This half term in DT, we have been looking at pneumatic systems, in which air is used to make something move. We started off by researching different systems and looked at how they worked. We then made straw rockets before designing our own toy cars which use a...
This week in our DT lesson, we finished creating our moving toys. Along the way, we faced some hiccups with the use of different cardboard materials. We decided that because a lot of them weren’t working the way we’d like, that we’d group together as a class and help...
This week in school, we have been creating our Christmas card and 2025 calendar for our families at home. Our Christmas card this year is linked to our DT topic, ‘Levers and Linkages’. Each of our cards were unique and incorporated a lever and link. For our calendar,...
At the start of today’s session, Phil had a talk with the children inside of class about health and safety when in Forest School. He then showed the children the monsters who have came to play; Chloe who likes painting, Ella who likes making dens and Eddie who enjoys...
Our DT topic this half term is; ‘Moving Toys’. We have looked at a range of different moving toys over the last couple of weeks, resulting in us learning some new topic words such as; linear, cam mechanism and rotary. Before the end of half term, we will have designed...
This afternoon, Year 6 took part in Muddy Monsters in Forest School. At the beginning of the session, Phil told the children they would be taking part in making Phil a new mallet for outside. He explained to make this, the children would use a piece of new green wood...