8 digital posters ready to print for ACCESSFM . Great for display in classroom.

Risk assessment template for KS2 or KS3 DT practical lessons. Resources helps learners assess the hazards and risks when in the workshop and encourages them to come up with control measures to prevent and limit risks. Fully editable.

Quick starter/plenary task to questions learners knowledge of Motion. ideal for KS2 or KS3. Fully editable.

This resource includes 2 worksheets with questions relating to toy safety. Ideal for starter/plenary.

Design Specification Template for a product using ACCESS FM headings and sentence starter. Useful for KS2 or KS3 and Lower ability/SEND/EAL learners. Fully editable.

Template for product Design Brief. Ideal for KS2/KS3 or Low ability/SEND/EAL learners. Fully editable.

Guidance that can be used to help learners understand how to write a product analysis. Sentence structure and two exemplars provided for a range of year groups and abilities. Fully editable.

Editable template for a DT achievement.

PDF template for a learning relay race on the topic of Natural and Manufactured Timber. Aim of the task is to quickly get students to retrieve prior learning on the topic. One student starts by writing all the information they can about the topic. After a set time, they must pass the worksheet to the next student and they must add more information that the previous student did not write down and so on.

2 printable project reflection templates. Variation in questions for mixed ability or age ranges. Encourages reflection on what has gone well and what can be improved during the project/on the final outcome. Suitable for Art/Design projects with a final outcome.

This editable powerpoint inlcudes a series of resources for the beginning of a project on Textile Dolls in KS2/KS3 Design and Technology. Included are resources for analysing an existing product using ACCESSFM, re-designing products to meet a new target market’s needs as well as a resource to write a Design Specification for students own products. Resources are suitable for mixed ability groups as there is some differentiation provided. This powerpoint can be edited to suit a different project within Design and Technology easily, as the design process and structure of the tasks are relevant to most projects.

ACCESSFM visual aid. Can be printed as a poster for display in classroom or stuck in student books.

Editable template for a Food Prep achievement.

Editable power-point template layout for the AQA GCSE DT NEA portfolio. Template gives students a suggestion of a layout and relevant tasks eg. client profiles, design specifications, for their portfolio, including all SECTIONS A01, A02 and A03. File is fully editable.

1 sheet activity that allows students to practice rendering isometric shapes to look like materials with coloured pencil, Includes stretch and challenge questions. Ideal for a cover lesson or within a scheme of work on isometric drawing/design drawing.

Single sheet activity ideal for cover. Task requires students to research 4 main design movements and fill in a table of information including examples of products from the movement, key features and designers. Stretch and challenge questions added. Icons sourced on freePik: https://www.freepik.com/free-icon/loupe_15452791.htm#query=research&position=2&from_view=search&track=sph

Sample risk assessment for an acrylic based DT project using the laser cutter. Hazards considered include the workshop environment, working with sharp tools during model making, use of the laser cutter and working with glue adhesive.

Powerpoint resources containing 16 different editable slides on the topic of toy design/toy safety. Several slides are designed for use as a teaching visual aid that can be displayed to students in lesson to accompany the worksheets tasks, that can be printed. Tasks allow students to analyse existing toy products considering target market and toy safety. Short questions, exit tickets and longer product analysis tasks included. Some differentiation provided on resources in the form of sentence starters, key words and sentence structures. (I use these resources with my year 6-8 classes during woodwork projects.)

This is a fully editable power-point slide that can be used to analyse and existing product. In the current example, students are encouraged to analyse a kid’s clock and re-design/modify it to suit a adult target market. This activity can be edited to suit any product and fit into a scheme of work.