Craft, Design and Technology

Every year the CDT department sets a whole school design challenge where pupils, staff and parents rise to the creative brief. Exhibits are displayed in the main hallway and form part of the Art & Design Exhibition in May. Recent challenges include ‘The Great APS Wooden Spoon Exhibition’, ‘Upcycled Plastic Bottle Challenge’ and ‘Upcycled Paper Challenge’.

The community response is always outstanding with ideas displaying out-of-the-box thinking and ingenious creativity on all levels.

Craft Club is for anyone who wants some extra creativity with wood, textiles or plastics. It happens in the CDT room with Katie.

We might be making a wooden building or a noughts and crosses game – the tasks are variable and always exciting!

Design, create and innovate club is a great opportunity for any budding designers to build on their DT and problem solving skills, using a range of materials and processes. The young designers will be set monthly briefs and challenges such as ‘making a usable pencil case from rubbish’ or ‘create a board game to help year 3 learn their times tables’. In our exciting new DT space, the designers will get to explore and hone their skills while having great fun.

Woodwork club is open to anyone who wants to practise using some of the woodwork tools. Fun projects are undertaken and vary from a chunky jigsaw to a mosaic coaster. Enjoy creating in a small group to some relaxing music in the CDT room.