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2025-2026

Year 1

In Year 1 the children have been learning all about mechanisms: making a moving storybook. They explored slider mechanisms and the movement they output to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook of their own.

Year 2

In Year 2 the children have been learning all about cooking and nutrition: balanced diet. They were discovering the importance of a balanced diet and created a tasty, balanced wrap to meet a design brief.

Year 3

In Year 3 the children have been learning all about cooking and nutrition: eating seasonally. They learnt about seasonal food and used their understanding to create a seasonal food tart.

Year 4

In Year 4 the children have been learning about Mechanical cars. They designed and made mechanical cars that use different methods of movement.

Year 5

In Year 5 the children have been learning about mechanical systems: making a pop-up book. 

Year 6

In Year 6 the children have been learning about mechanical systems: Steady hand games. The children designed and created their own steady hand buzzer game.

2024-2025

Year 1

The children in year 1 have learnt all about the mechanism of levers and how they can be used to enhance pictures and story books. The children learnt how levers can move things up and down, as well as left to right. 

The children practiced their cutting and sticking skills on a rabbit in a hat before they moved on to making a nursery rhyme scene come to life! 

In our second unit of the year, the children explored joining methods with fabric. The children designed, cut out and made their own hand puppet based on specific design criteria. 

As a mini project during World Book Day week, we used some of our scientific knowledge about floating and sinking, to make rafts for the Gingerbread Man to cross the river. The children considered different joining techniques alongside different materials to work out the best for the task.