‘Creativity is intelligence having fun.’ – Albert Einstein
We aim to become confident and creative designers. We continuously develop our basic skills and subject knowledge which are transferrable each year within school life and beyond. Design and Technology consists of three focus areas: Cooking and Nutrition, Textiles and Construction. We are encouraged to take risks, ask questions and inspire each other to design, create and evaluate new products each term. To find out about the Design and Technology we learn in each year group, click on our long-term plan below.
Year 1
Class 1 had a great time learning about how to make fruit salads and fruit smoothies in DT this week #y1dt
Our castles are starting to look fantastic #y1dt
Class 1 had a great time making and eating fruit kebabs. They even blended the left overs into a smoothie #y1dt
Deciding which fruit we would like on our fruit kebabs #y1dt
Class 1 have been busy investigating where our food comes from #y1dt
Year 2
Class 2 have been testing their vehicle ideas using KNEX. 🚗🏎🚕 #y2dt
Class 2 have been exploring how different types of axles work. 🚗 #y2dt
Class 2 have been exploring different toy vehicles and how they work. #y2dt
Class 2 have been busy creating their animal puppets this afternoon. #y2dt
Class 2 have been modelling their puppet ideas by making templates and mock ups. #y2dt
Year 3
#y3dt scoring, curling and folding in preparation to make our own shell structures!
#y3DT We have been busy looking at different product packages this afternoon, comparing them and suggesting what we do and don’t like about them 📦
Class 3 have had a great afternoon making and trialing their Egyptian shadufs. #y3dt
We loved inviting our grown ups in to help us make pulleys this afternoon #y3dt
Class 3 have had 2 busy afternoons! They have made bread and soup! We all enjoyed making and trying them #y3dt
Year 4
We are finally playing our board games and they are fantastic 🤩#y4dt
We’ve started to make our electronic board games. Brilliant teamwork has been on display this afternoon 🤩 #y4dt
Surveys are underway in Class 4. What do we look for in a board game? #y4dt
We’re enjoying playing board games before evaluating them #y4dt
Ask us how to keep safe around electricity! We’re experts 🤩#y4dt #y4science
Year 5
Class 5 have been interviewing each other to find out each other’s preferences #y5dt
Class 5 have loved designing and making their CAM Viking boats today #y5dt
Class 5 enjoyed interviewing each other to gather information about Viking boats#y5dt
Class 5 have been exploring how different cams create different movements #y5dt
Class 5 thoroughly enjoyed making and tasting their flatbreads #y5dt
Year 6
Class 6 have been enjoying creating their silk paintings for their wall hangings that they are stitching in DT this week! #y6dt
Class 6 thoroughly enjoyed making and tasting their seasonal pancakes this week! #y6dt
Class 6 had a great time learning how to cook in our Roots to Food workshop! #y6dt
