“All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.” Stephanie Kwolek
Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Design and Technology encourages children to learn to think and intervene creatively to solve problems both as individuals and as members of a team. At All Hallows, we encourage children to use their creativity and imagination, to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. We aim to, wherever possible, link work to other subjects such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. The children are also given opportunities to reflect upon and evaluate past and present design technology, its uses and its effectiveness and are encouraged to become innovators and risk-takers.
This half term, Class Newstead have been developing cutting-edge racing cars so that Captain Zoom can compete in the elite competition that is the Mountain Racers. These cars have no engines, but are required to race at breakneck speeds. Fortunately, the elite engineers of Class Newstead were more than up to the challenge…