Category : Design & Technology

Year 6 are really enjoying investigating the history of chocolate this morning. They now can recall how a chocolate bar is made and know the process both is lengthy and hard work. Some year 6 children have excellent taste buds and are able to classify dairy and non dairy chocolate. From looking at a range of packaging they can find common ingredients and discussed what they might be used for within the chocolate (taste, texture). They can’t wait to do the taste session later!

Our first step of making our story was to first investigate what a slider and a lever is. We used our classroom environment to help us to distinguish the difference between the two. We then had a close look at books using sliders and levers and discussed how it made the story more interesting and fun to read!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was then time to design our own stories based on our topic of ‘The Poles’. The children designed two different backgrounds and two different characters/objects to be their sliders and levers. They then chose their favourite. When it came to making their stories the children were excellent and looking at their design they chose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some of the final outcomes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We then evaluated our stories and discussed what we liked and what we would change if we were to make it again in order to improve our end product.