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Year 1 design and technology

Year 1 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 5 to 6 in Key Stage 1. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes engineer, structure, stable, collage, material, mock-up, freestanding, design specification, reinforcing, corrugated card, unique, sketching.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 1 design and technology lesson

In the order they are taught. 24 lessons.

Frame structures: bridges

  1. Bridges
  2. Creating Bridge Collages
  3. Exploring Bridge Structures
  4. Reinforcing Bridge Structures
  5. Generate Ideas Through Talking and Drawing
  6. Making a Bridge Structure
  7. Develop and Finish a Bridge
  8. Testing Bridge Structures

Rotary mechanisms: windmills

  1. Rotary Motion: Wheels That Turn and Wells That Lift
  2. Using Wind
  3. Testing Wind Sails
  4. Select Materials for Wind Sails
  5. Selecting an Axle for a Windmill
  6. Make a Windmill
  7. Finishing and Testing Windmill Mechanisms
  8. Presenting Final Designs: Our Windmill

Templates in textiles: hand puppets

  1. Exploring Puppets
  2. Fabric Properties
  3. Simple Sewing Techniques: The Running Stitch
  4. Sketching Ideas for a Hand Puppet
  5. Plan and Make Fabric Templates
  6. Joining Fabric to Make Puppets
  7. Finishing Techniques for Hand Puppets
  8. Giving and Receiving Feedback

Each of the 3 units has a free printable Year 1 design and technology worksheet, with the answers on a separate page.

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Common questions

What does Year 1 design and technology cover?
Year 1 design and technology runs to 24 lessons across a 36 week year, covering engineer, structure, stable, collage, material, mock-up and more.
How many design and technology lessons are in Year 1?
24 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 1?
Children in Year 1 are 5 to 6 years old during the school year in England and Wales.