This term, Year five have been investigating food from around the world in our Design and Technology lessons. We have learnt about spices and flavourings. We sampled some different vegetables that can go into a Chinese stir fry. At the end of the project we designed our own stir fry Read more…
Year Three improved their fabulous sewing skills this Summer term in Design and Technology. They made their own purses and wallets out of felt. They learnt about different stitches and fastenings and decorated their products to fit their design criteria.
Year Five enjoyed making felt cubes in D&T. These had different functions depending on the children’s choice. Some products were baby toys with soft stuffing. Other products were filled with heavy materials to become paper weights or door stoppers. Skills were built upon prior learning from previous years – 3D Read more…
Look at these super moving pictures! They were designed and created using linkage mechanisms. Some pictures have more than one moving part. A linkage is when levers are connected together using a mixture of moving pivots and fixed pivots.
Year 6 have been designing and making children’s toys that use cams. These mechanisms are tricky to make, so we all made simple prototypes first to really get an understanding of how the systems work. The final products were all very different in design using different themes. Here are some Read more…
Class 4 have been researching the ingredients of canned Fruit Salad as part of their Food Technology project. It was fun looking and smelling different brands – but the best activity was eating it! Their next step is to use what they have found out to design their own recipes.
Some of Year 6 have a very relaxing time exploring creative activities on Friday afternoons. This term we are learning different pottery techniques. Here are some photos of our slab pots. This week we had a go at coil pots. Here’s some more photographs.
When some of Year 6 were at Robinwood, other children from classes 13 and 14 had a lovely afternoon painting. We looked at the colours on the colour wheel that can be considered hot colours and cold colours. Here are some of the results.
Class 10 made their own robot models in DT. There were inspired by reading Ted Hughes “Iron Man”. They had also been studying electricity in Science and knew all about circuits and switches so it was fun to apply this knowledge to make the robots light up.
Class 5 have really enjoyed learning how to use the powder paints this term. They have experimented with mixing the primary colours to make new colours. They have also learnt how to lighten or darken a colour by adding white or using a little black. Here are some of their Read more…