Year R papier-mâché bowls
Year R pupils are practising joining materials this term. Over the last two week, pupils have been making papier-mâché bowls within their art lessons (joining paper).
They began by making their own paste (glue) using 1 part flour and 2 parts water. They each measured out cups of the…
Dancing birds!
Last term, Pupils in Year 6 explored electrical circuits within their science and DT lessons. Within DT, the majority of pupils designed and made dolls houses with lights and sounds; a small group made dancing toy birds.
With a flick of a switch, the birds dance, vibrate and spin around.…
Year 5 Forest School Term 5 2023
This term has been filled with new experiments and challenges.
Year 5 were the first to make their own pencils!
They built a fire, cut willow branches with secateurs, placed them in a tin with a little hole in made by a nail, in embers (until the colour of the smoke changed) and they used…
Year 3 Magnificent Mountains
To finalise our learning on Mountains and Rivers this term, today we designed and made our own models. To begin with, we chose the materials we wanted to use before getting to work on our masterpieces. Once the models were complete we added the labels, detailing the features of both rivers and…
Masked Year 4s
Have you ever watched the Masked Singer or The Masked Dancer on the Tv? If you have, you may have marvelled at the masks that the contestants wear. Year 4 were challenged to imagine that they were going to be on this show. They had to explore, research, design, make and evaluate a mask. They had…
Year One Christmas cards - DT
In DT last term, Year 1 made moving Christmas cards. During their morning work with class teachers, pupils worked independently to explore and practise making simple mechanisms - levers and sliders - that enable parts of their cards to move! A lever pivots around a split pin and can partially…
Year 3 Egyptian Necklaces - DT
The Year three topic last term was Ancient Egypt. Within Design Technology, pupils designed and made necklaces inspired by Ancient Egyptian art. This was a textiles project and the main feature on each necklace is a rectangular shaped piece of weaving. Pupils also explored making tassels and paper…
DT - Year 6 Chairs
The long awaited Year 6 chairs are here! The children finished making them on the penultimate day of term 2 – all day DT!
Throughout this project, Year 6 have: learnt about strong shapes and forces; explored materials, techniques, joins and structures; made initial designs inspired by…
Year 5 Space Buggy DT
In Year 5, we have created our own Space Buggy in response to our science learning this term on Earth and Space. We began by reflecting back on what we learnt about the different planets and their features. From this, we explored what our Space Buggy would need in order to investigate these…
The Great Fire of London - Year 2
As part of our history work on The Great Fire of London, the children were set a Design and Technology challenge to rebuild London after the fire. They were given various materials and had to choose which to use and how best to join them together. Working in small groups, they designed their…
Visit from Architect - Mr Town
Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Mr Town (parent) from OSG Architecture. We were fascinated to see so many different styles of buildings and to hear about some of the things that Architects do and have to think about. Some Year 4s were delighted to find out that by playing Mine Craft you can…
Visit from Architecture Lecturer - Robert Nice
Before beginning to construct their final chairs later this week, Year 6 were privileged to be visited by an architecture lecturer today! Robert Nice, one of our parents, works at UCA in Canterbury teaching architecture; he generously gave up his time to come into school and chat with pupils about…
