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.
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Visitors to School Term/Date |
Year group(s) /class(es) involved |
Visitor |
Curriculum links |
Impact of visitor |
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Autumn 4th 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 |
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Autumn 15th 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 |
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Autumn 15th 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! |
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Autumn 1st 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. |
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Spring 13th 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. |