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DT: Completing our mechanisms

20/10/2022

 
We made the finishing touches to our savannah linkage and lever mechanisms today. We decorated our savannah backdrop and attached our savannah animals to our levers, before testing out how well they worked. Here we are in action! 

Natural History Museum

19/10/2022

 
Year 3 have been busy visiting the Natural History Museum! After taking the tube to South Kensington, we began by sketching the plesiosaur that Mary Anning discovered before visiting a very exciting volcanoes and earthquakes show. After lunch, we took a trip on an escalator through a giant metallic globe before experiencing what it might feel like to be in a mild earthquake in the simulation room. We returned back to school exhausted but very happy! 

DT: Making our mechanisms

13/10/2022

 
We continued making our linkage and lever mechanisms today. We used split pins to both join our levers together and securely attach them to our back boards. We also drew, cut out and began decorating the animals to go on the top of our mechanisms. Tomorrow, we will staple them to our levers and create our savannah backdrops. 

What is soil? How is it made?

13/10/2022

 
In Science this week, we researched what soil is made up of and how it is made. In our soil samples, our scientists discovered decaying plants, insects, small rocks and stones, and twigs. We also discovered that soil is formed over time when large rocks are weather down into small particles.

DT: Making our mechanisms

13/10/2022

 
In Year 3, we have been having great fun starting to make our linkage and lever mechanisms with DT specialist, Tony. Today, we used a hole punch to create holes in our levers. We then used a drill to make holes in our boards, ready to connect our mechanism together tomorrow. Here we are in action! 

DT: Researching and designing mechanisms using linkages and levers

13/10/2022

 
Year 3 have been busy preparing to welcome our specialist DT teacher, Tony. This term, we are drawing inspiration from our Literacy book, One Day on our Blue Planet ... in the Savannah to design and make a mechanism using linkages and levers. Here are some photos showing us researching how linkages and levers work, and designing our own. 

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