Welcome back to our last Half Term in Year 5 - Summer Term 2. Our final topic is "What makes South America a Continent of contrasts? Reading the text “Trash” will highlight the... more
Design Technology Year 3- designing and making Cranes!
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Year 3 have learnt about pulleys and cranes and how they can be used to move a heavy load.
Children learnt this skill so that they could plan and design a crane which would rescue The Iron Man.
Pulleys were used successfully to pull the Iron Man.
Year 3 are showing fabulous Design Technology skills. They worked cooperatively with their team to create a successful model crane.