This week we have started our units on Mechanical Structures – this will include investigating how different mechanical structures work and what skills we need to develop in order to design make and evaluate a product.

Key Stage 1 – Unit Objective:

I can design a car for a story character using axels and wheels

We are learning…

I am learning to investigate axels and wheels

 Key Stage 2 (Lower) Unit Objective:

I can design an animated poster to show one of the Warren Park Values using levers and linkages

We are learning…

I am learning to investigate levers and linkages

I am learning the skills to make levers and linkages

 Key Stage 2 (Upper) Unit Objective:

I can design a pulley and gear system to lift snacks to the teachers using pulleys and gears

We are learning…

I am learning the skills to make pulleys

I am learning to investigate gears