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 Year 2 DT Week 14.10.24

14 Oct

Year 2 DT Week 14.10.24

Image of Enjoying designing and building.

20 Sep

Enjoying designing and building.

Image of Having fun programming the micro it’s in DT. The children where able to make the microbit flash intermittently, play a tune and write a message. It was great to see the children using their computing knowledge to programme.

11 Jul

Having fun programming the micro it’s in DT. The children where able to make the microbit flash intermittently, play a tune and write a message. It was great to see the children using their computing knowledge to programme.

Image of This morning we have started our DT topic, Doodlers, which is based on electrical circuits. We have spent the morning looking in detail at the components of electrical circuits and how they work, revising our knowledge from year 4.

8 Jul

This morning we have started our DT topic, Doodlers, which is based on electrical circuits. We have spent the morning looking in detail at the components of electrical circuits and how they work, revising our knowledge from year 4.

Image of Yesterday we started to sew our pouches together. The children showed great resilience. Today we will be decorating them to fit the children’s design criteria. We can’t wait to see their end products.

24 May

Yesterday we started to sew our pouches together. The children showed great resilience. Today we will be decorating them to fit the children’s design criteria. We can’t wait to see their end products.

Image of Our finished DT pouches. The children have blown us away with their resilience when sewing and amazed us with their creativity. We are so pleased with our end products.

24 May

Our finished DT pouches. The children have blown us away with their resilience when sewing and amazed us with their creativity. We are so pleased with our end products.

Image of We have finished! Today we have been creating and making our windmills! They look amazing.

23 May

We have finished! Today we have been creating and making our windmills! They look amazing.

Image of Today we have been practising our skills for DT week. Our first skill was cutting; we made our own jellyfish.

22 May

Today we have been practising our skills for DT week. Our first skill was cutting; we made our own jellyfish.

Image of What a busy classroom we have had this afternoon! We made windmills out of LEGO and made them move, we had so much fun. Thankyou to the Year 6 children who helped us!

22 May

What a busy classroom we have had this afternoon! We made windmills out of LEGO and made them move, we had so much fun. Thankyou to the Year 6 children who helped us!

Image of Wow!! We are super impressed with the children’s sewing skills this afternoon. We used binca, a needle and thread to help us before we begin making our felt pouches tomorrow!

21 May

Wow!! We are super impressed with the children’s sewing skills this afternoon. We used binca, a needle and thread to help us before we begin making our felt pouches tomorrow!

Image of Year 1 DT week - Windmills

21 May

Year 1 DT week - Windmills

Image of DT Week - Textiles: Pouches

20 May

DT Week - Textiles: Pouches