Year Six are starting their D.T project today, which will eventually require them to build a market stall for Jim (the main character from the class text, Street Child) to sell his shrimps. Today, we are creating prototypes of existing market stall designs to evaluate their sturdiness, protectiveness and stability.
We’ve had a super science afternoon learning about different mechanisms including levers, pulleys and gears. We saw first hand how they make it possible to move heavy objects using less force. Also, we thought about when they may have been implemented historically to support the construction great structures made throughout history.
Reception have had a fantastic first week back at school after the holidays. They were so excited to see their friends and share the news about what they had been up to and what lovely gifts they had received from Santa.
Year Four have had a fantastic first week back and have enjoyed completing their DT project, when making their Roman bread. The used their skills to cut, grate and peel their ingredients before creating their masterpieces and evaluating the effectiveness of their finished product.
The children in Reception have been using their design skills this week to design their own Christmas hats. They had to select the buttons on the sides of the crown to complete the design before decorating with colours and patterns of their choice.
Year two were tasked with designing, making and evaluating a vegetable pizza for their parents to help keep them healthy over Christmas. The children first thought about their favourite pizzas. They then tried a range of toppings and learnt how to safely cut and grate. They designed their pizzas before putting them together at our […]
Year One have been creating a toy – a finger puppet! – to play with at home as their Design and Technology project this week 👍🏻 They’ve tested puppets, considered how they were joined and what they were made from, and then experimented with different joining techniques. They then designed their own festive themed puppet, […]
Year One loved learning alongside their parents this week during their showcase! They stitched their own toys 🧸, made old-fashioned cup and ball toys, created decorations for their Christmas tree 🎄 including a king 👑 from the Christmas Nativity Story, made sparkly lanterns and sang some festive songs beautifully! 🎶 Thank you to everyone who […]
This week we have been reading the story of the Gingerbread Man. In the story, the Gingerbread Man was struggling to cross the river and was eventually eaten by the fox. The children have been challenged to build a bridge for the Gingerbread Man, to help him escape. They worked together using a variety of […]
This week, Reception have had a fantastic time learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. After reading the story of Rama and Sita, the children acted it out as well as making play dough diva lamps, Diwali cards and lots of rangoli patterns. We also did some Diwali yoga and Indian dancing before writing out […]