Blog by Tag: D&T

Our classroom transformed into a buzzing kitchen as our young chefs took on an exciting hands-on project: making their very own custom smoothies!

1. Following the Design Brief 

Our young chefs started by reviewing their individual design briefs, making sure they followed their pre-planned…

As part of our Design and Technology topic on healthy eating, the children turned into master chefs today! We spent the lesson practising essential food preparation techniques, including cutting, chopping, and juicing a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Exploring Different Tools and…

In DT we will be making seasonal tarts. In preparation for our cooking, the children have been learning techniques to cut and peel a variety of fruits/vegetables. 

Using our  circuit building knowledge we designed and created a working torch. You can tell by these pictures how pleased we are with the results.

Over the past few weeks, Maple Class have been busy becoming designers and engineers during our D&T project! The children were challenged to design and create a sturdy, imaginative pencil pot that was both appealing and fit for purpose.

First, the children carefully explored different ideas and…

Willow class have thoroughly enjoyed designing and creating book covers. We thought carefully about the appropriate fastenings and how we will add the details.

Sewing has become one of our favourite things.

Once we had completed our covers we evaluated the finished pieces against our…

Our Green power project is well underway in Oak class. This week we have been measuring the frame of the go-kart so that we can begin to make the bodywork.

We have decided our theme will be the rainforest.

Watch this space to see how it turns out.

As part of our travelling tale of Pig the Pug, Maple Class had lots of fun making dog biscuits!

We talked about how Pig loves treats and decided to create our own biscuits that we could share as part of our story. The children carefully followed simple instructions, measuring and mixing the…

In our EYFS maths lessons this week, the children took part in a fun building challenge inspired by Pig the Pug.

The children were introduced to Trevor the sausage dog from the story and were given a special maths challenge:

• Can you build a sausage dog that is shorter than…

We have been busy engineers in Maple Class this week! We have officially finished our Moving Storybook project in Design and Technology.

The children have worked incredibly hard to create their own moving storybooks based on the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. They had to carefully cut, stick, and…

Oak Class has officially shifted gears into the design phase for our Greenpower racing Goblin. 

The brief was simple: create a look for our racer that stands out on the track and represents the unique personality of our class. 

We saw a  range of inspiration during our brainstorming…

Maple Class have had a fantastic start to our new Design and Technology topic, where we will be learning all about moving mechanisms. By the end of the term, the children will use these skills to design and make their own moving storybook.

This week, we began by experimenting with sliders. The…