotes the Eatwell Guide. As part of this unit, they begin to understand the danger of eating too much take-away food and how people make dietary choices and vegetarian and vegan diets. Having designed and made their taco product they become entrepreneurs and set up their own small business learning business basics, marketing and budgeting.

Ramayana Puppets is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 5-7. Design Brief: Design and make a puppet to tell the story of the Ramayana in a class puppet show. 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 Textiles In this unit children make a hand puppet by marking out, cutting, and joining pieces of fabric together to create a character from the story of the Ramayana. Children learn about different types of puppets and some famous puppets such as Sooty and Sweep and the Muppets. They understand that a puppeteer makes the puppet appear alive. They draw a puppet design based on a character from the Ramayana. They learn how to thread a needle and the technique of the simple running stitch. They apply and practise the running stitch to create decorative stitching using Binca material. Stitching two identical templates together they create a basic puppet figure which they then decorate using a range of skills following their puppet design of a character from the Ramayana. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1 – Let’s Find Out About Puppets & Focused Practical Task 1 – Starting to Sew IDEA Task 2 – What makes a Good Puppet? Focused Practical Task 2 – Making a Hand Puppet Designing Your Puppet Making Your Puppet Evaluation Session

Orrery is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 9-11. Design Brief: Design and Make an Orrery to teach younger children how the Solar System works. 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: Mechanical Systems Structures Materials In this project, children apply their knowledge of mechanisms and in particular cam mechanisms, to design and make an orrery. They learn that an orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that shows how the planets orbit the Sun. They learn how a cam mechanism can change vertical rotation into horizontal rotation and apply this knowledge when designing their model. They create a wooden framework to house the mechanical system that works the orrery. They design and make a model of the solar system that will rotate as part of the model. Children decorate the orrery model using suitable theming. They evaluate their finished product against the design brief and design specifications and consider improvements they would make to their product. As part of the evaluation process, children create a Zine all about the orrery they have designed and made. This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions: IDEA Task 1: What is an Orrery? Focused Practical Task 1 – Making a Cam Frame DME: Designing the Orrery DME: Making the Orrery DME: Decorating the Orrery DME: Evaluating the Orrery