Design Technology
World Book Day
This year in EYFS we chose the story ‘The Perfect fit’ to support our mathematical knowledge and PSED development. We took part in a shape hunt, created pictures using 2D shapes, explored 3D shapes and created some amazing towers! We talked about how the triangle in...
Perfect pancakes
To link to our story ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’ we recalled the ingredients from the story to write a list for the different things we needed to make our perfect pancakes. Using a recipe we followed instructions in chronological order ending with adding a variety of...
Tasty Fruit Salad
We all thoroughly enjoyed making our fruit salads today. We followed our plan and practised chopping the fruit using the bridge hold and claw grip. Our favourite part was tasting our creations! We were able to evaluate our work by thinking about which fruit was easier...
Cushions
Throughout our cushion unit we discussed the different functions of a cushion and researched some designers to help understand why cushions are made for aesthetic purposes. Children have worked very hard to: attach buttons create a button fastening use a range of...
Fruit Tasting
For our food unit in DT, we have been learning about different fruits and where they grow in the world. We have also been thinking about food hygiene and how to keep surfaces and equipment clean when we are preparing and cooking food. Today we enjoyed tasting fruits,...
Working With Clay
Our new topic is the Ancient Greeks- we are learning the skills to create a Greek coil pot as our final piece. Today, we used a range of sculpting techniques to shape and manipulate clay- these included: pinching, rolling and scoring.