Design Technology
We have been following an ancient Mayan recipe to make hot chocolate.
Did you know? The Mayans consumed chocolate by first harvesting the seeds -- or beans -- from cacao trees. They fermented and dried them, roasted them, removed their shells, and ground them into a paste. (Much of that process remains unchanged to this day.) They often...
Cross-stitching
Today, in our life skills lesson, we have been learning how to do a running stitch and a cross stitch.
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Stone Age Settlements
I hope you agree that our Stone Age houses look great. We researched the materials that Stone Age people used and experimented to understand why certain materials were good for particular jobs. What did they use too keep out the bad weather? At the end of term we...
Decoupage Christmas Cards
We used our excellent cutting skills today to make these beautiful decoupage Christmas cards. I think our grown ups are going to love them!
Christmas Baubles.
Let’s go fly a kite
On a windy day the children in Early Years chose to make kites. They chose a range of materials to make their kite and experimented with their design finding the best ways to stick them together. After a few attempts and...
Are you Strong Enough?
As part of our Design Technology Project' Building a Stone Age Home' we had to test the strength of different shapes structures and materials. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot too.