APS News No.25

8 July 2020 ABINGDON PREP NEWS Balloon cars Years 3 and 4 made and tested balloon/wind cars, and in some cases boats, with the aim to make them move independently. Some boys handed in great design plans first. Take a look at some of their amazing creations in this video . CDT is thriving This half term we have seen many extra CDT projects with families all involved. They have taken place in homes and gardens. Vegetable patches have been covered with nets, sheds have been built, bird boxes have been produced and even guinea pig bridges and tunnels have been created. Shoe box dioramas The boys then went on to make shoe box dioramas. They created a plan and set about changing a box into a 3D scene. There were space scenes, rainforest settings, volcanos, golf courses, Wimbledon, villages, dragons and dinosaurs and even an appearance from Jaws himself. As ever, the boys’ creativity and imaginations go above and beyond the design brief set. See more . Years 5 and 6 - Tin can creatures and 3D Cities The boys thoroughly enjoyed recycling tin cans to make a creature of any sort, real or imaginary. To see more follow this link . A second project for this half term was to create a 3D paper or card city. Learning how to fold and cut ‘steps’ to front face buildings has been harder than it looks. The results range from colourful models to paper black/white prototypes to some 3D drawings. Much praise goes to the Year 6 boys whose resources were very limited whilst they had to remain at their desks under strict social distancing rules. See more .