Wow! Year 3 have excelled in their skills in Design Technology. We have researched, designed, templated and practised skills so that we can make our own bendy bags. We came up with our own design brief and target audience. We decided what could be kept inside the bag from lip balms, playing cards to glasses. … Continued
As part of our Design and Technology work in Year 5/6, we have been practising precision measuring, careful sawing and construction to make 3D frame structures.
Our new topic in Year 3 for this half term is ‘Trains’ and to introduce this exciting topic, we had a WOW day last week! As part of our WOW day, we designed and created our very own trains using lots of different materials! Take a look at some of our trains below!
Our Year 6 children had an amazing opportunity to explore an interactive, hands on exhibition, divided into engaging STEM-themed zones at this years STEMFest. It was a great opportunity for our children to get an idea of the vast opportunities of STEM careers available locally.
In DT, our Year 5 children were investigating structures! Their group challenge was to build the tallest free standing structure using only card, sellotape and scissors.
Last week, our Year 3 children made some delicious Anglo-Saxon Honey Oat and Spice cakes. We used a range of skills, including cutting using the bridge technique, to ensure we were safe when preparing the dried apricots for our cakes. We helped each other when weighing, mixing and measuring to ensure our cakes turned out … Continued
Take a look at the amazing worry teddies we have been making in Year 3. The purpose of a worry teddy is to help children manage any worries or uncomfortable feelings they may have. If a child is feeling worried, their teddy will be there for them to chat to instead of keeping any feelings … Continued
This half term, in Design and Technology, the children in Year 5 have been learning all about mechanisms. In their DT lessons, they have been investigating gears and how they work. The children have also investigated pulleys and tested them out around our classroom. Click here to see our pulleys in action! . Click here … Continued
In Design and Technology this half term, our Year 5/6 children have been learning about gears and pulleys. Last week, the children explored the mechanism for a pulley and then made their own using string and cups. We then tested our pulleys around the classroom.
As part of our exciting new topic, ‘A Journey into Space’, our Year 6 children have been learning all about NASA and as part of Design and Technology, we have designed and made our very own rockets! Today, we went out onto the yard to put our rockets to the test!
