Over the last few weeks, we have been very busy designing and constructing Tudor houses.

The design process began with the children looking at different types of houses then looking more closely at the traditional timber framed, wattle and daub Tudor buildings.

They then explored making strong structures using cardboard triangles (Jinks's Joints) to strengthen them, making prototypes with art straws and cardboard.

After that we worked independently to have a go with wood. 

We learned to measure twice and cut once, and how to join the wood to creat a rectangle rather than a square.