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

Please note that St Aidan’s will be closed to pupils this Friday 1st May for a staff INSET day, and will remain closed on Monday 4th May for the Bank Holiday.

Image of Mini electricians in year 3 building motors.

24 Feb

Mini electricians in year 3 building motors.

Image of We’ve started designing and building our own vehicles. The children loved sawing dowels for axles, attaching wheels, and painting them to match their designs. Look out for photos of the finished products!

16 Jan

We’ve started designing and building our own vehicles. The children loved sawing dowels for axles, attaching wheels, and painting them to match their designs. Look out for photos of the finished products!

Image of The children thoroughly enjoyed creating their wheeled vehicles this week. It was amazing seeing their imagination at work! We raced this morning and Perez had the fastest car—well done Perez!

16 Jan

The children thoroughly enjoyed creating their wheeled vehicles this week. It was amazing seeing their imagination at work! We raced this morning and Perez had the fastest car—well done Perez!

Image of Our DT Project: Wheeled Vehicles! This week, we kicked off our project by researching and designing vehicles. We even took a local walk to survey the most popular car types and colors. Check out our work in action!

15 Jan

Our DT Project: Wheeled Vehicles! This week, we kicked off our project by researching and designing vehicles. We even took a local walk to survey the most popular car types and colors. Check out our work in action!

Image of Our final products! What an amazing effort, well done Year 6!

7 Nov

Our final products! What an amazing effort, well done Year 6!

Image of Our final product! The children did a fantastic job making their very own bolognese sauce. Look how delicious it turned out!

7 Nov

Our final product! The children did a fantastic job making their very own bolognese sauce. Look how delicious it turned out!

Image of Our class put the Thermomix to work yesterday, successfully making a hearty and flavourful bolognese sauce from scratch. The children loved watching the process and contributing to every step, from prepping the veggies to watching it cook.

7 Nov

Our class put the Thermomix to work yesterday, successfully making a hearty and flavourful bolognese sauce from scratch. The children loved watching the process and contributing to every step, from prepping the veggies to watching it cook.

Image of We put our chopping skills to the test, carefully preparing the ingredients for our delicious bolognese sauce. Great teamwork, everyone!

7 Nov

We put our chopping skills to the test, carefully preparing the ingredients for our delicious bolognese sauce. Great teamwork, everyone!

Image of DT Week - final day: Biscuit decorating

7 Nov

DT Week - final day: Biscuit decorating

Image of Next, the children designed their biscuit package by drawing their design onto a net. They then cut out the net and put the pieces together to form the final package.

7 Nov

Next, the children designed their biscuit package by drawing their design onto a net. They then cut out the net and put the pieces together to form the final package.

Image of DT Week Year 6: Construction is go!

5 Nov

DT Week Year 6: Construction is go!

Image of DT Week - Time to create!

5 Nov

DT Week - Time to create!