Planning a DT lesson

For our end of year play, our teachers decided to make our own production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; after the success of last years Joseph performance. In this particular lesson we have been planning then designing an invention to use in our play.

Before we could start we had to create our own learning objective and success criteria.

Learning Objective: I can design and create an invention that can be used in our play.

Context: Caracticus Pott's inventions, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Success Criteria: To be successful I can:

• I can draw a clear and labeled design; using annotation


• I can write estimated measurments for our invention


• I can use my imagination


• I can experiment with different ideas


• I can draw different views of our invention (Bird's eye, Side view, Rear and Front view)


• My design will clearly communicate my ideas clearly to others

Ext: I can begin to think about how the invention will function and the materials needed

Brief Description: We will design the invention (Vaccum machine) considering the size and design.

Plenary: All the members of our group will review the design against the success criteria. We will then consider what improvents we could make. We will create a target for the next time we design.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - costume design

Today in Year Six we prepared for our upper phase production,Chitty Chitty Bang bang. We split into groups of about six and each had a job to do.

One group did the designs of some of the main characters such as Truly Scrumptious, Jemima,Jeremy,Caratacus Potts,Grandpa Potts,Child Catcher,Toy Maker,Baroness Bomblast and the Baron. After we drew the characters we had to anatate each part.

Another group designed the car.They had to think about where each character would sit and what would look like.

A different group created the script for the production. They had to think about how the what the character would do and how they would feel. The last group thought about what they would like to do in the next literacy lesson. Here are some examples of the outfits for the characters: