Blog by Tag: Design Technology

Our new DT topic is packaging and today we brought in lots of different packaging and cardboard boxes to investigate. We opened up our boxes to look at the nets of the different 3D shapes. We were surprised that such big boxes were made from just one piece of cardboard! We tried really hard to…

This week, Year 6 have been learning how to make short- crust pastry, with the help of Mrs Anderson - one of our school governors. They used their new baking skill to make mince pies to sell at the Christmas Fair.

Today was the day we have been planning and preparing for! We finally got to make our sandwiches following our own designs. We used a very wide variety of fillings and tried to create a healthy sandwich with different food groups (as we have been learning about in science). We got to use the…

We are getting ready to make our own sandwiches. Today we practised the skills of chopping, grating and spreading. We had bags of chopped cucumber, lettuce and grated carrot to take home with us. Tasty!

Soon we will be designing and making our own sandwiches so today we prepared by tasting different bread options and a variety of possible fillings. Lots of us tried some foods for the very first time. We didn’t all like everything but well done everyone for giving it a try!

This week we have been using knives to chop food. We have talked about safety and tried the bridge method to keep our fingers safe.

Today we used the plans we had created to make our final bread pieces in DT. 
Once the pieces were kneaded, shaped and baked we decorated them. 
Mrs Walsh was the judge. She chose 3 winners. 

Bread that was the most creative - Teddy D

Bread that was most like the plan - Amy L

Bread that…

We read “The Little Red Hen” and spoke about how she made the bread and the skills needed to do it. We thought we would try it for ourselves. 
We looked at the skills of mixing, kneading and rolling. Our bread tasted so delicious and smelt amazing 

Year 6 went to Ripley St. Thomas Academy this morning, to experience a morning of high school life. We began the day in the chapel, learning a little about the history of the school and its special link with Scotforth St. Paul’s. We then visited the Food Technology department where Miss Exton…

Today we held our Christmas Market after school - the culmination of our Enterprise Week. Each group packaged and priced their various products before displaying them for sale in the hall. As a class we did really well and managed to more than double the money we had been loaned by SCOT4ALL! We…

Year 6 have been working hard all week, planning and making a range of products to sell at the Christmas Market on Friday. They have used many skills throughout the week and taken on roles including project manager, accountant, advertiser, quality controller and resources manager. Come along to…

Year 6 have been learning how to make pastry - the final one of the cooking and baking skills they have learned throughout their time at Scotforth.