Design Technology
Forest friends
Each week we love our forest sessions. We explore the principle of plan-do-review where we decide what we are going to do and write a list of equipment we need to help us to prepare for our session.
Designing and creating our light up boxes
The children are now fledged electronic engineers. They have loved designing and creating their light up boxes for DT. They made their own circuits using wires, resistors, LEDs and powered it all using a Raspberry Pi. Fantastic work from all.
Moving Minibeasts
We have been learning how a moving picture is made and experimenting with making their own. We used a sliding mechanism and decided whether we wanted it to be a horizontal, vertical or diagonal lever.
Exploring a range of money containers
As part of our Design Technology, we are going to be designing and making an Anglo Saxon purse. To get us started with some ideas, we had a look at a range of different money containers. We looked at the fastenings, the materials, how many pieces of material were used...





