Blog by Tag: Design and Technology

In our design and technology lessons we have been asking the question: Can Street Foods Save Us? The children have been learning about food from other cultures, in this case Mexico, and have refining and practicing their chopping, cutting, grating and dicing skills to make vegetarian burritos.…

After reading the story of, ‘The Gingerbread Man’ the children made their own gingerbread people. We mixed all the ingredients together to make the dough, then rolled it out and cut out the gingerbread shapes with cutters. We then put them in the oven, but they tried to escape! Luckily we caught…

As part of our D&T on Foods Around The World, Year 5 made Mezze Bowls. They used lots of different vegetables prepared by dicing, slicing, grating and ribboning. They were very sensible using the knives in a safe way. They all enjoyed eating their food.

Year 5 have been learning about different types of bread from around the world. Today we measured out ingredients to make flat bread and then enjoyed eating it with butter. We were all able to say what was different about this bread and why it didn’t rise. 

Year 2 have used templates to cut out fabric to make bookmarks. Today the children begun to start sewing the pieces of fabric together. They cannot wait to see what she’d the finished product looks like.

Year 5 used recycled jeans to make their own bag. They chose denim as it is durable and will last a long time. They used a running stitch and back stitch to sew it up. 
 

Year 4 are become experts at threading a needle. Today they sewed a press stud onto fabric. 
 

Year 4 have been learning how to sew a button and make a button hole. They had to thread a needle and use their fine motor skills to carefully manipulate the needle to sew it onto fabric then create a shank. It was very tricky but they persevered. Well done Year 4! 

In Reception we have been learning the new skill of threading with a needle and cotton. The children were supported to thread the cotton onto the needle and they then made a pattern on the square by threading the needle in and out. They were very good at making sure the needle did not fall off the…

After reading the story of The Little Red Hen, the children made their own bread. They helped each other to mix the bread flour with the water, unlike the characters in the story. The bread was put in the oven and the children got to take it home when it was still nice and warm. Yummy! 
 

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In our D&T lessons we have been investigating answering ‘Can you build with bread?’.  We have been building a house for the three little pigs. After investigating we decided to heat the bread first to make toast as it is more sturdy for building with. We made our own cement choosing our own…

In Reception we were learning some new D&T skills using different tools. We used a hammer to hit a nail into wood and also use pliers to pull the nail out. We learned some safety rules and wore protective goggles too.