Seychelles Primary 3 Curriculum - Design and Technology

Technology and Enterprise Attainment Targets - Primary 3

At the end of Primary 3, the learner is able to:

Technology Process

• Investigate aspects of technology such as materials and techniques.
• Generate design ideas and share with others.
• Plan the order of his/her work considering the tools, equipment, materials, components, and techniques as part of the production stage.
• Improve and explain his/her design.

Information and Communication

• Analyze information gathered.
• Use appropriate techniques to combine information from different sources such as books, videos, family members.
• Record information for their design using methods that are easy to manage (words, sketches, diagrams).

Skills

• Use tools and equipment with some accuracy to cut, shape, and assemble materials.
• Use equipment, tools, and materials safely and with care.
• Carry out regular maintenance on equipment.

Enterprise

• Demonstrate ways of overcoming barriers and constraints that prevent success when devising creative solutions to technology challenges.
• Develop strategies for making good use of resources and initiate a plan of action.
• Use appropriate ways to organize personal work.
• Identify functions and labels in products.

Society and Environment

• Describe people's views about technology.
• Explain that some materials can have limited availability, can be reused, and recycled.
• Explain how products, environments, and services have been designed to best meet people's current and future needs in the local community.
• Describe how designers and technologists contribute to meeting needs.