Coin Purses

During the Autumn term the focus will be on Textiles in D.T. The project will be to design and make their own coin purse. To do this the children will explore different fabrics and their suitability for the project as well as how they could fasten their purse to ensure they are secure. They will learn all about appliques, seam allowance and different stitches so that they can apply these to their designs. At the end of the unit, every child will have created their own purse which could securely hold money.

Gift Boxes

Throughout Spring the children will learn all about shell structures in order to design and make their own gift boxes. They will start by learning what a shell structure is and investigating shell structures that they use every day such as egg and cereal boxes. We explore what a net is by carefully taking apart existing boxes and putting them back together before deciding on the type of net they would need to create their own boxes. Then investigating how they could strengthen paper using ribbing, corrugating and laminating methods, followed by how to correctly score and fold the strengthened paper to create their gift boxes.

Sensational Sandwiches

Moving into the summer term. The children will learn about a balanced diet and look at the eat well plate. This will link in nicely with their Science topic. We explore what food groups there are and explore different ingredients. The children will then design a healthy sandwich which contains food from each section. They will also learn how to chop, fry, boil and grate different foods. They will learn that a balanced diet includes all the nutrients needed for growth, health and performance in the right proportions. At the end of this unit, every child will have designed, made and evaluated their own sandwich.