Design and Technology
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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USEFUL WEBSITES
Design and Technology Chatter
Making and tasting soup
13-09-2024
The children became mini chefs this afternoon, preparing and making soup!
Making Salads
12-09-2024
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!
Chopping veg!
09-09-2024
In preparation for our soup making, class 5 have been practicing cutting vegetables.🥒🥦🍅
DT Cooking
09-09-2024
We have loved tasting vegetables and pasta salads to give us some ideas for our own designs.
Researching soup
08-09-2024
The children enjoyed a soup tasting session as part of their DT research. They gave their opinion on flavour, appearance and texture.
DT- Research
05-09-2024
Today we tasted different pizzas and discussed what we liked and what we disliked about them.
Sewing
19-06-2024
We continued to practice the running stitch and also practiced the running back stitch.
Structures
14-06-2024
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.
Sewing
14-06-2024
For DT we practiced threading needles and looking at different types of stitches.
Structures
13-06-2024
We used what we learned last week about sturdy structures to create the base for our flood proof houses.
Bags
11-06-2024
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.
Structures
11-06-2024
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!
DT – Chairs
25-04-2024
The children made the finishing touches to their chairs this afternoon – there were some wonderful designs and plenty of hard work too!
DT
25-04-2024
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.
DT project
24-04-2024
We have been building our own fairgrounds using pulleys applying our knowledge from Science.
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DT – making chairs
23-04-2024
The class started making their chairs this afternoon, using cardboard, tape and lots of hard work!
DT Trip
19-04-2024
We went to Formby to learn about levers, pulleys and gears. We had a fun day and we learnt very interesting facts.
DT – developing skills
17-04-2024
The class used a variety of ‘attachment techniques’ this afternoon, practising the skills required to construct their chairs!!
DT
17-04-2024
We enjoyed tasting different fruits in class. We discussed the fruits we liked and disliked.
DT – Chairs
16-04-2024
After researching different types of chair and their features, the children tried constructing their own using Lego sets!
Making mechanisms
21-02-2024
In DT class 3 made mechanisms using paper and pins. We looked at different movements. We have enjoyed making mechanisms very much!
DT
09-02-2024
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. ?
DT – skills in action!
05-02-2024
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!
Working on our vehicles – DT
02-02-2024
As the class began to assemble their vehicles, the children displayed great sawing skills as they cut their axles!
DT – making our designs
29-01-2024
The children worked diligently as they began using their designs to make their vehicles for our wheels and axles topic!!
DT skills in the classroom
19-01-2024
The children worked well this afternoon to assemble their wheels and axles onto their vehicle body, even trying them out on the classroom floor!
Wheels and axles
16-01-2024
The class began their DT topic this half term by researching wheels and axles, using Lego to make vehicles!! There were some wonderful examples!
Friday in Reception
16-01-2024
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!
DT
02-03-2023
We worked in small groups to find suitable pieces of wood – our task, to move a big log, sometimes with added weight on it!
