More Spaghetti in Year 5!
Year 5 just cannot get enough of spaghetti at the moment! After the success of our spaghetti bridges last week in D&T, this week as part of science week we made Spaghetti...
Category: Design Technology
Spaghetti Bridges
Last week in D&T, Year 5 have been constructing truss bridges with spaghetti. Despite finding out how fragile individual strands of spaghetti, when we put them together (added a lot of masking...
Year 4 D&T – Structures
Year 4 have enjoyed their first Design Technology lesson this half term. They have been making frame structures, using toothpicks, straws or spaghetti with sweets, Blu tac or plasticine to secure the...
Year 5 D&T – Structures – Bridges
Our new Design and Technology unit is Structures – Bridges. During this unit we are going to be investigating how different shapes affect the strength of a bridge. This week we looked...
KS2 Base Celebrate 25 Years of The Angel of the North
We have researched the iconic local landmark The Angel of the North by Anthony Gormley. We looked at the construction, location and cost. We then designed our own out of junk modelling...
Junk Model Trains
The KS1 Base have really enjoyed exploring their Quality Text ‘Oi! Get off our Train’ this half term. Look at the fantastic junk model trains they have created in Design Technology!
Reception Design and Technology
This term in D&T, Reception have made boats for the gingerbread man and today they raced them.
Year 3 D&T – Pneumatic Toys
In D&T last half term, Year 3 made ‘pneumatic toys’ using air pressure and balloons to make the toy move. We had great fun designing, construction, decorating and evaluating our completed models....
Year 4 Design Technology – Slingshot Cars
Mechanisms: Slingshot cars. The children had to design, make, test then evaluate their slingshot cars. They had lots of fun racing their cars in the school hall and Sofia’s car went the...
Year 5 Pop-up Books
Year 5 have been designing and making pop up books in Design Technology this term. They used nursery rhymes or their own stories to create a simple book for young children with...