Design and Technology: Blog items

Year 2 Mastering Marking Out

Date: 21st Mar 2023 @ 4:43pm

Today, we continued our wheels and axles unit by practicing our marking our skills ensuring we measured our lines accurately to ensure it would fit on our vehicle. Also, we practiced accurately and neatly cutting out our markings ready to be stuck on our vehicle. We are looking forward to beginning building our moving vehicles next week!

Year 1 Disgusting Sandwiches!

Date: 14th Mar 2023 @ 5:20pm

In today's lesson we learnt how to follow instructions to achieve an outcome. We recapped on the features of instructions and how they need to be in the chronological order to make sense. We learnt the importance of checking our instructions and ensuring they have every step included. We then gave instructions to Miss Kay and Mrs Webster, to tell them how to make a disgusting sandwich. Again, we worked hard to give clear and precise instructions. We saw what happens when we weren’t clear and how the end goal wasn’t quite what we wanted! We then designed our own disgusting sandwich and created them, giving us an opportunity to talk through and order instructions before writing our own instructions over the next few days. As these were disgusting sandwiches - we didn't eat them!

Year 3- Shell Structures

Date: 9th Mar 2023 @ 2:58pm

In DT, we have been exploring shell structures. We looked at a variety of existing shell structures and evaluated them based on their purpose, appearance and their strength. 

Year 2 Exploring free and fixed axles

Date: 9th Mar 2023 @ 1:28pm

We investigated different types of axles - fixed axles and free axles to see if they were different.  We found that the free axles moved faster and they were able to turn .  The fixed axles were slower and they could only travel in straight lines.

Year 6 - DT: Evaluating existing products

Date: 28th Feb 2023 @ 4:10pm

As part of our Food Technology unit we will be making savoury scones. Today, we tested several different savoury products and evaluated them for their appearance, texture, taste and smell. By doing this, it gives us ideas about what we like and what we can use in our own product when we make them in a few weeks time.

Year 5 - Creepy Crawlies Welcome

Date: 27th Feb 2023 @ 8:42am

Pupils in Year 5 have completed their 'frame structure' projects. After evaluating current products, pupils designed and created their own 'bug hotel'. A frame structure was created before pupils added sides and tubes for insects to live in. The children then decorated their products and evaluated them.

Year 5 - Making our Designs Come to Life

Date: 27th Feb 2023 @ 8:36am

This week, pupils in year 5 began to construct their Bee Boxes. The children used various wood-working tools, including G-clamps and hacksaws, to measure, cut and build a cube frame for their structure. After cutting the wood, triangles of cardboard were used to strengthen the structure. Soon pupils will turn this frame into a 'Bee Box' or 'Bug Hotel' to place around the school grounds. 

Nursery Make Pancakes

Date: 24th Feb 2023 @ 1:41pm

Nursery celebrated Pancake Day on Tuesday. We read the story "Mr Wolf's Pancakes" and wrote shopping lists of all the ingredients we needed. Then we worked together to mix the batter and Mrs Welch cooked the pancakes! We chose the toppings we wanted, we could have chocolate spread or lemon and sugar. They were delicious and there were lots of cries of "Please can I have some more!" 

Reception- Pancake Day in Holly Class!

Date: 23rd Feb 2023 @ 9:10pm

The children have been celebrating Pancake Day by making pancakes in the kitchen.

The next day, the children then wrote about how to make pancakes.

Here's what we did.

"Mix the ingredients flour, milk and eggs in the bowl" Lennox.

"Pour the batter into the frying pan" Dillan.

"Cook it" Dolly- Anne

"We said 1,2,3 PANCAKE!"

"Mrs Mcallister flipped the pancake" Alfie- Ray.

"We then put the toppings on it" Harper.

"I had lemon and sugar" Archie

"i had chocolate sauce- it was yummy!" Halleigh

Year 5 - Holi Biscuits

Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 4:41pm

As part of our learning in Design and Technology, we were asked to design and create a food item with cultural significance. We decided to make a sweet treat to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi. After a discussion about food safety and taste-testing some products already on the market, we worked in small groups to prepare and bake vanilla flavoured biscuits , which we decorated with icing in bright colours.

Year 2 Moving Vehicles

Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 5:31pm

Today, we explored some existing toy cars and looked at how the cars moved. We discussed that the cars moved because they all had wheels and thought about why different sized vehicles have different sized/different amount of wheels. We then explored how the wheels are connected and learnt they are joined by an axle that ensures the wheels move together.

Nursery Builders

Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 9:49am

The nursery children have shown a real interest in building over the last few weeks. They have worked together to build some amazing constructions and have worked as a team to build tall towers, ramps for cars and houses. The children were so good at solving problems that they only needed a little help from the adults - super work! 

Year 1 Fruit Salads!

Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 6:47pm

This week we enjoyed our DT day! We began by tasting lots of different fruits, talking about how we knew if certain foods are fruits or vegetables. We then moved on to designing our own fruit salad. We wanted it to be colourful, have at least four fruits in and to be cut up into bite sized pieces! 

After creating our design, we then practised our cutting skills using play dough. We learnt how to use the bridge grip and the claw grip and once we had mastered the skills we moved onto making our fruit salad. We used the two cuts we had learnt to safely and sensibly prepare and make our individual fruit salad. We all enjoyed tasting them! Finally we completed our evaluation to identify what we liked about our design and what we might change if we were to make another fruit salad.

Year 2 Fruit Tasting

Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 3:56pm

Today, we began our Design Technology food journey by fruit tasting so we are aware of the fruits we like and dislike before designing and making our own healthy fruit snack. We tried lots of different fruits including: blackberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple, pears, bananas, kiwi and apples. We realised we all enjoyed different fruits for different reasons and used adjectives to describe each fruits texture and taste.

Year 4 - Linkage and Levers

Date: 13th Dec 2022 @ 11:51am

Today we made our linkage and lever system Christmas cards. We used loose pivots to connect the components together, then we attached the components to the card itself using a fixed pivot. The children designed their cards themselves, with a design brief of Christmas! Take a look at the QR code to see the cards in actions.

Year 4 Enterprise

Date: 8th Dec 2022 @ 11:17am

This year for our enterprise task we have been making and preparing 'Reindeer Food' for Christmas Eve and Sweet Bags for the Christmas festivities. We spoke about what enterprise means and understood that we were making things to be sold. The 'Reindeer Food' and Sweet Bags will be sold at the school Christmas Fair next Wednesday!

Reception Make Hedgehog Bread

Date: 5th Dec 2022 @ 9:31pm

After being visited by Hedgehog Rescue, the children had fun making hedgehog bread. They weighed out the ingredients (strong white flour, yeast, oil, water and salt) and then mixed them all in a bowl. They each had a go at kneading the dough and then after three balls of dough were moulded, using their hands, into a hedgehog shape they had great fun snipping at the dough to create the quills on the hedgehog. It was then left to rise before being baked in the oven and enjoyed by all in the afternoon!

"You have to push the dough really hard to make the bread" Harper.

"The prickles are called quills- I cut them with my scissors to make it look spikey" Lennox.

" The bread got bigger in the bowl before we cooked it in the oven!" Sheraa.

 

Year 6 DT - stitching

Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 3:49pm

In DT today we have looked at 4 different types of stitching: running stitch, back stitch, over stitch and blanket stitch. The children practised each one to make sure their technique was good in order to use in their own piece in a few weeks times. We were very impressed with the skills the children demonstrated today.

Year 2 Poppy Art

Date: 6th Nov 2022 @ 11:08am

In the lead up to Remembrance Day on 11th November, Year Two have been creating poppies in Art. We glued two sticks together to create the cross and used our weaving skills to weave red wool through a template. This created a cross on the front and a square on the back, when we removed the cardboard template it created the shape of the poppy. It took a lot of perseverance to ensure we followed the number sequence correctly but everyone did very well! 

Year 1 Levers and Sliders

Date: 31st Oct 2022 @ 6:22pm

Today, we began the start of our new half term by enjoying a DT day! 

Firstly, we looked at existing products to explore the different mechanisms and moving parts in a range of picture books. We talked about how the moving part moves, how it works and what effect it has.

We then began to make two prototypes, a lever and a slider. We linked each mechanism to a story to create a moving picture for each. We all talked through the safety points and watched our teachers make an example, reading through the instructions together and spotting where they went wrong! We then each had a turn to follow the instructions, read them carefully and make our two prototypes.

We verbally evaluated our desgins, talking about what had gone well and what we could improve next time. 

Year 2 Puppets

Date: 21st Oct 2022 @ 3:37pm

Today, we turned our designs into actual puppets that we could play with. We used our previously practiced skills to thread and knot the needle before beginning a running stitch. To finish them off, we cut different materials including felt, pipe cleaners and buttons to design our animal and add their features. Whilst making the products we had to display a variety of characteristics including: resilience, perseverance and patience.

Nursery Go On A Bear Hunt

Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 2:51pm

Nursery have been reading the story "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" By Michael Rosen and have been having such a good time! The story has a repetitive text which is great for encouraging children to join in with stories. From the story we have had so many wonderful experiences including adding music to the story, making binoculars, making bears and making some delicious biscuits. To finish of the week we even went on our very own Bear Hunt and found the bear hiding in the woods with a delicious treat for us. 

If you would like to share the story with your child here is a link to the author reading the story 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iou5LV9dRP0

 

Year 3- Prototypes

Date: 17th Oct 2022 @ 7:55am

In DT, we made prototypes. Some of us used cotton but some used felt! We discovered that it was much easier to use fabric pens on cotton and therefore we think this would be a better material for the final design. When we evaluated the prototypes, we decided that the colouring needed to be much needed and that small areas of colour would be easier. We tried different sizes and decided that 20cm x 20cm was a good size. Next time, we would use more resources such as felt, buttons and sequins to make the designs more interesting. 

Year 3- Magnets!

Date: 17th Oct 2022 @ 7:48am

In Science we started to look at magnets. We discovered that magnets have a north and south pole. We spent some time exploring whcih attract and which repel each other. We then went on to investigate what materials were magnetic. We learnt that metal objects were magnetic but this did not include aluminium, copper or gold! We then went on to plan an investegation for next week answering the question 'Which magnet  is the strongest?'

 

Year 2 Sewing Bees

Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 7:56am

Today we began to practice the skill of sewing because we had decided this was the best method to join our material together to make a puppet. We began by threading the cotton thread through the eye hole of the needle before carefully tying a knot at the end of the thread. Next, we began to practice our sewing focusing on a running stitch. We had to demonstrate lots of patience, determination and perseverance as it was quite difficult but we displayed a growth mindset and never gave up!

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