The pupils went over to RSS to work in a group to make their own table out of natural resources of wood. Before we started to make the table the pupils gathered around the DT workplace and talked about what equipment they would need to use and what safety rules they should follow and the reasons why. The pupils named all of the equipment like screw driver, nails etc and what clothing to wear such as goggles "to protect your eyes from the sand dust" and a apron "so the dust does not go on my clothes".
The pupils enjoyed exploring a variety of tools for example; a drill, saw and pliers. The pupils showed an interest taking it in turns to have a go with each tool with support or independently. The pupils told the staff that for their table "we need four legs" and identified how many nails we would need to screw into the wood. One of the pupils had found two nails and after further discussion another pupil said they need "two nails" more to make up four.
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