Science: Energy Round-Up
Today, Year 6 wrapped up their learning on energy and electrical circuits by completing their steady-hand games. Lots of problem-solving, lots of resilience, a great experience all round!
Making toys
As part of our History topic on Toys Year One have been busy making a Victorian optical illusion toy called Thaumatrope. If you spin it fast enough it looks like the bird is in the cage!
Design Technology: Joining Fabrics
Year One have been investigating the best methods to join pieces of fabric together. We have trialled gluing, safety pinning and stappling pieces of fabric together. Before beginning we discussed the importance of safety and the correct methods to…
🍽🍍DT – it’s time for dessert in Y6 🍍🍽
Today, Y6 completed their Come Dine With Me project in DT. The dessert course featured the hero ingredient of pineapple🍍 On the menu we had pineapple muffins, pineapple and strawberry sorbet and pineapple whip! All healthy and all delicious!
Mechanisms: wheels and axels
Year One have been busy creating cars and understanding the importance of Wheels and Axels and how they work. We have been problem solving to see if the wheels would move when we taped the axle to the main body.…
🍽🍽Y6 Come Dine With Me – Episode 1 -Starters 🍽🍽
Today, Y6 enjoyed their first course in their Come Dine with Me experience, featuring the hero ingredient: bell peppers. Some groups made stuffed peppers, others made ratatouille. Once all the hard work was done, it was time to sample the…
DT in Y6: Designing Playgrounds
After lots of Kagan work using structures such as Round Table Consensus and Round Robin, we explored what we thought a good playground should have, before refining this into a set of must-have design criteria. Then we learned measuring, marking…
✂️ DT: designing and making pavilions! ✂️
This half term, Year 4 have been designing their own pavilions in DT. We looked at existing examples from around the world and decided on a design criteria based on what we saw. The children designed their own pavilions and…
DT: finished Egyptian collars
Today, we finished our sewing projects in DT. We had some helpers from Y6 to assist with threading needles, tying knots. Look out for techniques including running stitch, cross stitch and appliqué. We had to draw on our reserves of…
🧵 DT in Year 6: Making Waistcoats 🧵
This week, Year 6 started work on their latest DT project: waistcoats! Working with their Kagan partners for support, Year 6 followed the process of evaluating existing products, developing design criteria then designing their waistcoats before laying out the pattern…