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…
🧵🧵 DT: Textiles in Year 4 🧵🧵
This half term, Year 4 have been learning how to sew a pouch using felt and a needle and thread! We designed our pouches independently then joined up with a partner for the creating part! Lots of the children found…
Design and technology: cross stitch and appliqué
We had a lovely lesson this morning, remembering skills from previous year groups and bringing knowledge from home to help us with two new techniques. First we learned how to make a cross stitch from two simple stitches, then we…
DT – refugee shelter prototypes – freestanding structures
After exploring how to join paper to create freestanding structures, Year 6 set about realising their prototype shelters. They used flaps, folds and joins to create stable structures. As they were just exploring prototype designs, they used masking tape…
DT skills: chopping and peeling vegetables
On Friday, we learned about how to use sharp knives and vegetable peelers safely. We practised using claw and bridge holds so our fingers were out of the way! Have you been able to help at home using your new…