Cooking time again!
01-07-2024
We had our second group to make our traditional Italian bolognese. They had a great time preparing the ingredient and seasoning it to perfection! Thanks to our amazing head chef once again – Monica.
Design and Technology
Here at Smithdown we value and encourage creativity in a wide range of ways. Design and Technology is a foundation subject in the National Curriculum and is found in many forms: clothes, books, home wear, sportswear – products which have been designed to help people with their needs. Design and Technology is part of every child’s immediate life experience. The subject encourages children to become creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond by developing ideas, and eventually making a range of products. Through the study of design and technology, they combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as of the products functions. This allows them to reflect on, and evaluate, past and present design and technology. Design and technology helps all children to become discriminating and informed consumers and potential innovators.
In Key Stage 1 the children will learn to design purposeful, functional and appealing products that are based on design criteria. They will make products by using a wide range of materials and develop the use of tools to cut, shape, join and finish. They will learn to evaluate products and suggest how it could be improved to be stronger, stiffer and more stable. They will learn to cook simple food with an emphasis on savoury dishes.
In Key Stage 2 the children will learn to design purposeful products that are aimed at particular individuals or groups. They will develop their ideas through detailed planning, evaluating product design, observational drawings and making prototypes. They will make products and learn how to use a wide variety of tools, equipment, materials and components. They will learn how to include mechanical, electrical and computer control into products. They will learn to design and cook food with an emphasis on savoury dishes.
Progression in D/T will be assessed through work completed in pupils sketch books, displays, written work and photographic evidence.
Please click here for our whole school overview for design and technology 2023-2024
National Curriculum for Design and Technology
Design and Technology Chatter
Volcanoes Eruptions!
27-06-2024
We had an amazing afternoon erupting our volcanoes! We even had a very dangerous and violent composite volcano with thick magma which increased the pressure when erupting.
Eid Mubarak!
25-06-2024
Happy Eid to all our families celebrating! We had a lovely day and week celebrating with all our children and adults.
Spaghetti Bolognese time!
25-06-2024
Our first group created their very own authentic traditional bolognese sauce! We have linked our DT unit with our Geography topic of Italy. Super behaviour and sensible cooks.
Volcanoes!
25-06-2024
We have created our volcanoes and painted them. They look amazing! We are going to erupt them this week and see what happens when an active volcano blows. Watch this space…
Primal Painting
13-05-2024
Year 3 used the pigment from different foods and natural resources to paint and mark make. 
Bell Beaker Pottery
07-05-2024
Super work creating our Bronze Age Bell Beaker pots. We created a similar shape and added patterns to them.
DT – Making our chairs
24-04-2024
We had lots of fun using different joining techniques to build our own chairs. Take a look at some of our fantastic structures 
Great morning with our Everton project! We made our dough from scratch, cut up our own toppings and created wonderful pizzas!
24-04-2024
Today we have baked cakes to help celebrate Maisie’s Birthday ?
23-04-2024
Maisie Mouse in our story is having a birthday! ? ? ?
5EHD DT
23-04-2024
We have been working hard on our rail engineering project. Over the past couple of weeks, we have created our own locomotives, complete with a frame, wheels, axels and an electrical circuit.
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Check out our finished chairs!
18-04-2024
We made chairs as part of our DT topic on stable structures.
Teamwork – we started to build our chairs
18-04-2024
We worked so well in teams to start to build our chairs in DT
Buzz Buzz
14-03-2024
We’ve had a great afternoon making circuits with a light and a buzzer to help us when making our buzz wire game. We also got to have a go at a buzz wire game!
We had an amazing day on world book day! We focused on #Goldilocks and created our own poems and naughty hashtags.
13-03-2024
Supertato’s House
27-02-2024
This afternoon we created Supertato’s house using icing sugar and gingerbread. We mixed the icing sugar and water to use as glue to stick the house together.
We rounded off our ‘My Bnk’ sessions with talking about money habits and the importance of saving! We even made our very own money bank.
26-02-2024
We explored how nets can be used to transform into 3D shapes. We practised cutting, folding and gluing tabs to be able to make shell structures.
23-02-2024
Tesco trip
24-01-2024
To continue learning about chefs, we’re going to become chefs and make our own soup! To prepare for this, we went to Tesco to buy the ingredients we need.
A happy Diwali from 3TS! We made beautiful lanterns to represent the festival of light.
13-11-2023
We loved making models of our homes!
19-10-2023
We loved making models of our homes! #smithdowneyfs #smithdowndt
