Ramayana Puppets (Key Stage 1)

Design Brief: Design and make a puppet to tell the story of the Ramayana in a class puppet show.
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 the story of the Ramayana. 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 the Ramayana. 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 character from the Ramayana.

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Medium Term Planning includes:

Pupils should know:

That a product is something that is made to do a job or fulfil a need.
That a design brief describes the product that is to be made
That a product is made for a person known as the client
How to use knowledge of existing products to help with generating their own ideas.
How drawing out design ideas is useful to see how the product will look.
That evaluating a product is about identifying what is good about the product and ways it could be made better.

Materials

Textiles

That ‘joining technique’ means connecting two pieces of material together and how this is done.
To know that some joining techniques are permanent and others are temporary.
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)
That a permanent joining technique might be used to finish a products so it can be used without falling apart
That a template (or fabric pattern) is used to cut out the same shape multiple times.

Pupils should know how to:

Explain what their product is and how it will work.
How to generate and communicate ideas using sketches, drawing and digital software.
Select and use tools most appropriate for a practical task.
Measure and mark out different materials when working with them.
Cut and shape a range of materials using different tools and techniques.
Assemble, join and combine a range of materials using different methods and techniques.
Apply a range of different finishing techniques to their made product.
Evaluate a finished product against their design.

Materials

Textiles

Thread a needle.
Cut fabrics neatly for sewing.
Pin and cut fabric using a template.
Join fabrics using an evenly spaced running stitch.
Colour and decorate textiles using techniques such as dyeing, adding sequins or printing.