At Pleasant Street Primary School, we want to encourage our pupils to develop a love of Design and Technology, including Cooking and Nutrition, and to understand it’s relevance in today’s society.
We encourage pupils on their own creative journey where they have the opportunity to learn new life skills through exploration, designing, making and evaluating; which are key to a successful end product.
Following an iterative process during D&T will build their resilience and resourcefulness and build on their knowledge of healthy eating to enable them to make sensible choices. We want them to have no limits to what their ambitions are and grow up with aspirations to work in a wide range of professions.
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Class 6 have been using crumbles to create night lights. We looked at how we can program a crumble to display different coloured lights, children then researched different styles of night lights and create their own design on the net of a 3D shape . Using a crumble kit, children were able to code the crumble to use different coloured lights to get their nightlight to light up!
The children became mini chefs this afternoon, preparing and making soup!
We showcased our chopping, cutting and grating skills when making our salads. We used our planning to select ingredients to make our delicious salads and we cannot wait to taste them!
In preparation for our soup making, class 5 have been practicing cutting vegetables.🥒🥦🍅
We have loved tasting vegetables and pasta salads to give us some ideas for our own designs.
The children enjoyed a soup tasting session as part of their DT research. They gave their opinion on flavour, appearance and texture.
Today we tasted different pizzas and discussed what we liked and what we disliked about them.
We continued to practice the running stitch and also practiced the running back stitch.
We began to add struts to our structures to create a raised platform. We remembered that triangles are stronger than squares so tried to incorporate them were possible.
For DT we practiced threading needles and looking at different types of stitches.
We used what we learned last week about sturdy structures to create the base for our flood proof houses.
For DT we looked at a selection of bags inside and outside looking at the fabrics and the functions of each bag. We discussed why we liked or disliked each bag.
we had such a fantastic time at Formby learning how to build secure structures both on and off the ground. Lots of great problem solving!
The children made the finishing touches to their chairs this afternoon – there were some wonderful designs and plenty of hard work too!
We enjoyed making our own fruit salads. We followed the instructions we made and carefully chopped up the fruit. We took our fruit salads home to enjoy.
We have been building our own fairgrounds using pulleys applying our knowledge from Science.
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The class started making their chairs this afternoon, using cardboard, tape and lots of hard work!
We went to Formby to learn about levers, pulleys and gears. We had a fun day and we learnt very interesting facts.
The class used a variety of ‘attachment techniques’ this afternoon, practising the skills required to construct their chairs!!
We enjoyed tasting different fruits in class. We discussed the fruits we liked and disliked.
After researching different types of chair and their features, the children tried constructing their own using Lego sets!
In DT class 3 made mechanisms using paper and pins. We looked at different movements. We have enjoyed making mechanisms very much!
In DT we practised the running stitch using a needle and thread. We had to carefully sew around the edge of the fabric. We are looking forward to making our puppet. ?
The children worked hard again this afternoon, using a hacksaw to cut dowels to the correct length – these would act as axles on their vehicles!
As the class began to assemble their vehicles, the children displayed great sawing skills as they cut their axles!
The children worked diligently as they began using their designs to make their vehicles for our wheels and axles topic!!
The children worked well this afternoon to assemble their wheels and axles onto their vehicle body, even trying them out on the classroom floor!
The class began their DT topic this half term by researching wheels and axles, using Lego to make vehicles!! There were some wonderful examples!
We had a very busy day on Friday, we had a lovely morning in PE with Mr Lancaster, then we made our own sandwiches for snack they were so yummy!
We worked in small groups to find suitable pieces of wood – our task, to move a big log, sometimes with added weight on it!
