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Summer

Year 1

Freestanding structures

Freestanding structures – making a Billy Goats Gruff Bridge

Learning about freestanding structures within our environment and designing and making our own Billy Goats Gruff Bridge.

Joining materials 

Moving pictures

Learning about how to create sliders and levers, and then using these to create a moving picture.

Sliders and levers

Banner

Designing and creating a whole class banner for the Charter 825 celebration and experimenting with ways to join materials. 

Year 2

Templates and joining

Capes for Traction Man

Creating and using templates and then using joining  techniques with textiles to create a new cape for Traction Man.

Preparing fruit and vegetables

Africa - making fruit smoothies

Creating a whole class recipe from individual investigations of food to then create an African fruit smoothie

Wheels and axles

Vehicle for Claude

Looking at the mechanisms

wheels and axles to create a vehicle.

Year 3

Shell structures

Marble run

Making model marble run mazes using a variety of materials.

Healthy and varied diet

Making Wraps

Investigating and making wraps to take on a journey when following a map

2d shape to 3d product – sewing

Church Kneelers - SewingMaking church kneelers to celebrate the Charter 825

Year 4

Structures

Pavilions - Monarchs

Designing a standing structure using 3D shaped drawings. Creating the wooden structure as designed and decorating with material.
 

Levers and linkages

Romans – Lever and linkages
Use levers, linkages and pulleys to create moving pictures which display Roman battles, the equipment and weapons they used.

Simple circuits and switches

Electricity - Torches

Combining Design and Technology skills with knowledge from science to make a nightlight.

Year 5

Healthy and balanced diet

A healthy lifestyle – Super salads

To research the main food groups and use this knowledge to create a healthy balanced salad.

Mechanical systems -  gears, levers and pulleys

Cranes

Using mechanical systems to make a crane to pull Santa out of a chimney.

Frame structures

Bird Hides

Research into bird hides to design and making our own sturdy, useable bird hides.

 

Year 6

Computer-aided design software 
 

Steady hand games
 

Researching the British inventor Frank Hornby. Using computer aided design to support the creation of a steady hand game applying our learning from our Electricity topic.

Food packaging

Mayan themed wraps and packaging.

Investigating Mayan food and using this knowledge to design, create and evaluate Mayan wraps. Researching into packaging and designing packaging for our wraps 

Sewing
 

Embroidery

Designing an embroidery pattern and creating kneelers for church to celebrate the Charter 825.