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Commonwealth Games 2022

Design and Technology Project

To start our project, we received this letter from the Commonwealth Committee

We have explored existing shoe soles

We used force metres to explore how much force the different soles needed to move them.

Making our prototype shoe soles

Take a look at this web page for information on Birmingham

Take a look at this video about the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

In this Newsroom Story of Week, Darshna reports about the 2022 Commonwealth Games which will be hosted in Birmingham!Find out more on this story here: https:...

Visit this web page to find out about the Commonwealth

Hall of Fame

Week 4 - Wassily Kandinsky

After writing open questions, we used hot seating to understand Kandinsky’s ideas and thoughts.

Producing Kandinsky inspired artwork whilst using our shape and space knowledge.

Wassily Kandinsky Artwork - Inspired by music

Week 3 - John Williams

After learning about John Williams, we felt inspired to compose and perform our own musical pieces. We used pictures as inspiration, and chose instruments to produce particular sounds and effects.

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Performance 3

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Performance 6

Performance 8

Performance 9

Composing and practising our own musical compositions. We used pictures to give us ideas for the story of our music.

John Williams: The Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back

The Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars: Episode V)Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by John WilliamsFrom the LA Opening Gala 2014: John...

John Williams Guess That Theme

Week 2 - Jacques Piccard

Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard go to the Bottom of the Ocean

Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard go to the Bottom of the OceanOn the 23rd of January 1960, US navy lieutenant Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard, were...

Week 1 - Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Shackleton for Kids

Learn about the intrepid explorer who led numerous expeditions to the uncharted Antarctic.

Exploring Shackleton's Antarctica

Follow this page to the https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60673759 website, to find out more about the recent discovery of Shackleton's ship.

The Romans

Roman Day

Creating Roman Shields- we learned about the different parts of the Roman shield before then designing our own.

Building replica Hadrian’s Walls using clay

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Making Bronze Age tools and weapons

Back to the Stone Age

Stone Age Active Read Power Points

Stone Age Day

Follow this web link to find out about Stone Henge

Use this web page to find out more about Skara Brae

Take a look at these interesting mammoth facts

How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth

If YOU were a woolly mammoth running away from bath time, where might YOU hide? How would you get a woolly mammoth down from a tree?

Experiencing Cave Art

Stone Age Cave Art

From human hands to now-extinct animals, cave art gives us a glimpse into prehistoric life. Who created cave art, and what was its initial purpose? Watch this video to find out.