Year 6 (Class 16) - DT - Moving Flag

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Class 16 had a go at creating a moving flag this week in DT, ready for next week, where they design their own moving toy.

Category: Year 6

Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Cams

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Class 17 have been working hard at understanding how cams work. 

We built a basic toy together to test out our different cams and how they make the toy move.

Category: Year 6

Design Technology

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Design Technology - Cam Toys

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Children in class 13 have tested out their cam toys and evaluated the movements. 

Category: Year 5

Design Technology

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Design Technology - Cams

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We have been investigating cams and seeing how they can move axels in different ways.

Hopefully, we will be able to use this different movement when we design and build our own moving toys.

Well done class 14. 

Category: Year 5

Design Technology

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Design Technology - Cam Toys

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This week in design technology class 13 have made simple cam toys.

The children loved experimenting with different shaped cams and seeing the effect on the follower. 

Category: Year 5

Design Technology

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Reception (Class 1) - Remembrance Day

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On Friday, we had a day dedicated to Remembrance Day.

We discussed what it is and why we celebrate it and the importance of it too.

The children enjoyed taking part in Poppy related activities, including making their own poppy biscuits.

Category: Reception

Design Technology History

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Design Technology - Light Boxes

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Years 3 and 4 have started their new DT topic.

We are designing and making light boxes this half term.

Today, we looked at some light boxes and created a circuit using a battery, bulb and wires. 

Category: Year 3

Design Technology

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Year 1 (Class 4) - Design Technology - Moving Pictures

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Class 4 have been looking at moving pictures in DT today.

We looked at the different types of mechanisms and then practised making our own moving picture using sliders.

Category: Year 1

Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Toys with Cams

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Class 17 have started a new topic this half term. We will be making our own moving toy using cams to alter the movement.

Today we played with some moving toys and tried problem solving why some wouldn’t work. 

Category: Year 6

Design Technology

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Reception (Class 1) - Scarecrows

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This week to finish off our learning about Autumn we have been finding out about Scarecrows!

We had enjoyed reading stories about Scarecrows and finding out why farmers have them, and how to make them!

So we decided to make our own.

We worked together as a class to create our very own…

Category: Reception

Science Art Design Technology

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Nursery - Black History Month, Fruit Tasting & Dancing

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This week in nursery, we have learnt so many things.

We have been learning all about Black History Month. We read the story 'Handa's surprise' and looked at all the different fruits she took too her friend. After discussing and looking at all the different fruits we then had a tasting session.…

Category: Nursery

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Nursery - Learning about Owls

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In nursery this week we continued to learn about autumn. We have made story maps and retold the story of 'Owl Babies' using puppets and owl soft toys. We have made nests for owls and fed the owls with some worms (counted to 5).

On our creative table we have been rolling conkers, making collage…

Category: Nursery

Science Design Technology English Maths

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