Year 6 chairs!
Year 6 chairs are here! Order a full size version now!
Throughout this project, Year 6 have: learnt about strong shapes and forces; explored materials, techniques, joins and structures; made initial designs inspired by influential designers; made prototypes and modified designs as appropriate;…
Egyptian necklaces Year 3
The Year three topic this term is Ancient Egypt. Within Design Technology, pupils designed and made necklaces inspired by Ancient Egyptian art and jewellery. This was a DT textiles project and the main feature on each necklace is a rectangular shaped piece of weaving. Pupils also explored making…
Chair design - strong shapes and WW2
Our focus this term is Design Technology. Our DT projects consist of four steps – explore, design, make and evaluate.
Year 6 are designing chairs (Action man sized) for John Lewis this term. To begin, the pupils explored strong shapes within structures. We looked at the work of architects and…
Florence Nightingale Learning
Our History topic this term has been exploring the life and work of Florence Nightingale and learning about why she was significant. To round off our learning, the children made lamps and Crimean soldiers’ hats. They then immersed themselves in role playing being soldiers from the Crimean War and…
History of Bridge School by Beech Class
This term in History, Beech Class has been learning about the history of Bridge School from when the school opened. We were very lucky to have visits from Mr Fawke, Miss Allison and Miss Andrews who told us about when they came to the school as pupils. We were very excited to find out that when…
Ancient Roman bread - Birch class
Ancient Roman bread.
This week, Birch class made their flavoured Roman bread. We began by giving the children their instructions using bossy verbs; we discussed the importance of hygiene and cleaning surfaces before beginning to prepare food. The children added their chosen flavours to the…
Ancient Roman food
Aiming for the complete immersion into the domestic life of an Ancient Roman, Year 4 have been exploring food and cooking of the period. The children started last week by making their own clay cooking/serving pots using the coil method (also used by the Ancient Romans).
This week they…
Egyptian necklaces - Year 3
The Year three topic this term was Ancient Egypt. Within Design Technology, pupils designed and made necklaces inspired by Ancient Egyptian art and jewellery. This was a DT textiles project and the main feature on each necklace is a rectangular shaped piece of weaving. Pupils also explored making…
DT- Year 6 chairs
Year 6 chairs are here! Order now!
Throughout this project, Year 6 have: learnt about strong shapes and forces; explored materials, techniques, joins and structures; made initial designs inspired by influential designers; made prototypes and modified designs as appropriate; skilfully made…
Cultural objects - Year 6
Throughout term 1, Year 6 practised their observational skills by drawing objects and photographs of cultural objects from around the world. As well as studying them carefully, pupils also considered the cultural significance of such artefacts and discussed how they were acquired by museums for…
Year 5 Ancient Greek Prints
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This week, Year 5 have been finishing their Ancient Greek inspired reduction prints using polystyrene relief printing blocks. Pupils first drew out their designs and then transferred them on to the printing blocks. Lines within the design were pressed down with a pencil meaning that other areas…
Year 5 Greek Day 2023
On Thursday the 22nd of June, Year Five were treated to a wonderful Greek day. We had lots of fun learning all about Greek history. In the morning Malena, Spyros and Aleka came in to help us write our names in Greek, on tiles or plates. Thankfully, Malena had written all our names out already…
