Blog by Tag: Design and Technology

The children began their Christmas cake making adventure this week.  They experienced the smells of nutmeg, cinnamon, mixed dried fruit, orange peel, lemon peel, coffee, mixed spice and more. They used listening skills to follow instructions, teamwork and turn-taking skills and mathematical skills…

Year 5 have been exploring the issue of road safety.

The children discussed,  ‘How can we keep ourselves safe on the roads?’

We looked at the work of Emily Brooke and her invention, ‘Blaze - The Ultimate Light.’

We then designed posters explaining how the products keep cyclists…

Year 1- Design Technology

We have been making sliders in Year 1. We made bridges using cardboard to help our sliders go up and down.

Y2 are learning how to over stitch to make a felt house with a window and door.

This week the children created Danish open sandwiches.

Working in pairs, they carefully tasted and selected the ingredients to use for their own sandwich.

We then evaluated our sandwiches for taste and what we would change.

Luca 5A, ‘I really enjoyed the taste of the cucumber and cheese…

This week’s menu:

Starter:  Leaf Soup

Main:  Autumn Omelette

Dessert: Spider crispy cakes

Turn-taking, playing, mixing, stirring, speaking, listening, measuring, counting, experimenting = LEARNING!

As part of our Communication and Language work, we have been reading the book Home by Carson Ellis.  The children have been building different homes within the nursery provision.  They have produced some fantastic creations.  

Design Technology - Can Street Food Save Us?

Yesterday, the children made their very own healthy burritos. As part of our unit on researching and creating traditional street food from around the world, the children thought about the nutritional benefits of the various ingredients used. We…

Children made a patchwork quilt out of wrapping paper.

Today we have been discussing, ‘Why are our diets so different?‘

In small groups we worked together to create flatbreads using flour, salt, olive oil and cold water.

The children enjoyed working in groups and mixing the ingredients and kneading the dough.

Nancy 5A, ‘I really enjoyed…

Look at the train we made in nursery this week using brilliant teamwork skills and language to create this collaborative masterpiece! Well done children!

As part of our RSHE work, the children have been looking at self - portraits and what makes us special and unique. The children then used loose parts to create a self portraits!