Design and Technology: Blog items
Date: 21st May 2026 @ 11:22am
This week we have continued exploring the story Bog Baby, about two sisters who discover a mysterious little creature and learn an important lesson about love, care, and letting go. The story captured the children’s imaginations and led to some wonderful creative work.
We finished making our own clay Bog Babies. After carefully shaping them, we painted them blue, bringing each one to life with its own unique personality.
To complete the project, we designed and created habitats for our Bog Babies, thinking carefully about what they would need to feel safe and at home. This helped us to link our creativity with our understanding of real-life habitats and how to care for living things.
Finally, we took our Bog Babies home, allowing the children to share their creations and the story behind them with their families.
"I can't wait to play with my Bog Baby at home with my brother" Harrison- Bleu
"My habitat has got blue tissue paper for the water in the pond and green lilly pads made from leaves for it to sleep on" Leena
"He will love to suck his toes on the leaves in my habitat" Bonnie.
Reception- Making a Clay Bog Baby
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 11:46am
After reading the magical story The Bog Baby, we were inspired to create our own tiny creatures. The story, about two sisters who discover a mysterious Bog Baby and learn about love and letting go, sparked lots of imagination!
Using clay, we carefully built our own Bog Babies. We practised important sculpting techniques such as slip, score, and blend to securely attach the wings, legs, arms, and tails. This helped ensure that all the body parts were firmly joined and would not break off.
Next, we will be painting our Bog Babies and creating habitats for them to live in.
Watch this space to see our finished creations!
Year 3 - Art Day - Paint, Cloth, Thread!
Date: 13th May 2026 @ 9:19pm
Year 3 have made an exciting start to their new art topic, Cloth, Thread and Paint, all in one creative day! We explored the work of artists like Alice Kettle and Hannah Rae, discussing how they combine fabric, thread and paint in imaginative ways. The children recorded their ideas and responses in their sketchbooks. We then focused on mark making, looking closely at how artists use different lines and patterns to create texture and movement. The children experimented with their own marks, building confidence and beginning to develop their own artistic style. It was fantastic to see so much creativity and enthusiasm! 🎨
Year 5 - 🎨 Exploring Fashion Design in Art
Date: 11th May 2026 @ 2:18pm
- Measuring materials accurately
- Cutting carefully and safely
- Layering materials to build their designs
Date: 6th May 2026 @ 7:44am
🌍 Redwoods Class Blog – 3D Planet Sculptures 🚀
This week in Redwoods class, we had an exciting and creative time making 3D planet sculptures using paper mache 🎨🖐️. The classroom was buzzing with energy as we transformed simple materials into impressive models of planets from our solar system ✨🌌.
We had to show lots of resilience and patience 💪😊, especially when building up the layers of paper mache. It took time for each layer to dry properly before we could add the next one ⏳, but we didn’t give up. Our hard work really paid off in the end 🌟.
Once the sculptures were ready, we carefully painted them 🎨🖌️. We chose planets such as Neptune, Earth and Venus 🟦🌍🟡, making sure to use the correct colours and details. The finished results look fantastic and we are very proud of what we created 😄👏.
Well done, Redwoods class, for your brilliant teamwork, creativity and determination! ⭐👏
Year 3 - Pencil cases Final Product
Date: 15th Apr 2026 @ 4:22pm
This week, children proudly completed their final textiles (DT) project – creating their very own handmade pencil cases. After weeks of learning and practising sewing skills, pupils carefully joined felt pieces together using either a running stitch or backstitch, showing growing confidence and accuracy with needle and thread.
Once the main structure was complete, children selected a fastening for their pencil case, choosing between a zip or popper, and worked carefully to attach it securely. They then referred back to their original designs to add decorative details, ensuring their pencil cases were not only practical but also attractive and personal.
The finished products were truly phenomenal. Each pencil case reflected thoughtful design choices, creativity and perseverance. The children should be extremely proud of their achievements, as they demonstrated excellent craftsmanship, problem‑solving skills and attention to detail throughout the project.
Date: 14th Apr 2026 @ 2:13pm
This week children in Year 5 have begun their art journey into fashion design. In this lesson, pupils were inspired by a fashion designers Alice Fox and Rahul Mishra and created their own double-page spread to demonstrate their understanding of their backgrounds, influences and designs. Alice Fox, for example, takes inspiration from the seaside, something that we could do for our final designs!
Year 2 Elm- Making our moving vehicles!
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:48pm
This week, Year 2 have been busy engineers in the making as they created their very own moving vehicles in Design Technology! 🧰🎨
The children began by exploring different types of wheels and axles, learning how real vehicles move and what helps them travel smoothly. 🛞🔍 They sketched ideas, planned their designs, and thought carefully about which materials would be strongest and most effective. 💡📐
Once their plans were ready, it was time to get building! 🛠️
With cardboard boxes, dowels, bottle tops, tape, and plenty of imagination, the classroom quickly transformed into a buzzing workshop. The children worked brilliantly — measuring, cutting, attaching wheels, and testing how well their vehicles rolled. 🚗💨
There were racing cars, buses, monster trucks, and even a few creative inventionswe’ve never seen before! 🚕🚚🚜
The pride on their faces when their vehicles moved for the first time was priceless. 😄👏
A huge well done to all of Year 2 for their brilliant teamwork, resilience, and creativity throughout this project. 🌟
We are so proud of the skills they are developing as designers and makers! 🧩✨
Keep an eye out — you may see some of our future engineers on the roads one day! 🚗❤️
Year 2 Birch- Making our Moving Vehicles!
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:40pm
🚙✨ Year 2 Get Moving with Their Amazing Vehicle Designs! ✨🛠️
This week, Year 2 have been busy engineers in the making as they created their very own moving vehicles in Design Technology! 🧰🎨
The children began by exploring different types of wheels and axles, learning how real vehicles move and what helps them travel smoothly. 🛞🔍 They sketched ideas, planned their designs, and thought carefully about which materials would be strongest and most effective. 💡📐
Once their plans were ready, it was time to get building! 🛠️
With cardboard boxes, dowels, bottle tops, tape, and plenty of imagination, the classroom quickly transformed into a buzzing workshop. The children worked brilliantly — measuring, cutting, attaching wheels, and testing how well their vehicles rolled. 🚗💨
There were racing cars, buses, monster trucks, and even a few creative inventions we’ve never seen before! 🚕🚚🚜
The pride on their faces when their vehicles moved for the first time was priceless. 😄👏
A huge well done to all of Year 2 for their brilliant teamwork, resilience, and creativity throughout this project. 🌟
We are so proud of the skills they are developing as designers and makers! 🧩✨
Keep an eye out — you may see some of our future engineers on the roads one day! 🚗❤️
Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 11:53am
Acorns loved our sensory cooking experience this week. We explored making Easter biscuits. We loved creating a dough and then rolling, squishing, making patterns and cutting out shapes. We then had fun choosing different colour icing and sprinkles to decorate some we made earlier. Have a look at our fun.
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 9:19am
We’ve had an amazing few days exploring the world of hot cross buns, and what a delicious journey it’s been! To start the day, we looked at what a chef's job role is. Our taste-testing session was a big highlight—we sampled a whole variety of flavours, including apple and cinnamon, cherry bakewell, lemon and white chocolate, currants, and even salted caramel. Each bun had its own unique flavour and texture, and we used lots of powerful adjectives to describe them—soft, sticky, zesty, gooey, fluffy and more!
After becoming expert taste-testers, we moved on to planning our own baking. We carefully listed all the ingredients we would need and used our maths skills to measure everything precisely. From weighing flour to counting out chocolate chips, we worked like real bakers, following each step with care.
Finally, it was time to bake—and our teamwork paid off! Not only did we learn about flavours and textures, but we also practised reading, writing, measuring, and problem‑solving along the way.
A truly delicious learning experience!
Date: 26th Mar 2026 @ 3:22pm
Acorns have enjoyed making Easter nests today. We had fun crumbling the shredded wheat, mixing in the chocolate and then scooping into cake cases. It was a great opportunity to develop our understanding of following simple step by step instructions, modelled by an adult and by visuals.
We then had fun scooping natural yoghurt and mixing it into our left overs. We had so much fun and definitely ate more than we made!
Year 2- Designing our moving vehicles!
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 2:00pm
Today we began designing our moving vehicles. We thought about the data that we had collected from reception and considered this carefully when picking the detail, shape, colour and size. Some children thought about creating imaginative designs such as ice cream vans, police cars and lorries! We can’t wait to see their ideas come to life!
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 12:08pm
Date: 13th Mar 2026 @ 2:17pm
This week's sensory theme was bread art. We had lots of fun rolling and cutting out Easter shapes. We then explored developing our spreading skills, using a choice of strawberry or apricot jam or cream cheese. We had lots of fun exploring the textures with all our senses. It was a great opportunity for us to communicate our choices too.
Date: 12th Mar 2026 @ 3:43pm
Today we explored fixed and free axels. We practised making both axels and tested which moved best and which would be more suitable when making our moving vehicle. We decided that the free axel meant the car could turn better and move faster.
Year 3 - Design Technology Textiles
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 12:12pm
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 2:01pm
This week the children in Reception have been making pancakes. We talked about the tradition of pancake day how some people decide to give something up, during the Christain period of Lent. The children then enjoyed following a recipe to make and then eat their own pancakes. When we returned to the classroom we sequenced the pictures correctly and created our own pancakes and toppings.
"You have to mix the eggs, milk and flour with a whisk" Harley
"Cook it in a frying pan" Zane
"The pancakes were yummy. I liked the chocolate the best" Tilly- Mae.
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 2:11pm
Today we started our Design Technology journey on moving vehicles. We began by exploring a variety of moving vehicles and discussed which were the best and why. We also learnt 4 new words: chassis, axel, body and wheels. We identified these on our moving vehicles and we can't wait to make our own soon!
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 9:23am
We had fun this week making wonderful and delicious snacks. Some of use decided to make healthy sandwiches, while some of us wanted to make a warm healthy snack so we made yummy toasties. We worked together to help each other and to stay safe. After making our snacks we enjoyed eating them at snack time while listening to a story.
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 9:17am
Acorns had a fabulous time during our sessory cooking session. We were exploring mixing, storing and pouring using flour milk or water. We had fun and developed our learning and engagement alongside other, building our focus and concentration. We then enjoyed a pancake at snack together.
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 11:52am
As part of our learning about different cultures and communities this week we have been finding out about how Chinese New Year is celebrated across the world. At the creative area we have been making our own dragon puppets using a range of different meduims and materials. We have been practising lur cutting aswell as fixing and joining using both tape nd glue. We can't wait to use our puppets during our chenese new year parade later in the week.
Year 2- Our amazing smoothies!
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.
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.
