Reception (Class 2) - Design Technology - Fruit Kebabs

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After talking about the different types of fruit and where they grow we made our own fruit kebabs!  

We made sure our hands were clean and we cut the fruit carefully thinking about how we hold the tools. We enjoyed tasting new fruit and describing it to our friend.

Category: Reception

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Starship - Making Pizza Planets

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Starship children enjoyed making pizza planets for their friends in the Stellar provision. 

The children learnt many skills ranging from turn taking, sharing of  equipment and talking  about what they were doing.

The children also learnt that is fun to make planet pizzas but it's important…

Category: Stellar Provision

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Design Technology - Tasting Food

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Last term, class 12 enjoyed making feijoada and there were mixed reactions to the tasting.

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Reception (Class 1) - Design Technology - Fruit Kebabs

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This we have loved making fruit kebabs, the children (with help) chopped the fruit and put them on the kebab sticks. 

It was a fun experience for some children to try fruit that they haven't tried before.

Category: Reception

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Bridges

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Class 17 were working on bridges last half term. 

In our final week the children worked in groups to build the longest strongest bridge they could.

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Design Technology - Bridges

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Class 16 have been working on bridges this half term. In our final week the children have worked in groups to build the longest strongest bridge they could, that the fire truck could drive over and the pirate ship could go under. 

Well done class 16.

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Year 1 (Class 4) - Design Technology - Different Fruits

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This half term, we have been sampling different fruit smoothies and different fruits.

We have practised our cutting skills and then designed a fruit smoothie by choosing some of our favourite fruits.

We put all our skills into practise and created our own fruit smoothies.

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Design Technology - Making Bridges

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Class 13 have been set the challenge to make the longest bridge, using straws and card. 

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Design Technology - Designing & Making Fire Engines

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Class 6 really enjoyed making fire engines in DT.

We made the chassis and axis, discussing what materials would be the best choice to use.

We then made lots of elements to make our fire engine more realistic, including ladders, sirens, lights and fire hoses.

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Year 2 (Class 7) - Design Technology - Designing & Making Fire Engines

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Class 7 have designed and made fire engines in design technology. 

The children joined the wheels and axils to the chassis, before creating the fire engines body. 

They then made hoses, ladders and sirens to make their engines complete. 

They did a fantastic job working independently,…

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Design Technology - Making Feojoada

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Today we made our Feojoada. 

We used all the cutting skills we had learnt and put all our chosen vegetables in the pressure cooker. 

We can’t wait to taste it tomorrow!

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Design Technology - Cutting Techniques

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Class 11 have started practicing their cutting skills ready for making our Feijoada next week. 

We used the bridge and claw technique to cut potatoes and carrots into bite sized chunks. 

Category: Year 4

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