Autumn term started at Thornhill Primary with paper version of a fidget spinner: the kaleidocycle. What is a kaleidocycle? The…
Autumn term started with paper version of a fidget device: the kaleidocycle. What is a kaleidocycle? The simplest kaleidocycle is…
After the summer break we are back to our creative workshops on the 12th of September! I’m looking forward to…
We have finished the summer term workshops at Elizabeth House with a flare, constructing periscopes. Hope children have enjoyed projects…
Thornhill Architecture Club last session this term was testing kid’s engineering and teamwork skills. Children have shown amazing focus and…
This week we have made a real extendable periscope! Kids were really focused, putting all required elements in a right…
Great workshop of Skyscrapers and Structures at Museum of London Docklands with an enthusiastic year 6 from Pilgrim’s way Primary…
Great workshop of Skyscrapers and Structures at Museum of London Docklands with an enthusiastic year 6 from Pilgrim’s way Primary…
With Summer holidays approaching I have decided to share some ideas for spending time together, playing board games. After hot…
This week, both at Thornhill Primary and Elizabeth House we have been creating 3-dimensional letters. The exercise required focus and…
I have tested kids knowledge of London’s landmarks and important places. We have discussed what makes a landmark, which buildings/places they…
With half term break over our first design workshop topic was the tree house. A seemingly simple subject came with…
After half term break our first design was the tree house. A seemingly simple subject came with challenges of balancing different…
We have looked at designs of Frank Lloyd Wright’s beautiful Stained glass windows and learned about the process of making the stained…
We have looked at beautiful designs of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Stained glass windows and learned about the process of making the stained…
Workshop about building elements: columns, beams, trusses and cantilevers… We have mixed construction skills with knowledge of physics. Using simple materials…
Workshop about building elements: columns, beams, trusses and cantilevers… We have mixed construction skills with physics. Using simple materials children created…
It was a challenge of turning flat nets into 3D cubes and even more complex cuboctahedrons. We started with constructing cubes using…
Children observed how the shapes change, depending on the way we look at objects. We started with constructing cubes using nets patterns…
Mosaics. How can we create them? What are they? Children have examined examples of mosaics, from ancient Greece, Rome, Morocco to modern ones, including…