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18 October 2019

DT Project

This week, we have enjoyed making prototypes and designing shaduf models. We can't wait to start making them next week! 

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18 October 2019

Amazing Teamwork

What amazing work today.  The children worked so hard to assemble their houses from the shapes they had chosen and worked brilliantly as teams to make their houses.  We used wooden sticks to strengthen the model just like real Tudor houses.  Next we will focus on adding details to make our model…

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17 October 2019

DT Making a Prototype

This afternoon we worked in teams to use paper shapes to have a go at making a model house.  We soon realised that the paper was very floppy and flexible and so we needed to make it stronger.  Some people tried using card because it was thicker and stiffer.  We also used straws to help strengthen…

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17 October 2019

DT Investigating Shapes

Today we used the plastic shapes to help us develop our ideas about how to build a house.  We thought about which shapes worked best and learnt lots about 3D shapes.  We made cubes,cuboid, pyramids and triangular prisms.  Some of us got creative and tried other shapes too.  Working out which…

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16 October 2019

Stone Age Structures

We made prototypes to decide how we could make strong, stable structures for our Stone Age Mesolithic house.

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11 October 2019

DT STEM Project

For the next two weeks the whole school is working together on a design technology project.  The theme is structures and all year groups are learning about structures at their level.  In Year One and Two we will be focusing on homes.  Your child has brought home a pre learning topic sheet with…

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11 October 2019

DT STEM Project

For the next two weeks the whole school is working together on a design technology project.  The theme is structures and all year groups are learning about structures at their level.  In Year One and Two we will be focusing on homes.  Your child has brought home a pre learning topic sheet with…

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1 April 2019

We love the rain!

The mission is on to have our rain makers completed ready for our performance at Wednesday's open classroom (2:40pm).  It has been amazing to see such superb teamwork from all the children. Making the cylinders and sealing the ends has been very tricky and an extra pair of hands has been very…

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15 March 2019

Wonderful Weather Vanes

We have been busy recording the weather each day as part of our Science work learning about weather and seasons.  We decided to have a go at making a weather vane to help us know which direction the wind is coming from.  It has been very tricky but there was lots of opportunity for fantastic…

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15 March 2019

Marvellous Mud Huts

Inspired by the superb mud houses models that some of the children have been bringing in from home we have been trying to make our own model mud houses from play dough and sticks.  It has been a good opportunity to learn about how to make structures stronger through trial and error.  It has been a…

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1 March 2019

Getting busy with our new challenges ...

We have been enjoying getting involved in our new topic.  We have begun  making season themed pin wheels, drawing and painting spring flowers, making up stories in our African village, thinking about direction as we programme bee bot, as well as practising our Maths and writing skills in our…

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