Kapow Primary Design Technology review by Rachel

Date: 21.04.2022

Review subject: Design Technology

Phase: Primary

Reviewer: Rachel, Teacher

Reviewer’s school profile:

Academy 433 pupils (oversubscribed) in Plymouth
FSM: 37.1%

Review rating:

How well does it match the curriculum?

Well: It covers the curriculum as well as we expected

Great resource. Matches curriculum well for all key stages

How well does it support your school’s inclusion/diversity/equal opportunities policy?

Well: The content is inclusive and sensitively presented

Good for inclusion and helps support our school policies on this

How well does it support differentiation for the full range of the classes you use it with?

Well: A large majority of resources are suitably differentiated for pupils

All children are able to access the resource. It can easily cater for challenge or scaffolded learning

How well does it engage and motivate pupils?

Well: Pupils generally enjoy using it and tend to welcome doing so

Children really enjoy this resource and often ask to use it

How well supported is it by accompanying formative assessments?

Reasonably: There is some formative assessment included, but its usefulness is a bit limited

Assessment for DT is a tricky matter and still an ongoing discussion in our school. We need something that it is not going to put too much pressure on teacher’s workload when we already spend a lot of time assessing.

How well does it support planning?

Well: It’s fairly self-contained and can be used with minimal preparation

Lesson plans are a great resource on this. Particularly as we have teachers that find planning these subjects tricky so wish for that extra guidance.

How would you rate it for value for money compared to similar resources?

Well: It’s worth the money and effort to introduce – more so than many similar resources I’ve seen.

Worth the money. Reasonable resource

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