Our DT lesson kicked off the half term with a bang as pupils dived head-first into a sensory exploration of food, perfectly linked to our Big Question: What is a healthy and balanced diet? The classroom was buzzing with curiosity as children evaluated a range...
For our creative hook in Year 3, the children tasted a range of fillings that they might like to choose to create a healthy wrap. They used descriptive words to describe the taste and texture. They then shared what they liked and did not like,...
In Design Technology this week, we have been busy sewing! Our first sewing challenge was threading our needles, which was quite tricky as it was hard to get the thread through the tiny eye of the needle. We learned how to do different types of...
DT - Year 6 - Hands-on DT Fun: Building Big Ideas with Straws and Tape! This week’s Design and Technology lesson was bursting with creativity, teamwork and some wonderful engineering! After researching how famous architects design and construct the buildings we see around us - from...
This week, we have become amazing designers! We designed our very own moving vehicle, thinking about what materials we may need and how to attach them together. We then used our designs to create our moving vehicles ensuring they had wheels, axles and an axle...
This week in Reception, the children have really enjoyed making Gingerbread people. We read the recipe together and took turns to mix the ingredients. We then rolled and cut out Gingerbread people. We have been encouraging the children to talk about how they made the...
In Design Technology this term we have investigated cuddly toys, looking at how they are joined and the details that have been added. We then designed our own cuddly toy for Sunny, the character from our class text ‘Meerkat Mail’ thinking about how it would...
Our nursery rhyme this week is ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.’ We enjoyed singing and learning the rhyme, as well as completing lots of different activities, such as making stars and going on a star hunt. We also took this opportunity to do our first cooking...
In our Design Technology lessons, we thoroughly enjoyed taste testing a range of chocolate. We described the appearance, explored the texture and finally savoured the taste of dark, milk and white chocolate before investigating other ingredients that were options for when we create our own...
For our final exit point in Year 2, we held a DT exhibition to show off the vehicles we created for Traction Man. We shared our learning journey from exploring different kinds of cars, to experimenting with axles and axle holders, to learning how to...