Design Technology

A green smoothie for the princess (without peas!)

A green smoothie for the princess (without peas!)

This morning, in english, we have used many skills to create a green smoothie for the princess in our story. Lily-Rose May does not like peas, but her dad is trying to find different green fruit and vegetables which she does like. To help him, we made a green smoothie...

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Castles

Castles

The children have shown a keen interest in castles this week. There has been a lot of construction work going on and the children have made castles using a range of media and materials including junk modelling and building blocks. Some children decided they needed...

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Smoothie making (following a recipe)

Smoothie making (following a recipe)

In this morning's english lesson, we have started to learn about recipes. We had to follow each step in a recipe carefully to make our own smoothies. We had to measure the berries, yoghurt and orange juice, wash the berries, chop the fruit and blend the fruit. We...

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Slicing fruit.

Slicing fruit.

As part of our DT lesson this afternoon, we were learning how to sensibly and safely slice different fruits. We then drew the inside of each fruit. This was a vital step in thinking about designing our own fruit kebabs next week.

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Dreamcatchers (linked to the Invisible String story)

Dreamcatchers (linked to the Invisible String story)

This week, we have been reading the story of 'The Invisible String' and we have been thinking about the people who we are connected to by our invisible strings. As part of our learning around this story, we spent this afternoon making intricate dream catchers using...

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Our finished sewings.

Our finished sewings.

This afternoon, in our life skills lesson, we have been bringing all of our sewing skills together. Some of us have made stuffed animals and others have made a puppet. We then presented our puppets to the rest of our class.

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DT- Fruit Tasting

DT- Fruit Tasting

This afternoon in our DT lesson, we have been thinking about the fruit salads we are going to be designing over the next few lessons. As part of this, we have tasted a range of different fruits including grapefruit, pomegranate, clementines, satsumas, kiwis, limes and...

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Our Amazing Artist!

Our Amazing Artist!

We are so proud of Emily from our class. She won the Olmpyic Torch competition in our class and her design was fantastic. Thank you, Miss Latto, for my certificate and my badge!  

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Our Melted Snowman Biscuits!

Our Melted Snowman Biscuits!

This afternoon, to finish our learning on Lily and the Snowman, we made snowman biscuits. We had to mix our icing sugar ourselves, which was tricky, then we used marshmallows, chocolate chips, strawberry laces and orange icing to decorate.

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