--- title: "Year 3-Design and Technology: Busy Elves and Festive Pouches" url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-08-year-3-design-and-technology-busy-elves-and-festive-pouches" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 3-Design and Technology: Busy Elves and Festive Pouches ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/activitymore-29DEAF03-71BA-45AC-9B48-F22DFB8DF740(1).png) 8 December 2025 In Design and Technology this term, our Year 3s have been transformed into busy elves, expertly working on a practical textile project: creating their own festive and functional pouches. This unit has allowed the children to build successfully on the foundational sewing skills they learned in KS1. They have carefully designed their pouches and mastered the running stitch, ensuring they sew with regular-sized stitches and that both ends of the thread are securely knotted. They accurately prepared and cut their fabric using a template, then used a running stitch to join the two pieces. Finally, they creatively decorated their finished pouches using the materials provided. We are incredibly proud of the hard work from our busy elves and are thrilled that their functional and aesthetic pouches will be showcased and ready for purchase at the upcoming school Christmas Fayre.![](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/activitymore-29DEAF03-71BA-45AC-9B48-F22DFB8DF740(1).png) [Year 3](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [Design Technology](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/design-technology) [Art and Design](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/art-and-design) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/592201017_1221446813365638_3200438507733065198_n.jpg)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-06-whitehall-park-christmas-lantern-parade) Previous ### [Whitehall Park Christmas Lantern Parade](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-06-whitehall-park-christmas-lantern-parade) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/activitymore-C93BAB5A-BEE7-4E11-8AEE-AAD76EEDA7EE.png)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-09-year-3-meet-author-janek-puzon) Next ### [Year 3 Meet Author Janek Puzon](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-09-year-3-meet-author-janek-puzon) ### Personal Development - [News](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/) ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/events/Open_Days_2026-27_(3).png)