Levers and linkages St Gerard's Catholic Primary & Nursery School yesterday. Well done Y4! It was lovely to get time at the end for the children to make another one completely independently too. #PrimaryDT
Y4 children have been creating creatures to use in animation. Here is an example of one animation in development. #primaryDT #pimaryart #computing
Y2 have been testing fixed axles and wheels on a loose axle as part of their latest DT project. #PrimaryDT
Can honestly say, I’ve had one of the best teaching days in my entire career. One of those days, where the children just ‘get it’. Everything slotted into place and everyone on task at every point of the day. Absolute gold dust 🌈Springvale Primary. #primaryDT #workshops
A great story for introducing children to the design process - specifically, designs don’t need to be perfect on the first try, but should be evaluated & improved. This book is a fun way to explore the concepts of perseverance and resilience through wacky inventions!
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In this #PrimaryDT topic #Year5 create a functional four-page pop-up storybook design, using lever, sliders, layers and spacers to create paper-based mechanisms.
Discover this #Designandtechnology unit, written by T Turnham, here: bit.ly/3I1Lrsa
In this #Designandtechnology unit #Year1 explore different ways of joining fabrics by cutting, glueing, stapling and pinning before creating their own hand puppets.
Discover these #Primarydt lessons, written by T Turnham, here: bit.ly/3kH4Kh4
Year 6 have been busy this half term making Djembe drums in DT #teamwork #commitment #djembedrum #primarydt
Year 2 researching information about 'Johnny cake' from the Caribbean. They were able to find interesting facts about why it's called a Johnny cake and where it first originated from. The children also found some recipes to reflect upon. #primaryDT #foodtechnology
In this #Primarydt unit #Year1 experiment with sliders before planning and making three pages of a moving storybook, based on a familiar story.
Discover this #Designandtechnology unit here: bit.ly/3Tg5dUH
Last week, with our primary postgraduates, we looked at some of the key principles of DT in primary school. At the end of the day we put our wacky racers project into action. Some brilliant designs and evaluative thinking along the way #primaryDT #getintoteaching
Another impressive DT project from Class 4! So proud of their engineering/ designing/ problem-solving skills that enabled all groups to make successful prototype tensile structures to provide shade outside. Design & Technology Association #primaryDT
The school is full of creativity. Very proud of the achievements of our children. #primaryart #primarydt #eyfs
Year 5 Jemison have very much enjoyed dismantling the prototype ‘doodlers’ before building their own and investigating alternative materials. One budding engineers even ranked the materials by efficacy without being asked! #designtechnology #primarydt
Year 5‘s (and my) amazing DT work. The brief was to design, make and evaluate a stuffed toy for a younger child. They had opportunities to practice a blanket stitch for the edges and explore different stitches to sew the appendages and features. Kapow Primary #primarydt
Bespoke training and consultancy Dixons Manningham today… they are flying solo next year in #primaryDT with the support of our DT resource kits and video instructions.
There has been lots of sewing in Y4 today. We are making money containers so today we worked on running and back stitch. Then we joined our seams to create the main shape. Next, we’ll be decorating and adding fastenings based on our designs 🧵🪡 #ParishDT #PrimaryDT #ParishPride
