2.6.20 The Furniture of Tomb-orrow

Good morning everybody to another fine day at the School of Daddy. It's lovely to see the country getting back on its feet as we all get used to the "New Normal" but we were particularly heartened the other day at the way people were flocking to support the flat-pack furniture industry, which was no doubt as hard hit as many others struggling with the effects of the lockdown. The sight of mile long queues to get in to Ikea could not fail to warm the coldest of hearts as our beautiful industrial estates and retail parks spring back in to life. Taking inspiration from this joyous expression of consumerism, we have designed today's lessons around the fantastic products on offer from this retailer and are designing our own flat-pack coffins, amongst other themed furniture. As well as the obvious DT opportunities available, there are cross-curricular links a-plenty to be had from this topic. We'll be including: Maths by looking at nets of shapes, measuring and calculating dimensions and volumes; Literacy by creating an advertising campaign for our products and finally we'll be looking at some more Biology by examining the characteristics that distinguish living things from not-living things.