Boundary Primary School: Design and Technology: Blog items

Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 2:01pm

In this lesson we made our fruit smoothies. To do this we used the bridge cutting technique to cut a range of fruits. We then used a blender to mix all our ingredients together to make our tasty smoothies! Before working with any fruits, we looked at health and safety. We thought about what potential there can be in a kitchen, how we needed to wash our hands and keep our area tidy.

Year 2- Where does food come from?

Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 8:07am

In DT we thought about where different foods came from, and sorted foos into if they came from an animal or a plant. We then thoguht more closely to fruit and thought abotu how they grow, if that was on a tree, underground, on a vine or on the gorund.

Year 2- Food tasting

Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 8:04am

As part of our DT day we were tasting a range of different fuits and smoothies. The chidlren enjoyed tasting a rnage of differetn fruits and describing them, and thinking about which would blend well to make a smoothie.

Nursery Run, Run As Fast As They Can!

Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 8:11pm

The children have throughly enjoyed the story of "The Gingerbread Man". With it's repetitive phrases it's perfect for retelling and really gets the children involved in storytelling, Obviously we had the make our own Gingerbread men! The children did a super job making the dough together and proved themsleves to be excellent bakers. Luckily, no Gingerbread Men were found running the corridors of Boundary Primary School!

Year 5 - DT

Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 9:29am

This week, Year 5 continued to construct their bug hotels using a frame structure.

Year 1- Mechanisms

Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 4:05pm

This half term, our focus has been on Mechanisms. We explored a range of different moving picture books and learnt they move using levers and sliders. Throughout the half term, we have been practicing our cutting skills and we applied this today to accurately make our lever, sliders. Then, we designed a background for our parts to move through and evaluated them for their effectiveness.

Year 1- Fruit Salads

Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 4:01pm

This week we have completed our Design Technology unit of food. We focused on healthy eating and created a healthy fruit salad. First, we tasted a variety of different fruits and described whether we liked their taste or texture. Then, we designed our own healthy fruit salads before following our design to successfully make them. At the end of the day, we evaluated our fruit salads.

Year 6 - Making pizzas

Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 2:52pm

🍕 Year 6’s Brilliant Build‑Your‑Own Pizza Day!

Today, Year 6 swapped their pens and pencils for aprons and rolling pins as we spent the whole day becoming real‑life pizza chefs! From mixing flour and yeast to taste‑testing our final creations, it was a day full of teamwork, creativity, and (of course) delicious food.

👩‍🍳 Step 1: Making the Dough

We kicked things off by learning how proper pizza dough is made. Flour everywhere? Yes. Sticky hands? Definitely. Giggles and excitement? Absolutely!
Everyone worked hard to knead their own ball of dough until it was soft, stretchy, and ready to rise. Some students even discovered they had a natural talent for kneading!

🔪 Step 2: Chopping the Toppings

While the dough rested, we moved on to preparing our toppings. The classroom quickly turned into a colourful kitchen full of chopped peppers, onions, mushrooms, sweetcorn, and more.
We practised our safe cutting techniques, and it was amazing to see how confident and careful everyone was.

🎨 Step 3: Designing Our Own Pizzas

This was where the creativity really took off! Once the dough was rolled out, each student designed a pizza that truly showed their personality.
There were smiley‑face pizzas, rainbow‑topping pizzas, and even some very cheesy creations. Everyone took great care arranging their toppings just the way they wanted.

🔥 Step 4: Into the Oven They Go!

Next came the moment of truth! One by one, our pizzas went into the oven, filling the room with the mouth‑watering smell of fresh baking dough.
The excitement grew as each pizza came out looking golden, bubbling, and absolutely delicious.

😋 Step 5: The Best Part – Eating Them!

After all our hard work, we finally got to taste the results. And what a success!
Not only did the pizzas look amazing, but they tasted fantastic too. Many students said this was the best pizza they had ever had—and the secret ingredient? Making it themselves!

Year 5 - Carpentry Superstars

Date: 3rd Feb 2026 @ 12:02pm

Year 5 had an exciting DT session in Redcliffe’s DT room, where everyone became real carpenters as we measured wood carefully, used hacksaws safely and accurately, and secured our materials in bench vices to prepare all the pieces needed for our frame‑structure bug hotels; the class worked brilliantly as a team, stayed focused while using proper tools, and filled the room with creativity (and a little sawdust!) as we got one step closer to building our very own bug‑friendly shelters.

Reception- Junk Model Vehicles

Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 10:25am

This half term we have been learning about transport and the different types we use to travel to different places.

This week we made our own junk model vehicles, thinking about what they look like. We collaged the colour of a vehicle and made sure we fixed the boxes togther with glue or tape and attached windows, doors, wheels, headlights and windscreen wipers on them.

Take a look at what we did!

Year 5 - Design Technology so far this half-term...

Date: 20th Jan 2026 @ 3:54pm

This term in DT, Year 5 have been diving into the world of frame structures, and it’s been brilliant watching them explore how these amazing constructions stay strong while using as little material as possible! We’ve looked closely at famous landmarks like Blackpool Tower and the Eiffel Tower, spotting all the triangles and cross-bracing that keep them standing tall, and we’ve compared them with other open-frame structures such as bridges and towers from around the world. The highlight, though, had to be our visit from Mr. Galloway, our site supervisor, who shared stories from his engineering days—including helping to build The Big One rollercoaster right here in Blackpool! The children loved hearing about real-life engineering and seeing how the ideas they’re learning in class connect to the structures they see every day

Road Safety Week in Redwoods

Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 3:25pm

In Redwoods we have spent lots of time thinking about Road Safety. We have been practicing crossing roads together, we have created road safety posters and even made traffic light cookies. We have been developing our understanding of the word safe and unsafe, looking at lots of everyday examples.

Year 3 - Christmas Gift Boxes

Date: 18th Dec 2025 @ 9:16am

This term, Year 3 have been learning about shell structures in Design and Technology. As part of this unit, the children designed and made Christmas gift boxes using nets created from cardboard.

We began by exploring what shell structures are and how packaging is made using nets. The children looked at different box shapes and discussed how flat nets can be folded to create strong, three-dimensional structures.

Using this knowledge, the children designed their own Christmas gift boxes, thinking carefully about the shape and size they would need. They then created their own cardboard nets, accurately measuring, cutting and folding to form their boxes. This activity helped the children to develop their practical skills and understanding of how 2D shapes can be transformed into 3D structures.

Once assembled, the gift boxes were decorated with festive designs, making each one unique. The children showed great concentration and perseverance throughout the process and were very proud of their finished boxes.

Year 4 - Christmas cards

Date: 16th Dec 2025 @ 1:17pm

This week, we used our computer made designs, made a lever systems and finally made our Christmas cards! We had a good growth mindset as some of the components were tricky! But overall, we were pleased with the outcomes.

Reception get creative!

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:51am

Over the past few weeks Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo'. As part of our learning we have been exploring using a range of different meduims and materials to create our own Gruffalos. We painted them first focusing on the use of colour ensuring we remembered his orange eyes and purple prickles. We then used a range of materials in the creative area to collage the Gruffalo adding specific details including tusks, a poisonous wart and purple prickles. During continuous provision the children also had the change to use the playdough to make their own models of the Gruffalo. Finally we explored how we could use recycled materials to make junk model Gruffalo. We explored how we could fix, join and attach the different materials and boxes using masking tape. The children worked really hard perserving even when it was tricky. When they finished their models they were encouraged to talk about what they liked best about it and how it could be further improved.

Year 3 - Together Time

Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 9:27pm

This week, we were delighted to welcome our wonderful parents and carers into school for Together Time—a special opportunity for families to join their children in the classroom and experience learning side by side.

Our focus for the session was Design and Technology, and more specifically, 3D nets. This forms an important step in our DT journey as we work towards designing and creating our very own gift bags from nets.

Parents, carers, and children explored a range of hands-on activities together. They examined real-life packaging nets, experimented with magnetic tiles to build 3D shapes, and took part in a sorting activity to identify different types of nets. One of the highlights was investigating existing products—carefully deconstructing them to reveal the nets inside, then reassembling them to understand how each shape fits together.

It was wonderful to see families collaborating, problem-solving, and talking through ideas. The classroom buzzed with curiosity and creativity as everyone discovered just how much thought goes into turning a flat net into a 3D object.

A huge thank-you to all the parents and carers who joined us. Your involvement makes these learning experiences truly memorable for the children, and we can’t wait to share the next stage of our DT journey with you!

Year 4 - Making a lever system

Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 3:04pm

A couple of weeks ago, we started to learn about linkage and lever systems in Design and Technology. We received a letter from The Card Factory asking us to design and make Christmas cards. We used split pins and a template to make a lever system this week to make a waving hand.

Year 2- Our final puppets!

Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 2:54pm

This week, Year 2 have been putting all the skills they’ve learnt during our Design and Technology journey into action to create their final puppets! From designing and cutting fabric to sewing and decorating, the children showed brilliant creativity, perseverance, and attention to detail. It’s been wonderful to see how much their confidence and skills have grown — and their finished puppets are simply amazing!

Understanding Resilience

Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 12:52pm

In Redwoods we have spent alot of time this half term develop our understanding what resilience means and sometimes that this can be difficult to achieve. Together we have also been developing our ability to self regulate and identify ways to help ourselves to cover come barriers. We have enjoyed doing this through creative, purposeful and interactive activities. We learnt about the ' The Bounce Scale' and how to use this as a regulation tool.

Healthy Fruit Smoothies

Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 12:48pm

This week we explored a range of different healthy fruits and what they taste like. After thinking carefully about how these fruits tasted we designed our own fruit smoothie. Once we were happy and with an adults help we prepared our fruit for blending by using safe cutting skills that we have mastered. Finally we enjoyed drinking our smoothies before evaluatign them.

Year 2- Super sewing!

Date: 2nd Oct 2025 @ 9:15am

Year 2 have been learning some key skills to help them with sewing. The children have been practising how to thread a needle, tie knots securely, and use needles safely. They have also been developing their stitching technique by learning and applying the running stitch. These skills will support them as they continue to build confidence and independence in their sewing projects.

Reception Make Bread

Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 7:26pm

This week the children have been reading the traditional tale 'Little Red Hen' As part of our learning the children enjoyed going to the school kitchen Redcliffes to make their own loafs of bread, just like the Little Red Hen. Before we started we talk about the iportance of hygiene and made sure we had all washed our hands properly. We also used our widget vocabularly sheets to idntify any new words and talked about what they meant. We checked we had the correct ingredients including; flour, water, salt, oil and yeast. We followed the recipe to make make our dough making sure we kneading it well. We then put it in the oven for it to cook. When it was ready we enjoyed tasting the bread.

Year 5 - STEM: Road to RIAT

Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 9:57am

Our Year 5 class had an exciting RAF Road to RIAT day, where the children explored the fascinating world of space and rockets. They took part in engaging activities that helped them learn about how rockets work, the challenges of space travel, and the science behind launching into orbit. The day was filled with curiosity, teamwork, and hands-on learning, inspiring the children to think like scientists and engineers while deepening their understanding of space exploration. As part of the experience, the children also took part in a live lesson where they designed, built, and tested their own rockets, putting their new knowledge into practice in a fun and memorable way.

Redwoods Cooking Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 3:57pm

In this weeks cooking lesson we discussed more about kitchen safety before looking at the steps to making chocolate chip cookies. We measured out each of our ingrediants before creating our cookies dough and baking it. Our cookies were tasty and crunchy.

Nursery Bake some Bear Cookies

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 2:40pm

In Nursery, we felt very sad for the bear from "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". The children thought he looked really sad at the end of the story and maybe he just wanted some friends.To cheer him up, we made him some delicious cookies to share. As we made the biscuits, the children listened carefully to instructions, took turns with their friends and watched how the ingredients changed. The bear said our biscuits melted in his mouth and went down a treat with a nice cup of tea.

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