Design Technology

Subject managers: Emma Quinn & Emily Sutcliffe-Phillips.

Intent: Our Ethos

Design and Technology at Parkinson Lane CPS inspires children to become autonomous and creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond by developing ideas, and eventually making products and systems. Through the study of design and technology they combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as of functions and industrial practices. This allows them to reflect on and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses, and its impacts. Design and technology helps all children to become discriminating and informed consumers and potential innovators.