This paper describes the first part of a small case study in
which a secondary school works with three partner primary
schools to develop computer assisted design and computer
assisted manufacture (CAD/CAM) expertise in primary school
children in Years 2, 4 and 5. Three secondary school teachers
developed units of work incorporating CAD/CAM, taught these
units to small groups of primary school children who will then
act as peer mentors to the rest of the pupils in their class
when the entire class is taught the unit. The nature of the work
produced by these small groups is discussed in terms of the
design decisions made by the pupils