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Curriculum area: Designing
and making
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Assessment*
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Teacher
comment
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Generating
ideas and clarifying tasks
Can pupils:
- use a variety of
information sources to help their designing
- generate ideas
considering users and purposes
- clarify ideas and
develop criteria for their designs
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Developing
and communicating ideas
Can pupils:
- describe and represent
ideas through talking, drawing, testing and trialling
- consider appearance,
function and safety when developing their proposals
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Planning
Can pupils:
- identify things
they will need to do and put them in a logical sequence
- carry out their
plans effectively
- suggest alternative
methods for their ideas to work
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Evaluating
Can pupils:
- talk about their
ideas and how they might work in practice
- evaluate their
ideas as they develop, bearing in mind:
- the user
- the purpose for which the product is intended
- suggest improvements
and carry these out
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Materials
and components
Can pupils:
- understand the
properties of materials, e.g. strength, flexibility, nutritional content
- understand the
qualities of materials, e.g. colour, texture, taste, smell
- understand how
the working characteristics of materials relate to the ways they are
used
- measure, mark out,
cut and shape materials
- combine different
materials and components for a particular purpose
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Products
and applications
Can pupils:
- relate the way
things work to their intended purpose and users’ needs
- investigate the
strengths and weaknesses of products
- comment critically
on products and their applications
- develop knowledge
and techniques which help in their own design and making
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Quality
Can pupils:
- compare the effectiveness of a range of
products - how well they are made and how well they meet their purpose
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Health and safety
Can pupils:
- recognise hazards (to themselves and others)
in their working environment
- consider the risks that the hazards pose
- take action to control these risks
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