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Key stage 2
Design and technology
concepts develop through our use of threads, which add vertical coherence. Explore free teaching resources for key stage 2, design and technology, covering years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Save hours planning lessons with a slide deck, worksheet, prior knowledge starter and assessment exit quizzes and key vocabulary – all ready for you to teach and adapt for your pupils. You can download lesson and teaching resources, or log in and download units or save units to ‘my library’ – whichever is best for you to plan your design and technology lesson. Read more about how the KS2 curriculum was designed in our explainer.
Units (8)
Units released in 2020-22
Resources made during the pandemic to support remote teaching.
1
Cooking and nutrition: healthy and varied diets
Year 3
10 lessons
2
Mechanisms: levers and linkages
Year 3
10 lessons
3
Keep it safe: shell, solid and combination structures
Year 4
10 lessons
4
Electronics: simple circuits and switches
Year 4
10 lessons
5
Cooking and nutrition: celebrating culture and seasonality
Year 5
10 lessons
6
Reactions (Control in D&T)
Year 5
9/10 lessons
7
3D computer aided design
Year 6
9/10 lessons
8
Textiles: combining different fabric shapes
Year 6
10 lessons