In DT this half term, Year 5 have been designing and then making their own pizzas. To introduce the topic, the children completed a comprehension task all about the history of the pizza. This was then followed by a lesson learning about how different foods make their journey from farm Read more…
In DT, we have been learning about fruit and vegetables and we have designed our own smoothies. Today the children prepared the fruit and vegetables, developing new skills and then made smoothies.
What a busy day we have had designing and making our sling shot cars. The children have been busy measuring, gluing, sawing, designing body work and assembly today to create a car that is powered by an elastic band sling shot. Here are the finished cars. Well done year 3.
The children have enjoyed learning all about the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. We made our own 3D sculptures of fruit faces. The children carefully sliced and cut their own pieces of fruit.
In Year 5 this term, the children are going to be designing and then creating their own pop-up books. In the first lesson, pupils looked at pop-up books for children and identified the mechanisms used and the target audience. Today, the objective of the lesson was to follow a set Read more…
Today we brought our design technology unit to an end by making our final design. Throughout the unit we have looked at seasonal food, imported foods and healthy foods in the run up to our final design. The children all designed a seasonal healthy tart which they made today. Yummy.
What a wonderful day, the children have absolutely loved having their parents and grandparents join them in the classroom today. Thank you to everybody that came along! To finish our DT project, they worked together to create a moving vehicle, with very creative designs. Here are the finished products, we Read more…
Today in our DT lesson we have been looking at how certain fruits and vegetables are seasonal within the UK and will only grow at certain times of the year. We then followed a recipe to make a fruit crumble. We chose apples and pears as these are currently Read more…
Today we started our new topic for this half term, eating seasonally. The children began by thinking about what makes a healthy diet and how different foods can offer different nutrients. They completed a food pyramid to explore the different food groups such as protein, dairy and carbohydrates. We then Read more…
This half term, Year 6 have been exploring playgrounds. We researched different types of playground structures that were already in use, who invented the playgrounds and what we use and want from playgrounds. Yesterday, we used all of our research and planning to produce our own model playgrounds. Take a Read more…
Today we invited parents and family members into school to work with the children on their DT cushion project. The children had worked up to this day by researching cushions already on the market, planning and designing their own cushion and practicing various types of sewing stitches. Today they worked Read more…
Today, Year 5 invited parents and carers into class to support them creating their final product for our stuffed toys DT unit. This term, Year 5 have been exploring the concept of creating their own stuffed toys. First of all they designed their product and then had a practice at Read more…
We have had a wonderful day in Year 2! The children were lucky enough to either have a parent, sibling or a special Year 6 helper come in and help them with their end of unit activity. The children did an amazing job identifying foods from different food groups, they Read more…
In our DT unit we are looking at the importance of a balanced diet and how to check our food and drink products for any hidden sugars. First we looked at some popular drinks and were surprised to learn how much sugar was in them! We then had a tasting Read more…
This term we have been putting our sewing skills to the test! We explored a range of materials and found out how things are made.. We practised our running stich with some binca bookmarks, we had to be super careful with the sharp needles and we actually spent a full Read more…