Blog by Tag: Design Technology

This week in Beech, we finally started making our puppets!  The children have designed their own puppet based on a character from The Wind in The Willows and we drew around a template.  We have begun to sew them using running stitch. 
In P.E. we have been practising our tennis skills.  It was…

Year 5 Clay Workshop at Corpus Christi

Year 5 recently had a fantastic opportunity to visit Corpus Christi High School, where they took…

As we all start to think about our summer holidays we have been learning all about the places we have been and those we would like to go too. We have been thinking about what we would need to take in our suitcase. We took a vote of our preferred destination and went to ask Mrs Wrobleski where she…

Year 5 RAF Youth STEM Workshop – Bridge Building Challenge

On Wednesday afternoon, Year 5 had an exciting opportunity to take part in a Royal Air Force Youth STEM workshop, where we became engineers for the day!

Our challenge was to design and build strong, stable bridges using a limited set…

Over the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have been diving into an exciting new Design and Technology topic: South American food! The children have been busy researching a variety of traditional dishes from across the continent, learning about ingredients, flavours, and cultural…

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We travelled to the east for world book day this year to see Aladdin and shared with him his story with his magic lamp. We met the evil Jafar creating our own hats and thought about the good choices he could have made. After creating our own magic carpets we…

This week in Beech has been very busy indeed!

We have been trying out different axles for when we come to design and make our own Moon buggies.  It was lovely to see the children decide on the axle they thought would be the best.

Well done to the children that represented us in the multi…

This week in DT, Willow Class have been busy making their own scones as part of our 'Cooking across the UK' topic.

Before baking, we chose which fruit to add to our scones, selecting either sultanas, cherries, or just leaving it plain. We talked about the taste, texture, and look of our designs…

This week in DT, we have started an exciting new food topic! But, before we begin making any real food, we have been learning how to stay safe and hygienic in the kitchen.

We explored different kitchen scenarios and worked in groups to sort examples of hygienic and unhygienic behaviours. They…

What an exciting week this has been as we have started thinking about the season of advent and what it means. We have introduced themes like waiting, being ready and kindness whilst on our Christmas countdown. We know that this is a time for us to get ready for Christmas and Jesus’ birth. We have…