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.

Design and make a bird themed souvenir

Bird Feeders

Exploring different types of bird feeders before designing, making and evaluating our very own Bird feeder.

Sliders and levers

Moving space pictures

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

Year 2

Templates and joining

Capes for Traction Man

Textiles -Templates and joining techniques to create a new cape for Traction Man

Preparing fruit and veg – making fruit smoothies

Africa

Preparing fruit and vegetables – Creating an African Fruit Smoothie

Wheels and axles

Catapults

Mechanisms -

Wheels and axles – Creating a catapult

Year 3

2d shape to 3d product – sewing

“Ugg the stone age boy” - Sewing

Making soft trousers for Ugg

Shell structures

Egyptians

Making model pyramids for a class museum display

Healthy and varied diet

Making Wraps

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

Year 4

Structures

Pavilions - Monarchs

Levers and linkages

Romans – Lever and linkages

Simple circuits and switches

Electricity - Torches

Making a nightlight

Year 5

Mechanical systems -  gears, levers and pulleys

“The Iron Man” - Cranes

Making a crane to pull the Iron Man out of a hole

Super salads

A healthy lifestyle – Super salads

Frame structures

Bird Hides

Year 6

Structures –making replicas of WW1 trenches

“Stay where you are and then leave” - WW1 model trenches

Creating replica/model WW1 trenches for

the purpose of displaying and educating a person/people.

Using different mechanisms for performace

Macbeth- creating character puppets and pop up scenes

Food

The year 6 bake off – to design and create a themed cake.