Junior Textiles Complete Unit of Work: APRON

Take your Year 7 students from textiles basics to a finished, functional apron with this comprehensive 10-week Textiles unit of work.

Designed for the new NSW Stage 4 Technology Mandatory – Textiles / Materials and Production Processes, this complete unit combines practical sewing skills with textiles theory, sustainability, ethical production, design development, textiles numeracy, production systems and cultural understanding.

Students progressively develop the knowledge and skills they need before moving into their own Apron Design & Production Project.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• Comprehensive 10-Week Teaching & Learning Program
• Comprehensive Student Workbook
• Teacher Answers
• Student Portfolio Workbook
• Paper Sewing Practice Worksheets
• Step-by-step instructions with photographs to construct apron start-to-finish

PRACTICAL APRON PROJECT
Students apply their learning to design and produce a functional apron with front pocket, waist ties and an adjustable neck strap.

Students complete a Design & Technology style portfolio as the theory element to the Apron project assessment. The Portfolio includes:

• Design situation and design brief
• Target market investigation
• Sustainability requirements
• Vision board
• Materials and equipment planning
• Multiple design ideas
• Design comparison and selection
• Final annotated design Production plan
• Project journal
• Quality control
• Final evaluation

STUDENT WORKBOOK ELEMENTS
The student workbook covers a substantial range of activities including:

• safety
• equipment identification
• sewing machine anatomy
• seam allowance & machine settings
• textiles research
• numeracy tasks
• sustainability & fast fashion
• production systems
• design ownership

The assessment rubrics & criteria for the practical and portfolio components are included at the end of the portfolio workbook, providing students the ability to continually check their assessment content against the criteria.

This unit is designed for the new 2026 NSW Technology Mandatory syllabus but is also suitable for Family & Consumer Science, Junior Textiles, Textiles Technology and other textiles-related subjects.

All files in the zipped folder are PDF except for the 10-week Program which is in an editable Google Docs/MS Word style format which makes it easy to adjust the program to suit any textiles curriculum.