Technology News
Dear year 5 and 6 parents,
Our School is working on a Design and Technologies unit where we use electrical circuits in our designs. To help us learn about how things work, we plan to pull apart some discarded devices. Do you have any electrical devices at home that you plan to throw away?
What we would like:
- simple appliances that have components including switches, motors, lights, speakers
- small devices that can be easily handled
Examples:
- kitchen: toaster, blender, mixer
- bathroom: hair drier, electric shaver, curling wand
- workshop: drill, sander
other: motorised toy, fan, music system with moving parts (record/cassette/CD player)
Before sending any discarded devices, please do the following:
- If the device has batteries, please remove them.
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If the device has a power lead, unplug the device, cut off the power lead and dispose of the power lead safely.
What we don’t want:
- large or heavy devices
- devices with mostly digital electronics such as computers, electronic games
- video screens such as TVs or computer monitors
- anything that has glass components or sharp blades
All items can be brought directly to the Technology classroom as they will be needed from Tuesday week 7, 11/3/25.
Dear year 3 and 4 parents,
Students are currently designing and are about to make a pinball machine that is fun to play. These machines can be made at home but will be given limited time during class to build with some resources available. Please talk with you students about how they are going to build their machine and support them to build and deliver a quality machine. All pinball machines will need to be completed by the end of Term 1 week 10.