Subject Leader Profile

Ms Brewster

Ms Brewster is an enthusiastic advocate of the importance of design and technology teaching in primary school. She has been designing and creating from a young age, and is a qualified forest school leader where she encourages free expression and transfer of skills from the classroom to the natural environment . 

Wickhambreaux teaches DT through discrete sessions, interleaved sessions, and themed weeks devoted to the subject, which Ms Brewster organises to follow and engaging theme which can be accessed by all year groups. 

Under her leadership, DT at Wickhambreaux will continue to flourish. Pupils are provided many opportunities to explore their creative vision, evaluate their ideas and develop them, and exercise their skills with logical reasoning and flexible thinking in analysing and improving their creations. 

What DT looks like at Wickhambreaux

Vision Statement

Design and Technology is a practical subject which provides opportunity for creativity and imagination for all children. Pupils evaluate existing products and use these, alongside a design brief, to design, make and evaluate their own innovative new products. Their products must solve problems, within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values.  

Existing products are studied and their suitability for purpose is evaluated. Results of these are used to inform subsequent product design alongside a design brief. All Children are taught to select and use appropriate tools safely and effectively to make a product, before evaluating their own product against the design brief.  ​

By providing the children with the necessary skills in DT, we are creating adults who are proficient in problem solving, collaboration and innovation.  

 Subject Documents

• DT Progression Framework
• DT Whole School Curriculum Map