STEM in Y6
Today in Y6, after much preparation, we started to build out Anderson shelters. We used our Tinkercad designs to up scale our designs into a model.
Category Archives: Design & Technology
Bug Hotels
Y4 visit our local area- Designing and Making Bug hotels for Science Week 🐛 🕷 🐜
As part of our Science week and learning about living things and their habitats, Y4 have designed and made bug hotels for our insects to live in. First, we completed […]
Science Week in Y5
What a brilliant day it has been in year 5 investigating ‘How can animals fly?’ Firstly, we researched animals that can fly then we investigated different moving mechanisms, such as […]
Tudor Art
This week in Y5S we have been using a range of different skills to create Tudor artwork. We used pencil sketching to complete portraits of Tudor monarchs which we are […]
Y6M STEM
Y6M have been putting the finishing touches to their lighthouses today. Next week, coding!
Christmas crafts
5A have been busy preparing for the Christmas Fayre next Friday. They have been sewing some amazing decorations and shown great resilience.
Preparation is key
The children have been finishing off the final touches on the Christmas displays ready for the grand reveal on Wednesday! Maths, literacy, science, French, P4C, history are just some of […]
Moon Buggy Madness in Y5A
Today, we have completed our moon buggies with a little help from some parents. Thank you we couldn’t have done it without you. The parents who joined us were quickly […]
Moon Buggies in Y5S
Today we have had parents in school to help build moon buggies. We have used our DT skills to create a wooden frame with working wheels. Will they work in […]
DT in Y3J
This afternoon we designed our Victorian toy and then created it. After we created them and wrote the instructions, we decided to test them. We had so much fun.
Horrible Histories Club
What a fantastic time we are having in our club. Each week we complete a different activity and look at a different part in history. Last week it was Savage […]
Y3 Victorian Day
Today the Y3 children have been transported into the past. We have had a full immersive Victorian day which involved being a part of a Victorian school, drama, art, DT […]
DT in Y4C
Today we designed our Bag For Life. We created a class RUBRIC to decide what features/ designs our bags should have. We then transferred our ideas onto a plan. ♻️ […]
Stone Age Weapon Designs- Y3S
Today in Y3S we have developed our own design criteria using a Rubric. We considered what was important when designing a weapon that people would have used in the stone […]
Design and technology in Y3
Today in Y3T, we have been exploring our skills in designing an innovative product using careful planning and research. We then used our labelled designs to choose appropriate tools and […]
Olympic medal designers
Linked with our previous learning about the Amazon rainforest, year 3 have turned their learning about Brazil towards the impending Olympics which will be held in Rio later this year. […]
Design and Technology
In Year 5 the children have been busy working on their designs. I have been really proud of how the children have been working together as a team, showing resilience […]
Design and Technology in Year 5
This term in year 5 the children are exploring fairground attractions linked to our topic. In groups children were given the challenge to create something that moves, lights up or […]
