DT – long term overview  
          
          
                         EYFS                       Y1                     Y2                     Y3                    Y4                      Y5                     Y6 
             U    N: Nature crown            Pop up toys –            Rainforest           Making a tote                                                                  
             nit  Use of glue (prit          Jack in a box             smoothie                  bag  
              
             1    stick and PVA)              Mechanisms            Preparing fruit,           Textiles 
                  R: continuous                  (sliders)              nutrition                   
                  provision 
             U    N:  continuous                                      Christmas           Cool Creations:        Baking project:        Making a model          Baking project: 
             nit  provision                                            stocking              Fruit Salad              Bread                with a cam             Fish cakes 
              
             2    R: Junk Model                                     Textiles, joining     Seasonality and         Nutrition, food          Mechanical             Nutrition, food 
              
                  rocket                                                materials          healthy eating          hygiene and               systems              hygiene and 
                  Recap of prior                                                                                  cooking skills                                 cooking skills 
                  glue/tape. String                                           
                  additional 
             U    N:  continuous           Three Little Pigs’                                                         Alarms            Baking project:                   
             nit  provision                      houses                                                              Electrical         Pizza with yeast 
              
             3    R:  continuous             Free standing                                                           systems:                dough 
                  provision                     structures                                                        Simple circuits        Nutrition, food 
                                                                                                                   and switches           hygiene and 
                                                                                                                                          cooking skills 
             U    N: 3D car for Mr                                    Focus Day:          Cheese Straws          Treasure boxes                                Cool Creations: 
             nit  Grumpy                                             Easter Cards          Cookery baking        Shell structures                               Fruit Smoothie  
              
             4    Use of tape                                         Mechanisms               project                                                          Seasonality and 
                  R: Shoe box                                            Sliders                                                                                 healthy eating 
                  animal habitat                                              
             U    N: 2D house using         Sandwiches for                                                       Cool creations:        Cool creations:           Bird Boxes 
             nit  textures                   the royal party                                                       Tuna Wrap                Hummus                 Structures 
              
             5                                  Preparing                                                        Seasonality and        Seasonality and                   
              
                  R:  continuous               vegetables,                                                        healthy eating         healthy eating 
                  provision                      nutrition 
                  N:  continuous                                   Moving vehicles          A page for a                                                            Building 
             U    provision                                           Mechanisms                book                                                               Buggies:  
             nit                                                   (wheels and axels)        Mechanical                                                             Electrical 
              
             6    R: 3D lighthouse                                                        systems: Levers                                                           Systems 
                                                                                            and linkages