Design Technology Teaching Resources

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in design technology in Key Stage One covering construction, materials, food, textiles and movement mechanisms

  • Castle Building

    Castle Building

    Explore and model some of the different shapes and techniques that can be used to construct a model of a castle showing the main parts and their functions

  • City Cafe

    City Cafe

    Select and combine different ingredients to design and make a range of foods including sandwiches and cakes that can be sold in café in a city location

  • Farm Toys

    Farm Toys

    Design and make different toys that include a movement mechanism to illustrate things found and used on a farm

  • Scarecrows

    Scarecrows

    Select and combine different materials to design and make scarecrows for a garden to match identified success criteria

  • Toy Vehicles

    Toy Vehicles

    Select and combine different materials to make a model of a toy vehicle with a movement mechanism to match chosen success criteria

  • Contractions Word Sums

    Contractions Word Sums

    Practise building and contracting groups of different words using apostrophes to replace the omitted letters in each word pair

  • Fraction Halves

    Fraction Halves

    Identify and record fractions that are halves of different shapes, quantities and numbers using concrete equipment and diagrams to model calculations

  • Weather Postcards

    Weather Postcards

    Read and write recounts to use on postcards reporting the weather experienced on different family holidays

  • Kitchen Masses

    Kitchen Masses

    Identify and record how to measure, calculate and compare the masses of different things used in a kitchen working with units in grams and kilograms