--- title: "Year 2 D&T: Final product and testing" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-07-08-year-2-d-t-final-product-and-testing" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 2 D&T: Final product and testing ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2026-07-06_14_38_31.jpg) 8 July 2026 Our Year 2 designers have officially completed their Design & Technology project: creating chairs for our classroom bears! After weeks of planning, measuring, and building, today was the ultimate test. The children placed the exact bears they designed the chairs for onto their final structures to see if they were strong, stable, and most importantly, comfortable! ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Collage_2026-07-06_14_38_31.jpg) [Year 2](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-2) [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/01ac47bb-dd4d-4550-a1e1-8e3fcb0fa2f3.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-07-07-year-4-history-the-maya-and-the-cacao-bean) Previous ### [Year 4 History - The Maya and the Cacao Bean](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-07-07-year-4-history-the-maya-and-the-cacao-bean) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2026-07-07-13-56-02-065.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-07-09-year-6-orienteering-competition) Next ### [Year 6 - Orienteering Competition](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-07-09-year-6-orienteering-competition) ### 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/)