Y6 Textiles

Y6 have been looking at existing cloth bags. They have deconstructed them and considered their purpose and design. They then had a go at sewing a seam and evaluated their sewing skills before designing their own cloth bags.

Y6 Textiles

Year 6 have been using their DT skills to sew recycled textiles together to create a bag that could be used by an evacuee in World War Two.

Textiles – Y6

Y6 have sewn their bags. They all look amazing! They then tested and evaluated their product to see if they would be suitable for an evacuee to carry their belongings on a journey. Well done Y6!

Vegetable Tasting in Year 2!

Today Year 2 have been exploring different vegetables. Looking at how we can prepare them and what they taste like. With adult help, they have been carefully peeling and chopping; carrots, avocado, peppers and cucumber. The class have loved trying the different vegetables, deciding how they tasted and what their textures felt like!

Winter den building in EYFS

Making bird feeders in Reception.

Making play-dough is so much fun

Nursery enjoyed making red play-dough. We measured out the ingredients and mixed it all in a large bowl. To make the play-dough we used flour, salt, oil, food colouring and cream of tar tar. We took it in turns to help pour and mix the Ingredients.

We love Mexican food!

Y6 have been working hard to create their own salsa! They tasted shop bought salsa before chopping, slicing and crushing fresh ingredients to create their own dish.

Photo Frames

We studied how photo frames were constructed and used our knowledge of struts and braces to design our own photo frames.

Reinventing an international dish!

Y6 were tasked to change a traditional quesadilla recipe in D.T. They did a brilliant job and carefully chose the flavours and ingredients they thought would work best together. We used our fresh salsa recipe as a base and added new vegetables and herbs.

Free standing structures

Today we used different objects and materials from around our classroom to make free standing bridges that could take the weight of our chosen animal toy.

Mothers day cards and cakes in Reception class

We made some beautiful cards and chocolate strawberry crispy cakes to take home for our Mummy’s.

Junk modelling using 3D shapes in Reception

Constructing fairytale castles in Reception Class

Making sensory playdough in Reception

Designing a toy with wheels

Year 3 have been designing and creating money boxes in DT. We have had so much fun planning, designing and learning the process to lead up to finally making our final product! We finished with evaluating our product.

Let’s go fly a kite!

In DT, Y6 have been investigating kites. They assembled pre-made kites and then tested them out in the school grounds.

Fruit kebabs

In year 1 for health and fitness week we made delicious fruit kebabs.

Fruit smoothie

Year 2 made healthy fruit smoothies for health and fitness week.

Reinforcing our frame structures

Y6 have been practising making frame structures. They reinforced them using different materials. We are excited to make our kite frames next week!

Making healthy snacks

Y6 have tried houmous this week. They then made their own flavoured houmous.

DT

Year 5 enjoyed planning and creating different types of bread,importantly they were able to eat it afterwards.

DT

Year 5 resident baker. Fantastic effort. Paul Hollywood she’s after your job.

Making healthy fruit kebabs in Reception

Creative/Imaginative play in Reception

As part of our Big Wide World topic we worked together to create our own sailing boat. We can’t wait to use it to travel around the world. Land Ahoy!!

Art

Year 5 had a wonderful afternoon creating Ancient Greek comedy and tragedy masks. The children are extremely creative and they really enjoy expressing themselves through art.

Food For Thought

Year 4 enjoyed a session with Food for Thought. They made vegetable stir fry with noodles, chopping, cooking, mixing and of course eating their incredible dishes. They really enjoyed learning about how to cook safely and how to make a balanced dish

Our brilliant box kites!

Today we showed our kites to Reception and flew them at the back of school. It wasn’t very windy but we still managed to get some lift in them!

Scrumptious Smoothies

Making Emergency Vehicles out of junk materials in Reception Class

Reception Class: Making vegetable soup!

We carefully followed a set of instructions to make our very own healthy vegetable soup for snack. It tasted absolutely delicious!

How to plant a seed with Food for Thought

In year 3 we have been investigating our sense of smell…

Decorating crowns

In R.E Nursery have been learning about the wisemen visiting Jesus. During continuous provision the children decorated their own crowns.

Super sewing!

Y6 have been working really hard to create bags from recycled materials. They combined their textiles together using running stitch and back stitch and added handles and pockets to suit their design brief.

Vegetable taste test!

Scrumptious Salsa

We made our own Salsa by chopping and mixing fresh ingredients!

Pulleys and gears

The children worked really hard when trying to create pulley systems and gear systems. They tried different materials and carried out a very good evaluations of their products.

Making bird cakes in Reception class

With the weather being so cold recently, we though we’d give the birds a treat by making them some yummy bird cakes.

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Red Riding Hood fun in Reception Class

We made some delicious cakes for Grandma and decorated them with icing and yummy sprinkles.

Holidays: How do we travel? Making transport using junk materials

Greek comedy and tragedy masks

Year 5 created Ancient Greek comedy and tragedy masks. The used plaster of Paris to make the masks and painted them trying show the facial expressions of comedy or tragedy.

Amazing apple crumbles!

Today Y6 had a visit from Food for Thought. The children worked hard to chop, measure and combine their ingredients to create apple crumbles. We hope you enjoyed them at home!

Food for thought

Year 5 had an amazing time stepping back in time to make Viking pottage with the fantastic team from Food for Thought! The children loved getting hands-on with the ingredients and learning how the Vikings cooked their meals.

Making edible sparklers for Bonfire night

Y6 textiles unit

Y6 have worked hard in DT to design and create a Christmas decoration. They look amazing!

Completing the final week of our Winter Wonderland topic in Reception class by focusing on the birds all around us.

We made bird cakes, went bird spotting in our school grounds and experimented with bird themed collage and observational drawings.