--- title: "Blog" url: "https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/index/tag:dt/page:4" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Blog [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/DSCF0177.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-05-23-16-16-26-year-5-making-a-bolognese-sauce) 23 May #### [Year 5 Making a Bolognese sauce](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-05-23-16-16-26-year-5-making-a-bolognese-sauce) Today, Year 5 created their own Bolognese sauce as part of our D&T lessons. Well done Year 5! [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_8473%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-05-15-15-22-17-year-1-design-and-technology) 15 May #### [Year 1 Design and Technology ](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-05-15-15-22-17-year-1-design-and-technology) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_8155%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-20-10-11-01-year-1-science) 20 Mar #### [Year 1 Science](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-20-10-11-01-year-1-science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/DSCF0231.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-07-14-40-13-y6-steam-festival) 7 Mar #### [Y6 STEAM Festival](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-07-14-40-13-y6-steam-festival) We journeyed out of school to the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum. We had lots of fun and lots of learning in our workshops today including: - Magic of Chemistry - Detective Science - Road Markings - Busy Bees Well done all! [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/DSCF0194.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-06-18-56-05-year-5-steam-festival) 6 Mar #### [Year 5 STEAM Festival](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-06-18-56-05-year-5-steam-festival) Year 5 visited the National Waterways Museum to take part in a STEAM Festival. Pupils took part in several workshops including being crime scene detectives, building sprites for a game and then creating their own ideas for drones. Brilliant work Year 5! [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_20240305_161556.jpg)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-05-17-01-20-y6-playgrounds) 5 Mar #### [Y6 Playgrounds](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-03-05-17-01-20-y6-playgrounds) Y6 were faced with a Design and Technology challenge: to design and make their very own playground! They had to: - Create five apparatus designs, applying the design criteria to their work. - Make suitable changes to their work after peer evaluation. - Make roughly three different… [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_20240214_101103.jpg)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-02-14-15-53-46-y6-playground-project-visit-to-birkenhead-park) 14 Feb #### [Y6 Playground Project: Visit to Birkenhead Park](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-02-14-15-53-46-y6-playground-project-visit-to-birkenhead-park) A super trip with the Year 6 children today. We went to Birkenhead Park - the blue-print for the world famous Central Park in New York City. We looked at all the features that make a great park. After half-term we will be using this as inspiration to design and make our very own playgrounds in… [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_7940%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-02-02-11-22-07-year-1-design-and-technology) 2 Feb #### [Year 1 Design and Technology](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-02-02-11-22-07-year-1-design-and-technology) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_4433%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-30-15-50-32-coding-d-t) 30 Jan #### [Coding D T](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-30-15-50-32-coding-d-t) In Design and Technology Year 3 have been using their coding skills to create a safety device that can be seen in the dark. [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_2986.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-24-16-06-46-y5-dt-pop-up-book) 24 Jan #### [Y5 DT - Pop Up Book](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-24-16-06-46-y5-dt-pop-up-book) This past week in D&T year 5 have been hard at working making their own pop up books. Well done Year 5! [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_4345%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-12-13-15-23-28-dt-in-year-3) 13 Dec #### [DT in Year 3](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2023-12-13-15-23-28-dt-in-year-3) Year 3 have been learning all about pneumatics and how compressed air can move large objects in the real world, but for now opening a fabulous dragon mouth will suffice. 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