Our DT project in Year 5 was to create a stuffed toy.  We had to design something for a younger child and take this into account during our planning.

First, we drew our designs and annotated them with what colours and stitches we’d use as well as any additions such as ears, spots or spikes.

Next, we made our template on card.  We only needed the outline of the main shape and the outline of any appendages we were going to add. These were carefully cut out.

Then, we pinned our templates to our felt.  We had 2 layers of felt (one for the front of the toy and one for the back) which made it tricky to cut out.

After that came the sewing!  Our first stage was to stitch any details onto the main body of one of the pieces of felt.  We then used a blanket stitch to join the front and back together, making sure we left a gap for stuffing.

Next we stuffed the toy using a pencil to push it through into the toy, making sure it filled any corners.

Finally, we used blanket stitch to close the hole we used for stuffing.

We are really pleased with our end results – what do you think?

Download (PDF, 467KB)

Year 3 have been making puppets in in their art lessons.  We have made stick puppets and sock puppets and had a great time doing so.

All children took part in a free Easter Egg Raffle. There were lots of happy winners!

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 4^th March.  As part of this day the children took part in many different activities linked to books.  Year threes activities were mainly focused around a book called ‘Dirty Beasts’ by Roald Dahl, year fours tasks were based around a book from a series, ‘You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum!’ by Andy Stanton’, year 5 completed tasks that linked to a book called ‘Wolf Brother’ by Michelle Paver’ and year sixes work focused on a story called ‘Malala’s Magic pencil’. We also listened to a virtual reading from an author called Stuart Reid.  Many of us dressed up as book characters in school and at home.

In Year 4 we have been designing our own funny fish. Adding silly features, such as clown, robot, warrior etc. Gary has added ‘Witch’ features to his fish. Gary completed this task at home. Well done Gary!