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title: "News: Design Technology"
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school: "St Silas CE Primary School"
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# News: Design Technology

 ![Image of DT Year 4 Feb 25](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_20250205_101830.jpg) 7 Mar

 [2025-03-07-dt-year-4-feb-25](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-03-07-dt-year-4-feb-25)

#### [DT Year 4 Feb 25](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-03-07-dt-year-4-feb-25)

Year 3 and 4 designed and made their own jam tarts.

 ![Image of KS1 DT Fridge Magnets](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_20241101_144317.jpg) 1 Nov

 [2024-11-01-ks1-dt-fridge-magnets](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2024-11-01-ks1-dt-fridge-magnets)

#### [KS1 DT Fridge Magnets](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2024-11-01-ks1-dt-fridge-magnets)

KS1 have made fridge magnets in DT.

 ![Image of Year 6 Smoothies](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_20220523_105747_(1).jpg) 26 May

 [2022-05-26-year-6-smoothies](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-05-26-year-6-smoothies)

#### [Year 6 Smoothies](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-05-26-year-6-smoothies)

Year 6 had a fantastic day making bicycle powered smoothies from fresh, healthy fruit

 ![Image of Year 5 DT Guardians and Greeters](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_5470.JPG) 1 Apr

 [2022-04-01-year-5-dt-guardians-and-greeters](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-01-year-5-dt-guardians-and-greeters)

#### [Year 5 DT Guardians and Greeters](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-04-01-year-5-dt-guardians-and-greeters)

A great DT project to finish off the spring term in Year 5. We created guardians or greeters of the school. Can you guess which is which?

 ![Image of Year 4 DT Making lights](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_0348%5B1%5D.JPG) 24 Feb

 [2022-02-24-year-4-dt-making-lights-1](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-24-year-4-dt-making-lights-1)

#### [Year 4 DT Making lights](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-24-year-4-dt-making-lights-1)

Y4 are making lights in DT. We are using the knowledge that we learned in Science and applying it to our design brief. We have learned how to use new tools too. We will share photographs of the finished lights later.

 ![Image of DT Musical Instruments in Year 4](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_0297%5B1%5D.JPG) 11 Feb

 [2022-02-11-dt-musical-instruments-in-year-4](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-11-dt-musical-instruments-in-year-4)

#### [DT Musical Instruments in Year 4](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2022-02-11-dt-musical-instruments-in-year-4)

 ![Image of Musical Instruments in DT Year 4](https://files.schudio.com/st-silas-ce-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/image_processing20200424-23359-12r8qgx.png) 13 Dec

 [2021-12-13-musical-instruments-in-dt-year-4](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2021-12-13-musical-instruments-in-dt-year-4)

#### [Musical Instruments in DT Year 4](https://st-silas-ce-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2021-12-13-musical-instruments-in-dt-year-4)

Y4 have enjoyed a couple of DT days. We worked as engineers, solved problems and created our own musical instruments using our scientific knowledge of sound. Then we recorded a video of us playing them for Y3 to enjoy, all projects need a purpose

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