Year 3 – Design and Technology

YEAR 3 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Design

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Design - Core Skills

Children can:
a identify the design features of their products that will appeal to intended customers;
b use their knowledge of a broad range of existing products to help generate their ideas;
c design innovative and appealing products that have a clear purpose and are aimed at a specific user;
d explain how particular parts of their products work;
e use annotated sketches and cross-sectional drawings to develop and communicate their ideas;
f when designing, explore different initial ideas before coming up with a final design;
g when planning, start to explain their choice of materials and components including function and aesthetics;
h test ideas out through using prototypes;
i use computer-aided design to develop and communicate their ideas
j develop and follow simple design criteria;
k work in a broader range of relevant contexts, for example entertainment, the home, school, leisure, food industry and the wider environment.

 

Design - Vocabulary

YEAR 3 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Make

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Make - Core Skills

Children can:
Plan:
a with growing confidence, carefully select from a range of tools and equipment, explaining their choices;
b select from a range of materials and components according to their functional
c place the main stages of making in a systematic order;
Practical skills and techniques:
d learn to use a range of tools and equipment safely, appropriately and accurately and learn to follow hygiene procedures;
e use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials and kits, textiles and mechanical and electrical components;
f with growing independence, measure and mark out to the nearest cm and millimetre;
g cut, shape and score materials with some degree of accuracy;
h assemble, join and combine material and components with some degree of accuracy;
i demonstrate how to measure, cut, shape and join fabric with some accuracy to make a simple product;
j join textiles with an appropriate sewing technique;
k k begin to select and use different and appropriate finishing techniques to improve the appearance of a product such as hemming, tie-dye, fabric paints and digital graphics.

Make - Vocabulary

YEAR 3 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Evaluate

Evaluate - Core Skills

Children can:
a explore and evaluate existing products, explaining the purpose of the product and whether it is designed well to meet the intended purpose;
b explore what materials/ingredients products are made from and suggest reasons for this;
c consider their design criteria as they make progress and are willing to alter their plans, sometimes considering the views of others if this helps them to improve their product;
d evaluate their product against their original design criteria
e e evaluate the key events, including technological developments, and designs of individuals in design and technology that have helped shape the world.

Evaluate - Vocabulary

YEAR 3 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Technical Knowledge

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Technical knowledge - Core Skills

Children can:
a understand that materials have both functional properties and aesthetic qualities;
b apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures in order to create more useful characteristics of products;
c understand and demonstrate how mechanical and electrical systems have an input and output process;
d make and represent simple electrical circuits, such as a series and parallel, and components to create functional products;
e explain how mechanical systems such as levers and linkages create movement;
f use mechanical systems in their products.

Technical knowledge - Vocabulary

YEAR 3 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Cooking and Nutrition

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Cooking and Nutrition - Core Skills

Children can:
a start to know when, where and how food is grown (such as herbs, tomatoes and strawberries) in the UK, Europe and the wider world;
b understand how to prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes safely and hygienically;
c with support, use a heat source to cook ingredients showing awareness of the need to control the temperature of the hob and/or oven;
d use a range of techniques such as mashing, whisking, crushing, grating, cutting, kneading and baking;
e explain that a healthy diet is made up of a variety and balance of different food and drink, as represented in the Eatwell Guide and be able to apply these principles when planning and cooking dishes;
f understand that to be active and healthy, nutritious food and drink are needed to provide energy for the body;
g prepare ingredients using appropriate cooking utensils;
h measure and weigh ingredients to the nearest gram and millilitre;
i start to independently follow a recipe;
j start to understand seasonality.

Cooking and Nutrition - Vocabulary

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