--- title: "Year 4 D.T. - Making and Testing Prototype 2" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-07-08-year-4-d-t-making-and-testing-prototype-2" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 4 D.T. - Making and Testing Prototype 2 ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/e5326777-7206-4f0c-a1fc-85b2fe7cd69a.jpg) 8 July 2026 Continuing with our mechanical car creations, Year 4 moved away from their original prototype design, making a more advanced version for prototype 2. This was a more advanced design and Year 4 worked really well to complete some tricky joins to complete their model. Once complete, we needed to test our prototype and compare with our results of prototype 1. We got some interesting results! ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/e5326777-7206-4f0c-a1fc-85b2fe7cd69a.jpg) [Year 4](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-4) [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/)