Design & Technology in Year 3 - Rocky Roads

Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 2:36pm

‘Design and Technology is a study that focuses on planning, designing and creating products for people to use.’

There has been a certain tasty buzz in Year 3 today.  After great success with their Beautiful Boxes, Year 3 developed their skills with food technology, making Rockin’ Rocky Roads.    

The children have worked brilliantly together; helping each other with their Food Technology skills such as hygiene, designing and making, mastering practical skills and taking inspiration from history and designers. We looked at how the Rocky Road was created in the 1800s and learned about the world-famous chocolatier called Joseph Draps.  We know the best chocolate comes from the continent of Europe and is produced in countries like Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the UK.

The children created wonderful combinations of marshmallows, biscuits, chocolate cereal, sultanas and a few secret ingredients of their own that we are not allowed to divulge.

We took them home for a few hours in the fridge.  The cleaning of bowls and spoons and the amount of chocolate around their mouth suggested they were amazing.  I wonder who cleaned the bowls at home? 

Here’s what the children thought.

‘When I smelt the chocolate it was mouth-watering.’

‘It was great to spend the whole day making Rocky Roads.’

‘I liked adding the cereal to make my product nice and crunchy.’

‘I enjoyed mixing the chocolate in because it smelt super.’

‘I thought I was a real chocolatier.’

‘A chocolatier is someone with the skills to make chocolate.’

‘I wanted to eat them all when I tasted it.’

‘I loved decorating with my different toppings.’

‘We got to lick the bowl and spoons when we had finished.’

From my point of view, I thought the children were superb.  A real team effort. Food Technology was a big hit in Year 3 and it seemed everyone thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. I have attached some photographs from our class to show the design process and their amazing final products.

Mr A Tinkler (Year 3 Teacher and Design & Technology subject leader)