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16/07/24

Carnival! 🌍Following the dancing, singing and music we all enjoyed a range of exciting stalls, games and activities!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/r1FbXJbLGa

16/07/24

Carnival Y5 and Y6Finally we ended up in Pakistan with Year 5 and Barbados with Year 6!🇵🇰 🇧🇧 🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧🇵🇰🇧🇧#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/Jf3hDkyx7j

16/07/24

Carnival - Y3 and Y4 🌍Year 3 took us to South Africa and Year 4 took us to Colombia.🇿🇦 🇨🇴 🇿🇦🇨🇴🇿🇦🇨🇴🇿🇦🇨🇴🇿🇦🇨🇴Our Y4 students also showcased their Ukulele learning from year!🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/ju8kQV68cX

16/07/24

Carnival - Y1 and Y2 🌍Year 1 celebrated France and our Year 2 children took us to a whole new continent as they showcased New Zealand!🇫🇷 🇳🇿 🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷🇳🇿🇫🇷#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/nMUg4J6Q7U

16/07/24

Carnival - Reception! 🌍Our Reception children started our world tour by taking us to Romania.🇷🇴 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴Their costumes and dance represented everything they have been learning about the country in recent weeks!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/LljcAG2a7h

16/07/24

Carnival! 🌍 This afternoon we went on a global tour as we celebrated our rich and diverse culture at HPAHP!The children sang, the children danced and the whole school community came together for an afternoon of fun!Thanks to everyone who took part!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/T4asmdJWRq

01/07/24

Dulwich Picture Gallery 🖼️ Last week some of our Y1 pupils visited to take part in an art workshop. They experimented with a range of materials and techniques to create their own masterpieces!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/STCOQezhCo

01/07/24

Carnival Costumes! 🎪 🎨 Linked to our Community Champions theme for July, our carnival is only a few weeks away!This afternoon, we were delighted to welcome parents and carers into school to create our costumes!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/186aoeYHj1

21/06/24

HPAHP Nursery! 🏗️ Preparation for September is well under way. The building work is progressing at a rapid speed as we get our new Nursery provision ready!We have a very limited number of PM spaces available. Contact the school office for more info! pic.twitter.com/2ceUlgWoCO

17/06/24

Royal Opera House! 🎶 Our Year 5 pupils had an incredible experience at the on Friday.Mr Hollis, from , has created this video to celebrate the day! https://t.co/wYsoLdnlcD

14/06/24

Royal Opera HouseToday, our Year 5 pupils joined forces with schools from across the at the .They performed The Magic Flute in unison with other Year 5 children.Incredible experience!!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/uQSrx411mx

14/06/24

ITE StudentsYesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming secondary trainees from . They spent the day at HPAHP to experience what life was like in a primary school. It was a great day and the children loved talking about their learning!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/jklBaWM6rN

14/06/24

Dapo!We love reading at HPAHP. We also love Dapo Adeola who we have named a class after. This week, our Year 2 children had the pleasure of meeting at Battersea Arts Centre!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/TqKe348Vz4

14/06/24

Dulwich Picture Gallery 🖼️ This week, our Year 6 children visited Dulwich Picture Gallery. They took part in an art workshop around the theme of identity.#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/Zp7dJ5sPBI

10/06/24

Class Photos 📸 Class photos are scheduled for Wednesday 19th June 2024.#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/asVcWmEK19

10/06/24

Kingswood 2024 🚌 We are on our way back. We think some kind of the children (and staff) might be a little bit tired!!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/Blyp2rQaoR

10/06/24

Sports Day 2024 🥇🥈🥉Our annual Sports Day event is scheduled to take place on Thursday 4th July 2024.As in previous years, it will take place at Whitgift School.AM - Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6PM - Rec, Y1 and Y2More information to follow! pic.twitter.com/n4QsaA0zzq

10/06/24

Kingswood 2024Team tech - can they complete the challenge and get all the moving parts working?#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/hQF3awVgnc

10/06/24

Kingswood 2024The sky might be slightly more grey today but that hasn’t dampened the energy of the children. The leap of faith first up today!#HPAHP pic.twitter.com/VQWUBjUBLb

09/06/24

Kingswood 2024 🪩 The final evening of the trip saw us celebrate in style. A disco with some of our local Harris friends from Croydon.#HPAHp pic.twitter.com/5O8QTeTWWN

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Design and Technology

Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Using creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values.  

Intent: Introduction, Vision and Philosophy 
The purpose of this document is to clarify the how, why, and what of design and technology teaching at Harris Primary Academy Haling Park. This is to be used by staff to clarify expectations, highlight the resources that we have at our disposal, and to ensure that a high-quality design and technology curriculum is being taught to all. Design and Technology is a highly practical and creative subject, which will equip children with many of the life-skills that they will need for the future. Learning about how to fix things, build things, create and problem-solve are vital, and encompass some of the main skills that we want children to have when they leave Harris Primary Merton. Design and Technology is all about solving real problems, and as such, is taught in the context of lots of different disciplines; children will use software to render 3D images in Computing, design and create settlements in Geography, and learn about food and nutrition in Science. They will use their design skills to help them create Art, and in History, learn about how design and technology have helped shape the world.  

Implementation: What does DT look like at HPAHP?
We use the National Curriculum in England 2014 framework for Design and Technology as the basis for its curriculum planning. We develop our medium-term plans using a range of sources, including commercial on-line resources various curriculum providers. While there are opportunities for pupils of all abilities to develop their skills and knowledge in each teaching unit, the planned progression built into the Design and Technology curriculum means that the pupils are increasingly challenged as they move through the school. Design and Technology is taught by individual class teachers who take responsibility for planning, resourcing and delivering this area of the curriculum. Overall responsibility for ensuring that there is a suitable risk assessment in place for this subject lies with the subject coordinator who will ensure that this has been reviewed by the Principal.

At Harris Primary Haling Park, we make Design and Technology an enjoyable learning experience. Pupils undertake a Design and Technology project at least three times a year; this corresponds with Autumn, Spring and Summer. The project will link into some aspect that they are learning that term, and takes place over the whole term. Design and Technology is taught throughout, and alongside other topics, usually following the IPC curriculum, however there are some units which will be taught alongside our Computing curriculum (e.g. 3D modelling), or discretely, for example cooking. 

Early Years Foundation Stage  

We teach Design and Technology in our Reception classes as an integral part of the topic work covered during the year and as set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework which underpin the curriculum planning for children aged three to five. We encourage the development of skills, knowledge and understanding that help pupils make sense of their world as an integral part of the academy’s work. This learning forms the foundations for later work in Design and Technology. These early experiences include asking questions about how things work, investigating and using a variety of construction kits, materials, tools and products, developing making skills and handling appropriate tools and construction material safely and with increasing control. We provide a range of experiences that encourage exploration, observation, problem solving, critical thinking and discussion. These activities, indoors and outdoors, attract the pupil’s interest and curiosity 

Impact: How will we judge the impact of the design and technology curriculum?  
The design and technology curriculum will make a profound and positive impact on the outcomes of every pupil. The structure enables us to return to core knowledge and skills throughout the course, embedding key practises and understanding  

Core knowledge of each unit is supported by a knowledge organiser which details the key learning points, vocabulary and key questions. This is sent home in advance of the unit, allowing pupils to make a head start on their learning. It is our expectation that the knowledge on our organiser is known by all.

We endeavour to create strong and appropriate links with other subjects to enhance the curriculum and learning experience.  

Our teachers rely on a range of assessment tools to provide data on the knowledge and skills pupils have, their progress and their development points.  

This includes:  

· assessment for learning  

· challenge tasks  

· enquiry tasks

· standards of learning in books and products  

· quizzing, multiple choice and end of unit questions  

· pupil voice