Teddy Mascot (Upper Key Stage 2)

Design Brief: Design and Make a Waistcoat for a Teddy Mascot

Overview: In this unit of work children become textiles designers and design a colourful waistcoat for a mascot for a school team or organisation. They learn about mascots and the history of the waistcoat. In designing and making a waistcoat, they learn how designers use mood boards to develop their ideas, create a pattern template for the waistcoat, and then cut and assemble fabric pieces to create the waistcoat. They add buttons to the waistcoat before applying a range of decorative techniques to complete their mascot waistcoat.

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Additional Presentation: Sewing Techniques
Additional Presentation: Embroidery Techniques
Additional Presentation: Decorating Textiles

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Medium Term Planning includes:

6 x lesson overviews
Vocabulary List
Learning statements linked to Curriculum
Support and Challenge
Assessment - Keeping up with the curriculum

Teaching Pack

Curriculum Scope and Sequence

Substantive & Technical Knowledge

Pupils should know:

Creating a prototype of a design is useful for checking ideas and seeing how well they work.
Different types of drawing can be used to help with designing and communicating ideas about a product.
How labels and annotated drawings can be used to explain and communicate how a product is made and how it will work.
Choosing materials, tools and equipment is dependent upon the skills and techniques to be used.
Step-by-step action plans should be created and followed when making complex products.
A range of different finishing techniques and choose ones that are suitable to create a quality product.

To continually reflect on and evaluate their work throughout the stages of designing and making.
That evaluating the whole project is an important part of design technology.
About a range of inspirational designs and designers throughout history and use this knowledge to support their own work as designers.

Materials

The different properties of materials and how they are considered when designing and making a product.

Textiles

Blanket stitch is used to strengthen edges and when joining to fabrics.
The importance of using a template (pattern) to accurately mark out a design on a fabric.

Practical Knowledge (skills)

Pupils should know how to:

List the materials and tools that will be needed to make a product they have designed.

Drawing Skills

Communicate their ideas using cross-sectional drawings and cut-away drawings.
Use computer-aided design software to develop and communicate their ideas.
Work responsibly using guidelines to ensure they keep themselves and others safe.
Write an action plan for the making process including lists of tools, equipment and materials needed.
Accurately assemble, join and combine materials and components to ensure a quality finish to a product.
Apply a range of decorative and finishing techniques following the product design.
List ways of improving a product considering the views of others and intended users.