Shelters (Year 5)
containers before designing and making their own.
n In DT Year 3 began the year learning all about the rules and how to be safe in the workshop. They loved using the hand tools to soar and cut the word to make their marble mazes they then learned about simple pneumatic systems and created their own moving monsters with animated mouths. They followed that by looking at different packaging for sweets and creating their own sugary snacks and designed the packaging.
Year 5 had great fun making their own elastic powered buggies. Their design brief suggested that they should be able to travel one metre but many achieved much more in the whole class testing. Their next project was a collaborative one. They worked in groups and partners to test, compare and evaluate materials. They then worked with a partner to answer a design brief to build a specific kind of shelter. Year 6 designed and built their own fairground rides with rotary motion. They wired a slide switch to control the direction of the motor and incorporated their circuits into their models.
Year 4 investigated Cam mechanisms then designed their own. They used hand tools to build their frames.
Pupils learnt to thread a needle and investigated different money
Clocks (Year 6)
Monsters (Year 3)
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