Lesson Plans and Helpsheets

Lesson Plans

The Association Lesson Plans have been designed to help with short term planning for design and technology. They should be used alongside the Scheme of Work and with the D&T Association Helpsheets.

These lesson plans are suggestions and should be adapted to fit a particular class or group of children as appropriate. Not all schools allocate time for D&T in the same way and suggestions for altering times and sessions are included in supplementary notes for each unit.

All 25 lesson plans have a common format and are designed to help non-specialists in their planning and delivery of the Scheme of Work. Each unit is divided into a number of sessions with one A4 sheet covering a complete lesson.

• up to four specific learning objectives/outcomes that children should learn during that lesson
• timed teaching and learning activities together with suggested questions that might be asked in order to support children's learning
• IDEAs (investigative, disassembly, evaluative activities), FPTs (focused, practical tasks) and DMAs (designing and making assignments) relating to those suggested in both the QCA Scheme of Work and the D&T Association Helpsheets
• time allocated for clearing away towards the end of each session
• plenary sessions with strategies for demonstrating and reinforcing learning which refer back to the learning objectives
• formative assessment opportunities to help inform the next skill or area of knowledge needed
• key vocabulary and resources for that session
• key skills as appropriate and suggestions as to how these may be covered in the work being done
• notes to support health and safety, organisation and links with other subjects where applicable

Supplementary notes are written for each unit and include suggestions about planning, alternative methods of working, ideas and tips from teachers. Exemplar planning and design, product analysis or evaluation sheets are also included. Many of these are generic and could be adapted for use in the different units.

An example lesson plan is available to download: Unit 1D: Homes Lesson Plan pt1and pt2

The entire Lesson Plan 2C is available for download in the Resource Vault (Members only), please login with your username and password to access the file.

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Helpsheets

These illustrated helpsheets are essential to help you in the practical delivery of the ideas, skills and techniques described in each QCA unit of work for Design and Technology in primary schools.

• For all primary teachers, providing ‘instant CPD’
• Folder containing loose-leaf photocopiable A4 sheets
• Assume no prior knowledge and explain technical vocabulary
• The quick to read and easy to follow helpsheets provide:
  • Practical support for 25 QCA D&T units of work
  • Simple how-to-do-it notes
  • Sketches of processes and techniques.

Includes an eight-page booklet and 25 two-page A4 helpsheets.

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