--- title: "Year 5 Design and Technology: Pop Up Book Designs" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-30-year-5-design-and-technology-pop-up-book-designs" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 5 Design and Technology: Pop Up Book Designs ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/7bf2a8d9-731e-4169-a07a-a091aa1da895.jpg) 30 April 2025 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/7bf2a8d9-731e-4169-a07a-a091aa1da895.jpg) Year 5 students are diving into a creative Design and Technology project: crafting captivating pop-up books for Year 1! After exploring a range of existing pop-up books, they thoughtfully discussed the key elements that would make a truly engaging and delightful reading experience for younger children. With these insights in mind, the Year 5 designers then embarked on planning their own literary creations, carefully considering which parts of their stories could come to life through clever paper mechanisms. [Year 5](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-5) [Design and Technology](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/design-and-technology) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_6691.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-29-nursery-literacy-fine-motor-skills) Previous ### [Nursery - Literacy - Fine Motor Skills](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-04-29-nursery-literacy-fine-motor-skills) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/e4a6d053-dd04-4a0e-a9f0-c8fa4072e5a2.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-01-reception-handa-s-surprise-fruit-tasting) Next ### [Reception - Handa's Surprise - Fruit Tasting](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-01-reception-handa-s-surprise-fruit-tasting) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)