What Went Well . . .
- Willow love getting to make things they never have before
- Maple love that they get to make things and that they get to eat the food that they make.
- Hazel like that they get to use their skills in the projects
- Beech love that DT is fun
- Sycamore love to be creative and trying to make things better like an engineer
- Elder enjoy that DT can be difficult but they get challenge themselves
- Oak enjoy learning different skills to give them opportunities to make choices in their final projects, making informed decisions and using their imagination. Oak also enjoyed opportunities to test things out and keep working on them.
Even Better If . . .
- Children would like to have more DT days to immerse themselves in topics
- Children want more time to develop their skills before the final project
- Children want to have visitors come into school
In this session we focused prior learning, skill practice and vocabulary.
Children shared the ways that their teachers help them.
| Vocabulary | Skill Retrieval | Prior Learning |
Willow | | - Copying what the teacher shows them.
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Maple | - Words and pictures shown on the powerpoints
| - Getting lots of time to practice
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Hazel | - On the powerpoints
- Words being repeated multiple times to help them remember
| - The teacher models to them what they need to do
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Beech | - Words on the powerpoints
- Teacher explains them
- Used in instructions including the teacher reteaching if they don’t get it
| - Teacher models with clear instructions and then they have different lessons to practice in on their own
| - Pizza and fruit salads in KS1
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Sycamore | - Class discussions
- Shown on the working wall
| - Using the visualizer to show them what they need to do
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Elder | - Powerpoints
- Whiteboards
- Working walls
- Examples
- Start of lessons
- Retrieval questions link to vocab
| - Multiple lessons to practice a range of skills that they can use to make choices in their final pieces
| - Fair ground rides linked to structures of greenhouses in year 4 and light up boxes in year 3
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Oak | - Title pages
- Retrieval quizzes
- Working wall
- powerpoints
| - Being able to draw on skills that they have learnt in other years and becoming even better at them
| - Making sandwiches and wraps in years 3 and 4 and crumble in year 5
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