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My year 7 class have been doing the food and nutrition project and have been working really well to develop their practical skills. They have been learning about the bridge and...
This term has been jam packed with lots of practical work and I have had the pleasure of teaching 07S/Ty3 for the textiles and food and nutrition projects so far, and boy oh boy...
This term, Year 12 D&T A-Level students have been challenged with developing some advanced skills. Poppie, Vera and Ema have been upskilling themselves by learning how to...
Over in D&T, with the end of the school year looming, our students have been working hard to complete their projects! Year 9 textile students have been developing their sewing...
Last week, I delivered an online assembly to Elm house and I asked them to reflect on the past year and really think about what they had achieved. Over the course of the year,...
This year has proven tricky but in Textiles the students have certainly risen to the challenge! I am so incredibly proud of the students this year so have worked their socks off...
With the school having been such a quiet place for the last couple of months, it’s certainly lovely to see students back in school and especially lovely to have 11 Elm back in my...
Since January, Year 9 has been working on ‘Project Festival’ in textiles! They have been tasked with researching and designing a product that could be used or worn at a Festival....
Over in technology, we have launched some new projects with our students, challenging students to get ‘hands on’ and stuck in to some practical tasks. Year 8 student Ben Rutter...
Each half term, our SLC’s meet with Mrs Pattni and Mr Symeou. Our Student Learning Consultants have many responsibilities and one specific element of their role is to meet with us...
My year 7 class have been doing the food and nutrition project and have been working really well to develop their practical skills. They have been learning about the bridge and claw method, using a combination of ingredients, using their senses to analyse foods and of course the best part, cooking and making the foods too!
Each week I nominate students who have worked really well, as my Chefs of the Week! Last week, we saw Zayaan, Mason, Maisie and Amelie earn this title with their colourful cous cous salads and this week it’s Stephan, Selene, Millie, Katie, Raluca and Layla with their great team work, speedy preparation and delicious looking pizza snacks!
Year 10 have been working hard to develop their making skills using a very common but challenging fabric; stretchy sweatshirt jersey They have become confident sewists, setting up the machines, tackling patterns and working through complex instructions, to create these super cosy sweatshirts, just in time for Christmas!
A big well done to all!
