Medway's Vision for Design Technology

‘Design and Technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.’

- James Dyson

Medway Community Primary School’s Design and Technology curriculum aims to utilise Design and Technology as a subject for the power it has to engage and motivate children and teachers alike and to provide children with an answer to the eternal question, ‘But why do I need to know this?’  At Medway, children encounter real-life problems through contexts rooted in the wider curriculum and use the range of knowledge and skills at their disposal to creatively solve these problems, supported by quality resources and enthusiastic teachers. Our Design and Technology curriculum follows the principle of ‘design/make/evaluate’ and we make the most of the cross-curricular opportunities that present themselves at each stage of this process to ensure that Design and Technology is not just a box to tick, but is utilised as the rich resource for cross-curricular learning it is.