D&T in School
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are pleased to inform you that our school will be running “If you were an engineer, what would you do?” competition, where year 4 children will design an invention to help protect and improve the environment.
To support this project, we kindly ask for your help only with discussion at home. All design work, drawings, and written explanations will be completed in school.
At home, you can help your child by:
• Talking about environmental problems (such as pollution, waste, saving water or energy)
• Discussing and sharing ideas for possible inventions: litter-collecting robot, self-filtering water bottle etc..
• Encouraging your child to think creatively and independently
There is no expectation for parents to create, build, or design anything. Your role is simply to talk, listen, and inspire ideas.
This project is designed to develop creativity, problem-solving skills, and environmental awareness, and we are very much looking forward to seeing the children’s ideas come to life in class.
Thank you for your continued support
Mrs Fowles
D&T engineering workshop for years 5 and 6
Visit to UTC
Some of our year 3 and 4 children had the most exciting morning today: we went to UTC to complete 4 different D&T projects and learn about net zero and wind turbines. We built a wind turbine, designed a bird feeder platform, used coding, built circuits, played on VR, checked 3D printers and laser machines and most importantly we had biscuits and juice as well as went on a REAL bus! We EVEN got presents and won prizes! Thank you Jen from UTC and all the students who were amazing at teaching our children! Hope we can come again!
Year 4 Project - Pop up book.
We built a wind turbine and learnt about net zero.
D&T trip to the UTC. We learnt about professions in the UTC and net zero program. We wrote messages about what the future looks like, and used pneumatics to fire them into space.
A D&T trip to the UTC. We used pneumatics to fire a rocket into the sky.
Reception - Designing, building and adapting bridges
Year 2 - Cooking a Bangladeshi Dish
Year 4 - Designing and Making a Purse
Year 6 - Greek Salad
Children's Quotes
"I like DT because I like making things". (Year 2)
"I love DT lessons because I love crafts and making things that I've designed". (Year 2).
"The cooking lesson was a good experience becuase we used the knives to chop the vegetables and later on we stirred them together. We tried the bolognese with nachos too". (Year 5)
"Cooking was fun and my favourite part was when we got to try it because I don't like bolognese, but this was nice". (Year 5)
"The DT was very good at helping you develop life skills, like using a knife, frying things in a pan and I think it was something fun to do for the whole class". (Year 5)
"When we were doing sewing we made creative bookmarks by using sewing and embroidery. We got help when we needed it and by the end, people that couldn't sew, were able to do it". (Year 5)