Blog by Tag: DT

This half term, we are designing and building a sling-shot car.  The children carefully followed instructions and used hot glue guns safely to construct the chassis.  

Y6 were faced with a Design and Technology challenge: to design and make their very own playground!

They had to:

• Create five apparatus designs, applying the design criteria to their work.
• Make suitable changes to their work after peer evaluation.
• Make roughly three different…

Reception class have been reading Little Red Riding hood and wanted to help Little Red Riding hood get to Granny's house quicker that the Big Bad Wolf so they decided to make a plane for her. We investigated 2 different types of paper aeroplane, a thin one and a fat one and we predicted which…

Children in Year 4 have been learning how to follow a recipe.  They have learnt the skills of measuring, creaming and rubbing in.

As part ot our Design Technology unit, the children in Year 4 have been evaluating different types of biscuit considering the taste, smell, texture and appearance.

In Design and Technology we have been learning that food tastes best in season.

What could be better than an Autumnal Apple Crumble?

This afternoon, Year 5 have been exploring the mechanics of a pop-up book, by creating their own version.

We researched and developed design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular younger children.

Great…

Each class has been promoting and developing our pupils' knowledge and understanding of new vocabulary.  In Literacy, pupils have explored tier 1, 2 and 3 words linked to their topic, Read, Write Inc. or Pathways to Write.  In other subject areas such as Geography and IT, pupils are investigating…

This term, Year 4 are exploring electrical circuits and conductors. Today we used our knowledge of circuits and conductors and insulators to discuss the purpose of switches and how they work.

The children were then given a variety of items such as paperclips, card, paper fasteners and safety…