Visits and Visitors | All Saints Church of England Primary School

Visits and Visitors

DT Throughout 2019-2020

Calendar of DT visits and visitors 2019-2020

We aim to provide children with as many opportunities as we are able to to see DT in action in real life, giving children an understanding of the place DT has in society. We welcome visitors who can share their expertise with the children (and staff!) and also seek to find opportunities for visits which enhance teaching and learning in DT.

Visitors to School Term/Date	Year group(s) /class(es) involved	Visitor	Curriculum links	Impact of visitor
Autumn 4^th September 2019	Sycamore	Mr Pountain: judo commonwealth silver medalist!	DT: Cooking and nutrition Design and make a healthy salad for an athlete! Science: balanced diet PE: Promoting engagement with competitive sport	The children had a real purpose to design and make a healthy salad, they were completely engaged with the project. Seeing Mr Pountain at the commonwealth games eating the winning salads was a real motivation for the children
Autumn 15^th October	Elder	Prags: Exploring culture through food	DT-food and nutrition Geography-biomes and food distribution	Engagement of children Understanding of how culture affects food choices made and how climate in other parts of the world impact upon foods that grow and are consumed/imported/exported
Autumn 15^th November	Beech and Sycamore	Rob Musker, LCC DT and computing consultant	DT project: electrical systems, simple circuits and control Computing: coding in action	Staff much more confident to now teach this unit of DT! Children fully engaged and for the first time have fully and successfully completed a unit of DT centered around programming and control!
Autumn 1^st December 2019	Early Years	Mr Coe – talking about the role of an engineer	The World – People and Communities. Listening and Attention. Expressive Arts and Design – in particular materials.	Children were able to solve a range of problems during this session. They were tasked with using a range of materials to build a house. Team work was vital.
Spring 13^th February	Elder	Blackburn Museum	History: Inventions and Inventors Science and DT: Inventions	Children learnt about significant inventors and inventions, particularly those created in our region. Children could then apply this knowledge in science when we focused on different areas of Earth & Space e.g. the telescope. Children understood how some of the inventions they use on a daily basis were created and how different inventions have been developed and innovated over time.