Schemes of Work

QCA has suggested twenty-four Schemes of Work for schools to follow in Key Stages 1 and 2.

These units of work represent a range of areas of technology:

Unit	Title	Focus
1A	Moving pictures	Mechanisms
1B*	Playgrounds	Materials/Structures
1C	Eat more fruit and vegetables	Food
1D	Homes	Materials/Structures
2A	Vehicles	Mechanisms
2B*	Puppets	Textiles
2C	Winding up	Mechanisms/Structures
2D	Joseph's coat	Textiles
3A*	Packaging	Materials/Structures
3B	Sandwich snacks	Food
3C	Moving monsters	Control: pneumatics
3D	Photograph frames	Materials/Structures
4A	Money containers	Textiles
4B	Storybooks	Control: mechanisms
4C*	Torches	Control: electrical
4D	Alarms	Control: electrical
4E	Lighting it up	Control: electrical
5A	Musical instruments	Materials
5B*	Bread	Food
5C	Moving toys	Control: mechanisms
5D	Biscuits	Food
6A	Shelters	Materials/structures
6B	Slippers	Textiles
6C*	Fairground	Control: electrical
6D	Controllable vehicles	Control: electrical
NOTE: D is the alternative unit in that year group to the unit of work (similar objectives)*

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