This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents covering the ‘Food and Nutrition’ elements of your lower KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum. It includes sections on: -Preparing and Cooking Processes; -A Healthy and Varied Diet; -Where Food Comes From; -Foods Around the World; -Health and Safety Guidance. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents learning about ‘Structures’ as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum. This organiser has a particular emphasis on shell structures. It includes sections on: -Overview - Structures and Shell Structures; -Example Structures - St. Peter’s Basilica Dome and Sweet Tubes; -Designing - How does a shell structure contain, protect and present?; -Making and Evaluating; -Health and Safety Guidance. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource helps to detail and categorise the foundation Design and Technology learning that takes place in the EYFS stage. It is an important resource for EYFS teachers and parents, but also Design and Technology subject leaders to aid the development of a clearly-mapped and well-sequenced D+T curriculum across the school. This organiser groups the D+T- related learning into the relevant EYFS areas of learning, including: -Expressive Arts and Design; -Understanding the World; -Physical Development. There is also a section detailing ‘Health and Safety’ considerations. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

A Russian billionaire, Asman Veryrich, has approached you about setting up a new football club! This exciting, engaging investigation activity allows students to control the direction of their own learning, through speaking, listening, discussing, and reasoning. I initially created these resources to provide something interesting for the students to engage with for their English Speaking and Listening discussions, but it has since been used across Maths, Art and Design, and PSHE departments, as well as by form groups and holiday activity groups, to build teamwork and collaboration skills. Students get involved in all of the fun aspects of designing and setting up a new football club, including selecting a team of players, a manager, a stadium, and a training ground. They also design the team's club badge and football kits. They also need to use their skills of literacy to read and understand key evidence, and skills of numeracy to ensure that they keep their expenses within budget! What is more, groups can compete against one another to create the most successful team in the league, as all of the resources that they choose can help them to acquire valuable league table points! Included in this resource pack are: - Full PowerPoint lesson talking students through the process; - An 8 page team booklet, used to create their designs and calculate their budgets; - A pack of 96 player cards and 12 manager cards to select from (a combination of new and classic footballers are included, to ensure that this will never be outdated); - Budget and recording sheets to track their progress; - An A3 football pitch to strategise and select their team. Considering the time and effort that it took to create these resources, I think that they offer exceptional value. Whenever I have used this activity before, it has taken at least 3-4 lessons, including the introduction, design process, presentations, and evaluation. I originally have used this with mixed ability Year 9 and 10 groups, but colleagues have adapted it easily for students of all key stages. All images have been cited at the end of the PowerPoint presentation and are licensed for commercial use.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards creating healthy snacks. The resources have originally been created to guide children towards creating snacks with a bread/ cracker/ rice cake base, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project. This first lesson helps children to: -Understand what the terms ‘healthy’ and ‘balanced’ mean; -Learn about the different food groups, and understand how much of each category is healthy (utilising a clear and concise video - hyperlinked); -Understand what effect the values of each food type have on the body; -Research examples of each of the different food types, recording the values on their research template. Included is an eye-catching and comprehensive 17-slide PowerPoint presentation, and a research template (in both Word and PDF). The hyperlink to the video is included on slide 4. These lessons were originally created for children in years 3 and 4, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing prototype vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project. This first lesson helps children to: -Understand how wheel and axle mechanisms work; -Consider objects, vehicles and tools that use wheel and axle mechanisms; -Understand what the chassis and body of vehicles are; -Begin thinking about design considerations of the wheels, axles, chassis and body of different vehicles, with a particular consideration of purpose and audience. Included is an eye-catching and comprehensive 20-slide PowerPoint presentation, and a research template (in both Word and PDF). These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project. This is the third lesson in the series, which focuses on making the wheel, axle and enables children to: -Recall how wheel and axle mechanisms work; -Recall key terminology relating to wheel and axle mechanisms; -Understand a clear design brief; -Understand how to put together a chassis, different types of wheel/ axle fixings and washers; -Test and improve their base vehicle. The resource is made up of a 12-slide PowerPoint presentation. These lessons were originally created for children in years 2 and 3, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing prototype vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project. This is the second lesson in the series, which enables children to: -Recall how wheel and axle mechanisms work; -Recall key terminology relating to wheel and axle mechanisms; -Understand a clear design brief; -Understand the key considerations of the design, including the effectiveness of the mechanism, and the functionality and appearance of the vehicle; -Complete their plans, using the well-structured planning sheet; -Peer and self-assess their designs in relation to the success criteria. Included is an eye-catching and comprehensive 14-slide PowerPoint presentation, and the design template (in both Word and PDF - A3). These lessons were originally created for children in year 2, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project. This is the fourth lesson in the series, which focuses on making the body of the vehicle. Children: -Recall how wheel and axle mechanisms work; -Recall key terminology relating to wheel and axle mechanisms; -Understand how to use nets to create strong cube/ cuboid shapes; -Understand how to use a variety of materials to make windscreens/ spare wheels/ bumpers/ roofs; -Test and improve their vehicle. The resource is made up of a 13-slide PowerPoint presentation and the nets needed for the cube/ cuboid shapes. These lessons were originally created for children in years 2 and 3, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

This engaging and purposeful series of lessons enables children to gradually develop towards constructing vehicles using wheels and axles. The resources were originally created to guide children towards building safari buggies, but the resources can easily be adapted to fit your own particular project. This is the fifth and final lesson in the series, in which children focus on evaluating their products. They: -Recall how wheel and axle mechanisms work; -Recall key terminology relating to wheel and axle mechanisms; -Understand which skills and knowledge they will need in order to successfully evaluate products; -Use a clear evaluation template and success criteria to evaluate their own products. The resource is made up of a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation and the evaluation template. These lessons were originally created for children in years 2 and 3, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

A simple DT project evaluation sheet. Includes 2 per sheet to save paper! Provided as both PDF and Word documents.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents building their knowledge of Textiles as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum. This organiser has a particular emphasis on developing sewing techniques. It includes sections on: -Overview - Textiles and Sewing Techniques; -Example Textiles - Phone Cases, Wallets and Purses; -Designing; -Making and Evaluating; -Health and Safety Guidance. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents developing their knowledge of Textiles as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum. This organiser has a particular emphasis on combining different fabric shapes It includes sections on: -Overview - Textiles and Combining Fabric Shapes; -Example Textiles - Embroidered Clothes and Tie Dye Bags; -Designing; -Making and Evaluating; -Health and Safety Guidance. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents building their knowledge of mechanical systems as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum. This organiser has a particular emphasis on gears and pulleys It includes sections on: -Overview - Mechanical Systems, Gears and Pulleys; -Example Mechanisms - Flagpole, Can Opener, Bicycle; -Designing - Toy Car; -Making and Evaluating - Toy Car; -Health and Safety Guidance. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents building their knowledge of electrical systems as a part of the KS2 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum. This organiser has a particular emphasis on further switches and circuits. It includes sections on: -Overview - Electrical Systems, More Complex Circuits and Switches; -Research - Thomas Edison, Traffic Lights, Burglar Alarm; -Designing; -Making and Evaluating; -Health and Safety Guidance. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children, teachers and parents learning about ‘Mechanisms’ as a part of the KS1 curriculum in Design and Technology. The organiser is clear, logical and fully meets the expectations of the National Curriculum. This organiser has a particular emphasis on sliders and levers. It includes sections on: -Overview - Mechanisms, Sliders and Levers; -Example Mechanisms - Seesaw, Scissors, Children’s Books, Drawers; -Designing; -Making and Evaluating; -Health and Safety Guidance. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).