Blog by Tag: Design and Technology

In D & T the children have been testing out differsnt ways to use paper to build structures of varying strength. One group managed a structure of card that was nine storeys high today!

This week we are reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. Today we made caterpillar salads using different fruits and vegetables. We talked about healthy foods and where our foods come from.

This week the children are reflecting on our time in Reception. We have talked about what we have enjoyed, what we found tricky and all the activities we have loved. We then made dream catchers, threading wool, beads and feathers together thinking about our dreams and hopes for year 1. 

Year 1 Design Technology 

The children enjoyed learning how to thread a needle in design technology today. They used binca to practise a running stitch. 

This week’s warm weather has called for a variety of sand and water play in nursery.  The children have enjoyed exchanging wellies for bare feet in the sand and have explored pouring, funnelling and spooning water both in indoor and outdoor water play.  The children have been cooperating in much…

Year 5 have enjoyed making Vietnamese Summer Rolls.

After discussing the Asian diet and how it is different to that of the UK, the children prepared in small groups their own rolls.

The children created fact files about food and nutrition and evaluated their rolls. They explained how they…

The children love making play dough with an adult at the start of the week.  Lately the children have been using shells and pebbles to enhance their creations. 

We talked about the differences between processed food and fresh food. The children then used peeling, grating and squeezing techniques to make their own potato rosti, which could be a healthy breakfast or snack.

The children learnt about different types of food and then they made a healthy breakfast by layering oats with fruit they had chopped themselves.

This week the children have been listening to and following instructions to make sandwiches. They chose their fillings and talked about where our foods come from. Their spreading and cutting skills are certainly improving!

The children have made fruit salads this week! First, we explored fruits and vegetables and the difference between them. We then carefully prepared melon, pineapple, strawberries, banana and tangerines to add to our own fruit salad!

Fruit lollies were a perfect choice to make on our warm week in nursery A.  The children used cutting skills to prepare the soft fruit and distributed them into ice lolly moulds, after calculating how much fruit we would need.  After that the children practised their pouring by adding water before…