Textiles in DT
Year 3 experimented with sewing today in preparation for making ‘Egyptian collars’ as part of their design technology project. We had a go at cross stitch, running stitch and appliqué. Look at...
Category: Design Technology
Reception Kite Making
In Reception we have been busy making kites! We read the book ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’ and decided to reuse our plastic bags to help the environment. We thought about what we needed...
Year 6 Textiles – Waistcoats
Year 6 textiles lesson…How adorable do the first of our teddies look modelling their new waistcoats?
Year 6 Textiles DT
Year 6 Textiles DT- Year six have gotten off to a flying start with their new DT project. The theme this half term across school is ‘textiles.’ In Year 6, the children...
Bug-ingham Palace
Our class quality text this half term is “The Journey Home”, a story with the powerful message of conservation. We wanted to do something to help animals like the animals in our...
Year 4 DT – Structures: Pavilions
Over the past half term Year 4 have been making structures in DT. They explored frame structures, designed a pavilion then finally built the pavilion frame adding cladding and a roof. We...
Year 3 D&T – Castles
In D&T, Year 3 have been designing and creating castles. We looked at the features of a castle and discovered that in the past, castles were built to protect the inhabitants from...
Year 5 D&T – Wooden Truss Bridges
As the conclusion to this term’s D&T work on bridges, Year 5 had to make truss bridges out of wood. It was very time consuming, measuring and cutting all the pieces to...
Year 1 – D&T – Windmills
Year 1 have been making windmills in our Design and Technology lessons. We had to design the structure and then make the turbine. We attached the turbine to the structure using a...
Year 2 Mother’s Day Cards
Year 2 used artistic skills to draw a still life of flowers. They then used design and technology skills when they created a pop-up mechanism for their picture.