Design Technology

This afternoon, some of our fantastic parents visited Year 2 for a parents’ workshop. The children had already planned and designed their own fire engines, so today the children (and parents) worked hard to make them. The children’s creations featured moving wheels, ladders, hoses and windows. We we

In Design and Technology, the children have been learning about moving mechanisms. They learnt that a mechanism helps an object to move. They used a slider to help propel the rocket across the night sky by moving it up and down. The children had to cut the rockets out and create a starry night time

Year One have started to learn about Design and Technology. They investigated moving toys and books. The children discovered that some toys can be moved with a lever, whilst others can be wound up or pushed. They particularly enjoyed winding up the caterpillars and racing them across the floor. The

Year 3 continue to apply their observations of the world around them into their construction. This week some of the children tried to see if they could increase stability in their tower building by adding vertical sticks. Torrential rain meant the second session stayed inside, hopefully giving the f

The residents and children at Angel Court surprised themselves with how well their pinch and slab pots have started to come together. Working in pairs, one old, one young, they first manipulated to clay into small bowl shapes. They were then fitted inside each other creating a gap between the two. T

Year 3 continue to hone their construction skills in our Forest School. Following our STEM week tower challenge, the children were asked to look at the world around them as an architect or an engineer might do. Could they spot key features that help to give buildings more strength and stability? The

This week has been STEM week in school and, as part of the week, some of the Year 6 children were lucky enough to go on a visit to the Nissan factory. Possibilities is a key driver of the school’s curriculum and this visit allowed the children to understand and see a future career path as an enginee

This week the pupils from Harlow Green have taken part in STEM based activities from Nursery through to Year 6.  These activities were all aimed to promote Science, Teachnology, Engineeering and Maths.  It has been wonderful to see creativity, perseverance, problem solving and team work shine thro

As part of STEM week Year 5 were set The Egg Move Challenge. This exercise encourages the children to hone their problem solving and communication skills. Demonstrating an understanding of how to use a variety of materials, practically learning about forces, using estimation and prediction are just

In DT this week, year 4 thoroughly enjoyed making 3D models of Viking homes. The brief was to design and build a model that showed some of their key features. From their research, the children identified that Viking homes were constructed from either mud or wood, were single story, had thatched or t