In Technology today we worked with Mrs Gordon to design fruit wands. First we had to read and think about the design brief:
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We had to create a fruit wand that contained ten pieces of fruit in a pattern, including a watermelon star at the end. There was a lot of fruit to choose from including apple, banana, strawberries, pineapple and grapes.
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We created a plan of our fruit kebabs:
Then we learned all about the safe use of knives and how to chop fruit carefully. Before we were given our fruit we took time to wash our hands carefully.
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Then the chopping of the fruit began!
Next we threaded the fruit onto our kebab sticks to create our fruit patterns.
We were delighted with our finished fruit wands.
Finally we had the chance to eat them!
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