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 mechanisms
In DT class 3 made mechanisms using paper and pins. We looked at different movements. We have enjoyed making mechanisms very much!
3DT
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. 🪡
4DT – skills in action!
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
As the class began to assemble their vehicles, the children displayed great sawing skills as they cut their axles!
DT – making our designs
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
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
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
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
We worked in small groups to find suitable pieces of wood – our task, to move a big log, sometimes with added weight on it!
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