Design and Technology
Our bread 🥖
Yesterday, we made bread. This afternoon, we were able to taste our bread. We rolled it into small rolls. We made 16 so the little hen could have 1 and we shared half each. We thought it was very yummy!
Design and Technology
Biscuit-henge (Stonehenge)
As part of our Stoneage topic, we have been learning all about the famous monument Stonehenge. We talked about why it would have been so difficult to build all those years ago and what it is believed to have been used for. We then took a 360 degree, virtual tour Read more
Art & Design
Construction fun
Year 4 enjoyed taking part in an interactive session delivered by the company who were involved in the new build. The class worked together ,using sticks and elastic bands, to build some Impressive structures. At the end of the session, lots of the children said they had been inspired and Read more
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Construction visitors
Year 5 enjoyed taking part in an interactive session delivered by the company who were involved in the new build. The class worked fantastically together to build tetrahedrons using sticks and elastic bands. We built some amazing structures. They were also lucky enough to experience how architects use virtual reality Read more
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PLP VR Session
Year 6 were lucky to have PLP visit us and talk to us about the building work and some of the science behind it. We discussed how to build structures and had the chance to use wooden rods and elastic bands to build stable structures. We were also Read more
Design and Technology
Building fun
This morning Maple have been busy building! A lady from the school building project carried out a session with us all about ‘Structures’. We had to make tetrahedrons using the wooden sticks. We then got busy trying to make the biggest structure we could with them. The children all had Read more
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Dogs, Dinos and DNA!
Year 6 continued their work on inheritance, evolution and Darwin by exploring what DNA is, how it helps decide what type of person we will be and how genetic engineering and selective breeding have affected living things around us. We studied selective breeding in dogs, looking at how species Read more
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Fossil Facts
As part of our research into Darwin and his Theory of Evolution, Year 6 investigated what fossils are, where they are found, how they are formed and what types of fossils there are. We created information booklets using our 4 sentence paragraph strategy: statement, question, exclamation and command. The children Read more
Design and Technology
Chocolate creations!
As part of our topic we have been learning about changing state. This week we have used our design and technology skills to design and create chocolate creations. We had lots of fun adding exciting ingredients. We then created advertisements.
Design and Technology
Vegetable soup
Year 5 have been putting our cooking skills to use to make vegetable soup. Here are some pictures of what we did.