News: DT | St. Aidan’s Primary School – A Church of England Academy

Image of The final products

1 Nov

The final products

Image of Sampling biscuits and evaluating them for Design and Technology week.

31 Oct

Sampling biscuits and evaluating them for Design and Technology week.

Image of Creating a simple biscuit to explore ways we can enhance and modify it.

31 Oct

Creating a simple biscuit to explore ways we can enhance and modify it.

Image of DT Week: we are in our creative flow.

31 Oct

DT Week: we are in our creative flow.

Image of Today the children made their own pasta sauce ready to take home!

30 Oct

Today the children made their own pasta sauce ready to take home!

Image of Year 6 DT Week - Using Lego and Tinker Cad

30 Oct

Year 6 DT Week - Using Lego and Tinker Cad

Image of DT Week Tuesday

29 Oct

DT Week Tuesday

Image of Wow, what an amazing DT week it has been!

17 Oct

Wow, what an amazing DT week it has been!

Image of Our end product! We worked super hard on our seasonal vegetable tarts to ensure they met our design criteria. They tasted and looked delicious! We are so proud of our end result. Well done Year 3!

17 Oct

Our end product! We worked super hard on our seasonal vegetable tarts to ensure they met our design criteria. They tasted and looked delicious! We are so proud of our end result. Well done Year 3!

Image of More painting. Our vehicles are really starting to come together now! We can’t wait to decorate them this afternoon by adding some special features.

16 Oct

More painting. Our vehicles are really starting to come together now! We can’t wait to decorate them this afternoon by adding some special features.

Image of Year 3 DT Week - Investigating

16 Oct

Year 3 DT Week - Investigating

Image of Our next focus in DT week is skills - We have practised cutting using the bridge and claw methods; we have premade pesto for the base of our tarts with the help of Miss Sprot and finally, we have designed our tarts.

16 Oct

Our next focus in DT week is skills - We have practised cutting using the bridge and claw methods; we have premade pesto for the base of our tarts with the help of Miss Sprot and finally, we have designed our tarts.

Image of Yesterday we were archaeologists! We investigated Stone Age poo. We measured it, described it, and took it apart to work out what foods were eaten in the past! We had a lot of fun, even though some of us found it disgusting.

15 Oct

Yesterday we were archaeologists! We investigated Stone Age poo. We measured it, described it, and took it apart to work out what foods were eaten in the past! We had a lot of fun, even though some of us found it disgusting.

Image of Beginning to make our wheeled vehicles.

15 Oct

Beginning to make our wheeled vehicles.

Image of Year 2 DT Week 14.10.24

14 Oct

Year 2 DT Week 14.10.24

Image of Enjoying designing and building.

20 Sep

Enjoying designing and building.

Image of Having fun programming the micro it’s in DT. The children where able to make the microbit flash intermittently, play a tune and write a message. It was great to see the children using their computing knowledge to programme.

11 Jul

Having fun programming the micro it’s in DT. The children where able to make the microbit flash intermittently, play a tune and write a message. It was great to see the children using their computing knowledge to programme.

Image of This morning we have started our DT topic, Doodlers, which is based on electrical circuits. We have spent the morning looking in detail at the components of electrical circuits and how they work, revising our knowledge from year 4.

8 Jul

This morning we have started our DT topic, Doodlers, which is based on electrical circuits. We have spent the morning looking in detail at the components of electrical circuits and how they work, revising our knowledge from year 4.

Image of Yesterday we started to sew our pouches together. The children showed great resilience. Today we will be decorating them to fit the children’s design criteria. We can’t wait to see their end products.

24 May

Yesterday we started to sew our pouches together. The children showed great resilience. Today we will be decorating them to fit the children’s design criteria. We can’t wait to see their end products.

Image of Our finished DT pouches. The children have blown us away with their resilience when sewing and amazed us with their creativity. We are so pleased with our end products.

24 May

Our finished DT pouches. The children have blown us away with their resilience when sewing and amazed us with their creativity. We are so pleased with our end products.

Image of We have finished! Today we have been creating and making our windmills! They look amazing.

23 May

We have finished! Today we have been creating and making our windmills! They look amazing.

Image of Today we have been practising our skills for DT week. Our first skill was cutting; we made our own jellyfish.

22 May

Today we have been practising our skills for DT week. Our first skill was cutting; we made our own jellyfish.

Image of What a busy classroom we have had this afternoon! We made windmills out of LEGO and made them move, we had so much fun. Thankyou to the Year 6 children who helped us!

22 May

What a busy classroom we have had this afternoon! We made windmills out of LEGO and made them move, we had so much fun. Thankyou to the Year 6 children who helped us!

Image of Wow!! We are super impressed with the children’s sewing skills this afternoon. We used binca, a needle and thread to help us before we begin making our felt pouches tomorrow!

21 May

Wow!! We are super impressed with the children’s sewing skills this afternoon. We used binca, a needle and thread to help us before we begin making our felt pouches tomorrow!

Image of Year 1 DT week - Windmills

21 May

Year 1 DT week - Windmills

Image of DT Week - Textiles: Pouches

20 May

DT Week - Textiles: Pouches

Image of DT week- we have been investigating, practicing skills and designing this morning.

26 Mar

DT week- we have been investigating, practicing skills and designing this morning.

Image of DT week- we have started investigating, researching and practicing skills today.

25 Mar

DT week- we have started investigating, researching and practicing skills today.

Image of We have had a busy afternoon in year 4

25 Mar

We have had a busy afternoon in year 4

Image of DT week- evaluating our Easter bonnets.

22 Mar

DT week- evaluating our Easter bonnets.

Image of DT week- we are making our Easter bonnets today. We can’t wait for you to see them in Church next week.

21 Mar

DT week- we are making our Easter bonnets today. We can’t wait for you to see them in Church next week.

Image of DT week- we have started to design our Easter bonnets.

20 Mar

DT week- we have started to design our Easter bonnets.

Image of DT week- today we have been investigating.

19 Mar

DT week- today we have been investigating.

Image of This morning we have been developing our skills in 3D CAD modelling on Tinkercad on the computers. We have created housing for our micro:bits.

29 Feb

This morning we have been developing our skills in 3D CAD modelling on Tinkercad on the computers. We have created housing for our micro:bits.

Image of This morning we have designed and made Lego stands for our micro:bits.

28 Feb

This morning we have designed and made Lego stands for our micro:bits.

Image of We are enjoying using a micro:bit simulation to create an animal monitor. It makes a sound when the temperature gets too hot or cold for the animals we have chosen.

27 Feb

We are enjoying using a micro:bit simulation to create an animal monitor. It makes a sound when the temperature gets too hot or cold for the animals we have chosen.

Image of This afternoon we are carrying out research into different animals and their habitats as part of our monitoring devices project in DT week.

26 Feb

This afternoon we are carrying out research into different animals and their habitats as part of our monitoring devices project in DT week.

Image of Year 1's Design and Make Day

7 Feb

Year 1's Design and Make Day

Image of This morning we planned what ingredients we wanted to include in our salad. This afternoon we made our salads, the children were excellent at cutting, grating and peeling the ingredients. Super work Year 2

7 Feb

This morning we planned what ingredients we wanted to include in our salad. This afternoon we made our salads, the children were excellent at cutting, grating and peeling the ingredients. Super work Year 2

Image of Our salad creations

7 Feb

Our salad creations

Image of DT week - Our topic this term in DT is salads. Tasting salads Today we explored the taste of Caesar, Greek and Waldorf salads. The children then evaluated the salads describing the appearance, smell, flavour, texture and then rated them.

6 Feb

DT week - Our topic this term in DT is salads. Tasting salads Today we explored the taste of Caesar, Greek and Waldorf salads. The children then evaluated the salads describing the appearance, smell, flavour, texture and then rated them.

Image of We then focused on the skills part of our DT week. This afternoon, we have been learning the skill of cutting and how to do it safely. This will make sure that when we cut the ingredients of our salads carefully.

6 Feb

We then focused on the skills part of our DT week. This afternoon, we have been learning the skill of cutting and how to do it safely. This will make sure that when we cut the ingredients of our salads carefully.

Image of Yesterday marked the beginning of our DT. week dedicated to creating delicious smoothies. To kick things off, we engaged in a lively discussion about various fruits and vegetables and then sorted them. This is the start of our investigating.

6 Feb

Yesterday marked the beginning of our DT. week dedicated to creating delicious smoothies. To kick things off, we engaged in a lively discussion about various fruits and vegetables and then sorted them. This is the start of our investigating.

Image of After that, we had a discussion about the origin of various fruits and vegetables and the fascinating process of their growth.

6 Feb

After that, we had a discussion about the origin of various fruits and vegetables and the fascinating process of their growth.

Image of In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to try various smoothies and complete a chart indicating if they tasted sweet or sour, as well as whether we enjoyed them.

6 Feb

In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to try various smoothies and complete a chart indicating if they tasted sweet or sour, as well as whether we enjoyed them.

Image of The children have just tasted lots of different fruit and vegetables so they can choose their favourite ones to put in their smoothie.

6 Feb

The children have just tasted lots of different fruit and vegetables so they can choose their favourite ones to put in their smoothie.

Image of We are now focusing on our skills. This afternoon, we have been learning the skill of cutting and how to do it safely. This will make sure that when we cut our fruit for our smoothies, we are super safe and our fruit is cut perfectly.

6 Feb

We are now focusing on our skills. This afternoon, we have been learning the skill of cutting and how to do it safely. This will make sure that when we cut our fruit for our smoothies, we are super safe and our fruit is cut perfectly.

Image of Our next skill was juicing, this was really fun! We even got to taste the juice, it was very sour!

6 Feb

Our next skill was juicing, this was really fun! We even got to taste the juice, it was very sour!

Image of Dt Week Reception

1 Feb

Dt Week Reception

Image of New LEGO club at school!

31 Oct

New LEGO club at school!

Limited places for new after school club!

Image of Learning through play-LEGO day

21 Sep

Learning through play-LEGO day

Today we learnt through play! Phil from Getech and LEGO helped us see the value of hands on learning and how LEGO links to many different areas of the curriculum!