Year 8 · Design and technology · beta

Collaborative design: tactile toys to teach

Using knowledge of timber properties and processes, pupils will work together to design a batch of tactile toys. They will prepare a manufacturing plan and develop their knowledge of quality control, applying this to checks throughout manufacturing to produce the batch within acceptable tolerances.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

Prior knowledge

Pupill can verbally describe and analyse designs
Pupils can identify material properties
Pupils can identify manufacturing process opportunities and limitations

Source curriculum references

Understand developments in design and technology, its impact on individuals, society and the environment, and the responsibilities of designers, engineers and technologists.
Develop and communicate design ideas using annotated sketches, detailed plans, 3-D and mathematical modelling, oral and digital presentations and computer-based tools.
Test, evaluate and refine their ideas and products against a specification, taking into account the views of intended users and other interested groups.
Develop specifications to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that respond to needs in a variety of situations.
Identify and solve their own design problems and understand how to reformulate problems given to them.

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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