Nursery - A New Year & New Opportunities

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This week we took part in cooking workshop based on a famous story 'Handa's Surprise'.

The children were able to touch, feel, smell the fruits from the story and then learn new skills of peeling, chopping and cutting .

They loved the entire experience and most of them (not all) enjoyed…

Category: Nursery

Design Technology PSHE

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Year 2 (Class 6) - DT / PSHE - Classroom Kitchen

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Class 6 loved our 'Classroom Kitchen' workshop! It linked perfectly with our new PSHE topic, 'Keeping Healthy'.

We made delicious yoghurt pots by layering fruit, yoghurt, oats and biscuit.  

We learnt new skills, such as the bridge cut, which we used to cut the fruit…

Category: Year 2

Design Technology PSHE

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Year 2 (Class 7) - DT / PSHE - Cooking in the Classroom

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Class 7 and year 2 took part in cooking in the classroom.

They learnt how to cut using the bridge and claw method. They made yoghurt pots with grapes, banana, strawberries, blueberries, oats, yoghurt, honey and crushed ginger biscuits.

They all tried them and most finished them off.

They…

Category: Year 2

Design Technology PSHE

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Year 2 (Class 5) - DT / PSHE - Healthy Eating

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Children in class 5 really enjoyed a visit from the 'Classroom Kitchen'. 

They learned about the different food groups and the importance of healthy eating. 

The children used the claw and bridge strategies for cutting different fruits to make a healthy yoghurt. 

Category: Year 2

Design Technology PSHE

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Design Technology - Finished Light Boxes

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Class 12 have worked hard over the past few weeks designing and making their light boxes.

Well done.

Category: Year 4

Design Technology

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Year 2 (Class 7) - Design Technology - Castles

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Class 7 build castles in design technology. They designed them, practised the skills they required before hand, like cutting and joining, before making their castles.

They loved building them with the materials provided and all let their imaginations run wild. Pupils overcame challenges when…

Category: Year 2

Design Technology

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Design Technology - Castles

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Class 6 have been making castles in DT.

We begun the term by carrying out some product research of toy castles, before designing and making our own.

We worked very hard and had lots of fun!

Category: Year 2

Design Technology

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Year 1 (Class 4) - Design Technology - Moving Pictures

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The children used the skills they learned in their design and technology lessons to make their own moving picture in order to retell part of a story.

Category: Year 1

Design Technology

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Design Technology - Moving Toys

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Class 14 have finished their moving toys.

They work really well and the children have enjoyed making them.

Category: Year 5

Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Moving Toys

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Class 17 have worked really hard on their moving toys this half term.

They have learnt how different shaped cams can change the movement of their toy.

They planned and made their toys independently and showed great resilience and problem solving skills to iron out any small problems they…

Category: Year 6

Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Design Technology - Cams, Cogs & Levers

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Class 16 have been looking at cams, cogs and levers.

With this knowledge, we built small rotating toys that showed the principles of them.

When they were finished, year 2, class 5, came to play with them give a review.

Category: Year 6

Design Technology

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Design Technology - Finished Cam Toys

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Class 13 designed their own toys using cams and then the year 1 class came and tested the toys out. 

Category: Year 5

Design Technology

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