--- title: "Y6 shelters put to the test" url: "https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-12-16-45-00-y6-shelters-put-to-the-test" school: "Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School" --- [Start your school journey with us! Book a visit for September 2027 school starters](https://www.scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/parents/admissions) # Y6 shelters put to the test ![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/blog/IMG_3263.jpeg) 12 January 2024 [Class of 2017](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-of-2017) Year 6 have finally finished building their shelters to house a family of four Playmobile people. Once we had constructed a strong framework, we had to plan carefully about how to make them tough, waterproof and wind proof. The photos show our shelters before we tested and evaluated them. In fact, they did all survive having water poured over them, being blasted with air from a hair dryer and having a 500g weight dropped on them from a height. [Year 6](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-6) [Design Technology](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/design-technology) [DT](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/dt) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/BE5C959E-050B-4B81-AB38-20B627BA2E6A.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-12-15-30-00-sorting-2d-shapes) Previous ### [Sorting 2D shapes](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-12-15-30-00-sorting-2d-shapes) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_4805.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-12-17-20-50-year-5-evaluate-existing-bread-products) Next ### [Year 5 evaluate existing bread products ](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-12-17-20-50-year-5-evaluate-existing-bread-products) - ![Healthy Schools](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/healthyschoolslogo(3)_(1).jpeg) - ![Ofsted](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Ofsted_Good_GP_Colour(1).jpeg) - ![Vines](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Outlook-gg5hcrqw_(2)_(1).png) - ![QM](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Quality_Mark_5_March_2015(2)_(1).jpeg) - ![Blackbrun Diocese](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Blackburn_Diocese_(1)_(1).jpeg) - ![School Gold Award](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/SG-L1-3-gold-2022-23(4).jpeg) ##### Location Scotforth Rd Lancaster LA1 4SE ##### Contact Us 01524 65379 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Scotforth.St.Pauls) - [Office staff (Mrs Malin and Mrs Pearce)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/contact) © Copyright 2017–2026 Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)