An introduction to paper modelling / prototyping to create a 3D bodice. Students experiment with paper folding, kirigami, joining circles etc and then developing the paper bodice using them. Good introduction to surface manipulation and 3D construction. Originally developed for KS5, but had really great outcomes with KS4, the photographs on the blue background are KS4 work. Plastic drink bottles used as a mannequin to hold the bodice securely; with a little bit of water in the bottle they provide a stable base to work on.

Love an Exit Ticket <3 These are the pages I use the most at KS3, Exit Tickets for workbooks I mainly use in year 7, the same exit Formatt at the end of the lesson. Exit ticket with mixed questions is good with year 8, as it doesn’t just repeat what they did in year 7. Exit ticket one thing I knew before and two I didn’t has proven popular with year 9.

Active whole class revision activity, the slides have x60 matching pairs of textile terminology, equipment, processes and techniques. The powerpoint is fully editable, on each slide there are two matching pairs. My year 10 & 11 classes have loved this start to a lesson, it’s a great way to energise the class when energy is low. Before the class I layout around the room/workbenches / table half of the pairs; I usually put a small amout of blutac under them to keep them in place.Have a a little bit of space around them to allow the class to get in and look at them. I then divide the remaining cards by the number of pupils in the class.** [I would sort the cards to diferentiate for the more able and SEND]** As the pupils enter the room I would hand them their bundle of cards. I explain to the class we are playing matching pairs, and they will be looking to find the match for the cards they have. As they are placing the cards, I circulate checking the answers taking off any that are incorrect and giving the card back to the pupil to try again. When the cards are all placed we walk around the room together checking the pairs and I will ask additional questions on that topic as we go. The pupils are asked to make a note of the pairs they weren’t sure of, to enable them to revise that topic. Two blank callout shapes slides at the end of the powerpoint so you can develop and add in your own. Matching pairs could also be used in a classroom display.

Whole class activity to help pupils be able to see how they could present a wider range of ideas to show their design development, as they focus on the different graphic components - line / tone / colour / composition / typography / imagery. The pupils need to have started working on their Logo / Design idea, this activity focuses on** client feedback** - introducing that clients can throw curve balls and want to change the direction of work. There are 40 different client feedback prompts - that cover all the graphic components; colour, line, typography, imagery, compostion and tone. Print out the pencil shaped prompts on light card or laminate for longevity, Pupil slide to pause and introduce the client feedback. You can either randomely distribute the pencil prompts or let pupils lucky dip for them. Pupils have loved this activity, you decide how long they have for the pencil prompt before they are returned and redistributed. This allows pupil to develop a wide range of ideas, avoiding fixation. Also can be used for early finishers as a lucky dip extension activity.

Pupil Checklists for NCFE Graphics for Units 1, 2 & 4 - checklists against the Unit criteria for pupils to self track their work.

A wordbank in categories to support all Learners literacy; at the designing stage with annotation, plans of production and evaluations. Includes sentence starters and connectives. Some words have images to support pupil understanding; helpful for EAL and SEND pupils. To create the books - print out at A4 sized and cut the page in half vertically. Laminate each page, hole punch and hinge together with a split pin or a keyring. Pupils love these as they aid independance and support their design and written work. Image shown of made book is an older version, and may not be for this design and make brief. Literacy Books link to units of work in my shop.

Knowledge organisers for NCFE Graphics Units 1- 4.

A wordbank in categories to support all Learners literacy; at the designing stage with annotation, plans of production and evaluations. Includes sentence starters and connectives. Some words have images to support pupil understanding; helpful for EAL and SEND pupils. To create the books - print out at A4 sized and cut the page in half vertically. Laminate each page, hole punch and hinge together with a split pin or a keyring. Pupils love these as they aid independance and support their design and written work. Image shown of made book is an older version, and may not be for this design and make brief. Literacy Books link to units of work in my shop.

** Taking a pupil’s existing design**, this is a workheet that supports them developing their design work to avoid fixation. I used this with a class to prepare them for their exam - NCFE using the activity for them to be able to see how they could present a wider range of ideas to show their design development, as they focus on the different graphic components - line / tone / colour / composition / typography / imagery. The class engaged with his activity really well, using their design ideas from a previous lesson. I printed out the slides A3 and pupils self selected which Logo design they felt they could develop and improve the most. They enjoyed working with someone else’s design idea as a starting point to develop it. The next lesson they returned to their own designs and applied changes to them using the same format.

Calvert & Kinnier - Originally designed as a remote learning lesson. Could be used as a complete lesson / cover work / extension task. Powerpoint introducing the designers Calvert and Kinnier’s road signs and their road type face; why the signs were needed and developed in the UK. Setting a series of design tasks with supporting worksheet to self / peer evaluate their signs. Powerpoints for the lesson information and worksheets are editable.

Textiles Novelty fleece hat, pupils are working to a design brief & design specification where they can select their own Target Customer. The lesson powerpoint has lots of pupil outcomes showing how they have been successful in meeting the brief & specification. Lesson Powerpoint introduces the Design brief & specifcation, research that includes Analysis of Existing products with a homework task for inspiration / moodboard images, to support the initial ideas and final developed design & annotation. This is to develop pupils understanding of all the different materilas, components, themes they could use in their own work. Covers the basic structure of the hat, and supports the making in the design process - helping pupils understand how imagery will need to be place to be successful in the making. Photographs and text are all editable in the powerpoint. Resource slides are at the end of the powerpoint to print out - eg x3 moodboards of images for absent pupils or absent homework :-). x1 Page of existing hat products to be cut up and used in the product analysis task. Knowledge Organiser - supporting keywords, design brief and the skills being built in the unit of work. Pupil Workbook - Has pages to support the research of the design brief - analysis of who the target customer is, analysis of existing products, design pages with self assesment criteria to rag rate / www/ ebi. Practical Prototype pages to develop skills ahead of the final make - sewing machine driving test, setting sewing machine stitches / widths & lengths,applique protype on a simple shape to sew on the sewing machine to learn how to line up the presser foot with the zigzag stitch, hand sewing prototype pages for blanket stitch and buttons. All can be self assessed using the rag rating against statements, which will help them formulate www/ebi. Evaluation rag rating and a series of questions for them to consider their overall result. SCAMPER design development page to design changes post-making.

Based on an Advent Calender a set of 25 questions to help embed / review Textiles knowledge; made this for my year 10’s and they loved it and really engaged with it. It was set as close to the 1st of December as a piece of homework, to be handed back in after the xmas holiday. They wrote their answers on lined paper, that we then reviewed as a class in the New Year. Highest Scores won a prize. Pupils were encouraged to research any answers they weren’t sure about - to promote a higher score. Or, you could use the questions as starter activities in class. Powerpoint editable - Marks are there just to help guide pupils on how many pieces of information they need to provide, Enjoy :-) Please leave a review if you download.

One of my favourite series of lessons to teach, using a group activity for the class to be the production line of an Origami Shirt Factory. This practical activity takes **very little prep **- paper, felt-tips, glue stick and the pupil worksheet. The pupils love this activity and it provides them with first hand knowledge when adding the shirts they have made to their worksheets with the manufacturing information annotated around them. Lesson Powerpoint has two starter activities to get pupils thinking about Volumes of Production,along with my step by step photos of how to make the shirts with the adaptions they need for each method of production. There are teacher notes on the slides to support you organising the activity in the classroom. With information slides to introduce keywords and show the different set up & unit costs for each production method, that pupils can use to support the annotating of each production. Worksheet has the the two starter activities on, pages for each production method and a glossary table for pupils to complete the defnitions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. Scale of Production - Adaption task worksheet. I used this as a homework activity. It includes a wordbank of materials and components to help pupils think more widely about the design task. Second Activity for Batch Production - Textiles Practical. Powerpoint with the activity instructions and outcomes expected from each Batch Factory. I set this as a cover lesson for a year 10 class, the cover teacher and the pupils loved it. They made brilliant candy cane mice. Pupils were able to demonstrate their knowledge of how the production line needed to be organised, producing quality products that they then took home after the judging of the winning factory. Small amount of prep for this activity - resources felt, buttons, embroidery and sewing machine thread, scissors and needle. Slides printing out for each factory - Task and outcomes, Workers of the factory, material & component resource pack, Mouse paper pattern.

Workbook and Lessons powerpoint to support the designing and making of a Pugly Monster Toy. Both resources are editable powerpoints, to add in your school logos, and accompany the free Knowledge Organiser for KS3 Year 7 Pugly Monster Toy. Workbook with introduction to working safely in the Textiles workshop; observation task and a true /false quiz. Lesson Slides with past examples of my pupils developed design work and their completed make. This helps to support the planning process, that when we are designing in DT we are planning what we are going to make. Lesson powerpoint slides support Literacy with spellings and sentence starters for Self assessment activities. The lesson powerpoint supports the initial design ideas working through to a final developed design idea, they will then make. Annotation of the design idea for textile techniques, materials and components. Developing drawing and annotation skills. Some of the slides can be printed out as table resources or enlarged as display pieces, these have been duplicated at the end of the powerpoint to highlight them. There is also an extension practical activity for early finishers that hey will be able to work independently on using all the techniques learned. This does not require a sewing machine, but all hand sewn techniques. Workbook Prototype pages to practise practical techniques for Blanket stitch and sewing on a button. These provide additional AFL opportunities, and support skills building before completing the technique on the final product, raising the level of finish pupils achieve.

Step by Step photo instructions for pupils to follow to make a reversible bucket hat, in the Lesson Powerpoint. A skills building make for KS3 - KS4 - option to tye dye fabric to make the hat from [ slides 25-30 cover this in the lesson powerpoint.] Or it could be a recycling make using found fabrics; medium weight cottons will give the best finished result. The make links other parts of the specification together,;woven fabric construction, natural fibres and their properties, dye techniques, with joining and making. Keywords highlighted in the step of making. Glossary worksheets to develop Keyword attainment and to allow pupils to demonstrate their knowledge; AFL for teacher to assess individuals understanding. I have used these as starter activities to recall learning in the previous lesson. You could select the words they complete, or let them have free choice. Skills building - Bucket Hat construction record, pupils to complete after each practical lesson to rag rate their outcome. Creating a step-by-step production record to support NEA KS4 work, where they state the steps of making and reflect on the techniques they could improve. This will help focus them on Quality Control outcomes in this and future makes. Summative Assessment Sheet - linked to GCSE 1-9 making grade criteria. This could be self / peer / teacher assessment. Learning Objectives of techniques are listed, I use this to highlight areas not achieved so the pupil can see in ‘pupil speak’ what they could do to further develop their work. The supporting worksheets are proven in my past pupils NEA to develop their skills to be able to be successful. The scaffolding of the sheets allows pupil to record their written content without it feeling like an onerous written task. Knowlege Organiser - Editable if you don’t resist dye the tye dye fabric and need to change the keywords. Powerpoints the text and images are editable. All photographs are my own. A physical paper pattern is not included in the resource - On SLIDE 2 in the LESSON POWERPOINT NOTES there is the LINK to the FREE DOWNLOAD BUCKET HAT PATTERN I used to make the hat in this resource. :-) Please leave a review if you download - to support my development of future resources :-)

A hyperthetical design brief to design a range of garments and accessories for teenagers; using Harajuku images as their inspiration. Powerpoints are fully editable - so you can swap out store names etc to suit your class. Powerpoint 1 - Design Brief and research Images; split into two lessons, the second could be a homework activity. Powerpoint 2 - Harajuku Fashion Design Presentation - examples of fashion sketching and how to present mixed media design ideas using a fashion body template. Powerpoint 3 - Evaluation of design ideas - WWW & EBI format. [ what went well & even better if] These were designed as part of online learning - they are complete activities that could be used at KS3 / 4 or as cover lessons. Please leave a review - thank you :-)

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 9 Graphics - race & chase board game - Design & make. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 9 Race and chase board game for graphics. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 8 - Merchandise / logo Design & make. For stencil t-shirt, sublimation printing. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 7 Pop Up Mechanisms Design & make. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.