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Puppets (Key Stage 1)
Design Brief: Design and make a hand puppet based on a character from a fiction book in the library.
Strand of Learning: Materials & Textiles.
Overview: In this unit children make a hand puppet by marking out, cutting, and joining pieces of fabric together to create a character from a story book. Children learn about different types of puppets and some famous puppets such as Sooty and Sweep and the Muppets. They understand that a puppeteer makes the puppet appear alive. They draw a puppet design based on a character from a fiction book in the school library. They learn how to thread a needle and the technique of the simple running stitch. They apply and practise the running stitch to create decorative stitching using Binca material. Stitching two identical templates together they create a basic puppet figure which they then decorate using a range of skills following their puppet design of a book character.
Gallery
Images from the Lesson Presentation Slides
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6 x Lesson Presentation Slides
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PDF Templates to make puppets
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Medium Term Planning includes:
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6 x lesson overviews
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Vocabulary List
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Knowledge Organiser
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Learning statements linked to Curriculum
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Support and Challenge
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Assessment - Keeping up with the curriculum
Teaching Pack
Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Substantive & Technical Knowledge
Pupils should know:
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That a product is something that is made to do a job or fulfil a need.
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That a design brief describes the product that is to be made
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That a product is made for a person known as the client
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How to use knowledge of existing products to help with generating their own ideas.
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How drawing out design ideas is useful to see how the product will look.
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That evaluating a product is about identifying what is good about the product and ways it could be made better.
Materials
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That sheet materials refers to materials that are flat.
Textiles
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That ‘joining technique’ means connecting two pieces of material together and how this is done.
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To know that some joining techniques are permanent and others are temporary.
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That a temporary joining technique might be used when pinning fabric to hold it together (so it doesn’t move around whilst cutting or sewing)
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That a permanent joining technique might be used to finish a products so it can be used without falling apart
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That a template (or fabric pattern) is used to cut out the same shape multiple times.
Practical Knowledge (skills)
Pupils should know how to:
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Explain what their product is and how it will work.
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How to generate and communicate ideas using sketches, drawing and digital software.
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Select and use tools most appropriate for a practical task.
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Measure and mark out different materials when working with them.
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Cut and shape a range of materials using different tools and techniques.
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Assemble, join and combine a range of materials using different methods and techniques.
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Apply a range of different finishing techniques to their made product.
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Evaluate a finished product against their design.
Materials
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Cut sheet materials safely using tools provided.
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Measure and mark out to the nearest centimetre.
Textiles
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Thread a needle.
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Cut fabrics neatly for sewing.
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Pin and cut fabric using a template.
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Join fabrics using an evenly spaced running stitch.
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Colour and decorate textiles using techniques such as dyeing, adding sequins or printing.