Year 4 have had a fantastic week celebrating Careers Week, with a special focus on engineering. Throughout the week, the children explored how engineers design solutions to real-world problems.
Our challenge asked the question: How can robots be designed to support patients to develop fine motor skills and muscle strength? The children began by discussing what engineers do and how technology can help people in healthcare.
Using the engineering design cycle, the children worked through the different stages of planning, designing, creating and evaluating their ideas. They carefully thought about the needs of patients and how a robot could help them practise important movements to build strength and coordination.
The children produced annotated designs, labelled the different parts of their robots and explained how each part would work. They used their creative thinking and problem-solving skills to come up with imaginative ideas, considering what would make their design effective and useful.
At the end of the session, the classroom turned into a Dragon’s Den! The children used their Skills Builder speaking and listening skills to confidently present their ideas to the class. They explained their designs, justified their choices and answered questions about how their robot would support patients.
This activity helped the children develop many important skills including teamwork, communication, creativity, critical thinking and evaluation. We were incredibly impressed with the thoughtful ideas and the confidence shown when presenting.
It has been a brilliant week exploring the world of engineering, Maple showed fantastic enthusiasm, creativity and determination throughout the challenge.
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