Teaching Ideas for Design Technology

Classroom teaching ideas and lesson planning advice to support busy primary school teachers in Key Stages One and Two and the Foundation Stage. Discover a fantastic range of primary resources to excite and inspire pupils on different topics and themes for design technology.

  • Current Events

    Current Events

    Develop skills in all curriculum areas by harnessing interest in events currently happening around the world

  • School Adventures

    School Adventures

    Develop practical, social and physical skills across the curriculum by completing a range of activities in the school grounds

  • Silent Letter Words

    Silent Letter Words

    Explore and illustrate the meanings and spellings of some different words with silent letters when using them in a range of topics and scenarios

  • Complaint Letters

    Complaint Letters

    Explain and model how to format and structure writing when composing letters of complaint about different issues and scenarios

  • Final Sounds Word Guess

    Final Sounds Word Guess

    Practise playing some guessing and matching games to identify the spelling and meaning of words with different final sounds

  • Building Reports

    Building Reports

    Explore how to collect facts and information to work with when composing and presenting non-chronological reports about buildings that can be found in the local area