Year 3

Portraying relationships

In this unit children investigate how paintings, prints, photographs and other images that include figures communicate ideas about relationships. They use composition skills to make a double portrait that conveys ideas about themselves and their relationship with another person in their lives.

Pattern

In this unit children investigate patterns in textiles from different times and cultures. They use ideas from these as a starting point for developing their own designs. They investigate stencilling and print-making techniques and explore ways of combining and organising shapes, colours and patterns to make a decorative textile piece.

Making a Sandwich D&T

Children learn basic food preparation techniques and ways of combining components to create simple food products for a particular purpose. They develop their designing skills by using their own experiences and evaluating existing products to develop ideas. Through discussion, they develop criteria for their design proposals and suggest ways to proceed. They develop their making skills by learning to combine components according to taste, appearance or texture to create a product that contributes to a healthy diet. Through this activity children develop an awareness of health and safety and learn that the quality of the product depends on how well it is made and presented

Packaging D&T

Through this unit children learn about strengthening sheet material to make a strong shell structure, which can be used for a variety of packaging. They gain knowledge about nets and about how complex 3D shapes can be made by using a net. They develop their designing skills through the knowledge gained from investigating, disassembling and evaluating a range of familiar commercial packaging. They develop their making skills through focused tasks in which they use a range of measuring, marking-out, cutting and assembling techniques. They also learn simple graphical communication techniques.