Design and Technology (D&T)
The children love D&T projects.
D&T is a very practical subject that is all about problem solving and answering questions based in a real context. Every project involves designing, making and evaluating a product, for an identified user with a purpose in mind.... and it must be functional. These skills are vital in life, especially the resilience to try again when things go wrong!
D&T is a true cross curricular subject, supporting, developing and enhancing many other areas of the curriculum, especially mathematics, literacy and art.
To support D&T we use "Projects on a Page" and the children complete one D&T project each term, one of which will be food technology. Food technology is further enhanced during the school's annual "Healthy Week."
Year 1
As part of the History topic, Year 1 explored old toys and games and enjoyed having a go at making ball and cup games and optical illusion toys called, "Thaumotropes."
Year 1
During Dinosaur week we explored different ways of making moving pictures. we made dinosaurs with moving eyes and dinosaur eggs that opened. We learned how to make a slide movement and a rotating movement.
Year 2 Design and making castles
Dinosaur Week Year 3
As part of "Dinosaur Week" Year 3 explored making things move using hydraulics. They designed and made the dinosaurs' mouths open using syringes.
Year 5 Designing and making structures.
