In our school cookery club this week we had great fun making sausage rolls. Before we started, we practised our planning skills by looking at the recipe and talking about the ingredients and steps. This helped everyone feel ready and organised. We also focused on food hygiene. The children washed Read more
This week in Year 4, we became food designers as part of Design and Technology lesson on adapting a recipe. Our mission was to explore different types of biscuits, taste and evaluate them, and then use our findings to help us design our own adapted biscuit recipe. Investigating Existing Products Before Read more
This week in Cookery Club, the children made rainbow fruit kebabs – and what a fantastic session it was! The children began by exploring the different fruits using their senses. We talked about colours, textures and smells before moving on to an important part of Design & Technology – planning. Read more
This week in DT, we have been designing and making a small cushion / key ring. The children have really enjoyed practising using a needle and thread. They have really impressed us with their resilience, their willingness to help each other and not to mention their fantastic sewing skills!
This week in Design and Technology we have been designing and making a small cushion/ key ring. The children have really enjoyed practising using a needle and thread. They have really impressed us with their sewing skills!
During our D&T lessons we were tasked with creating a pavilion for an animal of our choice. It needed to be secure and provide some shelter.
This half term we have been learning about staying healthy and how to look after our bodies. In Design and Technology we learnt about the different food groups then create a healthy wrap. We also had a visit from our school nurse who explained how to keep our bodies Read more
This half term we have created our own windmills during our DT lessons. We have thought about stable structures and how the sails would move in and out of class. We had to practice careful cutting and designing and also testing our windmills to make sure they were fit for Read more
Year 3 were practicing their cutting and peeling skills this morning, using carrots. Perfect timing..Santa must have knew because he came to visit and is taking the carrots away with him for his reindeers!
This half term we are learning about keeping healthy. In Science we are learning about the different functions of the body and in Design & Technology we are learning about the healthy food plate. For our first lesson in D&T we have been looking at the different food groups: carbohydrates, Read more