Design Technology

Mexican food!

Mexican food!

We've had a brilliant afternoon making Mexican food (although it was more fun eating it!) We made: -salsa - guacamole -quesadillas

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Sliding Mechanisms

Sliding Mechanisms

We have enjoyed learning about how we can make pictures move. We have looked at a sliding mechanism and evaluated the positives and negatives of them. We found that the sliding mechanism worked well to allow our mini beasts move from the left to the right smoothly...

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King Charles’ Coronation

King Charles’ Coronation

What a wonderful week the children have had learning all about King Charles' Coronation. The children learnt all about British Values, all about the Royal family, what will happen during the Coronation, the names of all the crown jewels used and made their own crown...

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Moving Vehicles

Moving Vehicles

In DT we have been learning how to attach fixed wheels and rotating wheels to axles and a chassis. We practised both techniques before choosing our preferred wheels and then designed our vehicles using our chosen design criteria. We really enjoyed making our vehicles...

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Music Everywhere

Music Everywhere

This week the children in nursery have been exploring the sounds of the music and creating their own music and songs to dance to. Then, the children made their own instruments including shakers and guitars with a range of materials.

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Pretzel Party

Pretzel Party

As part of Design Technology the children were learning about food around the world. They made some tasty pretzels.  It was really interesting to see how the yeast reacted when the water was added which created lots of discussion. They had to follow the instructions...

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D.T

D.T

Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed putting their aprons on as they learnt some key cooking skills! They each took turns to help prepare the ingredients for making spring rolls. They got to work on peeling and slicing vegetables, chopping up noodles, grating ginger, garlic and...

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Science Week : Moon Boots

Science Week : Moon Boots

The children in nursery listened to the story Whatever Next, we then went outside and made our own moon boots to go to the moon. They were quite tricky to balance on and the children showed great resilience and determination  to keep trying and balance....

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