A fun and engaging small unit of work that can be taught alongside an existing project to get the students think about design generation using moodboards as inspiration. This small unit of work goes through what a mood board is, how you can create a moodboard and what they are used for. You are able to add in an additional slide for your students to create their own moodboards before carrying on the the design generation part of the lesson. Students are encourage to choose a product and a target market and use the moodboard provided to produce an A4 sheet of concept ideas and also choose one to present as a final design.

A short, creative and fun project to create a pop up card to send via the post. This project will last around 2-3 lessons but can be adapted to make it longer if you wish

A great introduction to E-Textiles - Design and make a night light. The SoW gives you a lesson by lesson frame work , an accompanying Powerpoint with detailed instructions of how to sew an e-circuit and also workbook for pupil use. Approx 5 lessons long - lesson length 1 hr. SoW and other resources can be adapted to suit your students if required

A series of small research, design & revision topics looking at: Botanics research (Mood board) Generating decorative techniques based on the mood board Biomimetic research Component research Design ideas Fibre property revision Modern Fabrics This bundle of worksheets/topic would be perfect for a revision lesson, cover lesson or independent work.

A fun 3 lesson project looking at E-Textiles and Textiles in the 21st Century Included is a 3 lesson SoW and supporting PPT which is fully editable. My GCSE students have loved this FPT - fits in well with unit 1.6 from the Edexcel GCSE Spec. 1.6 Electronic components

A design annotation frame to help students fully communicate their design ideas. Print to A3 in size and laminate for use - the student lay their A4 sketching page inside the annotation frame to aid them.

An effective self assessment exam review sheet to be used with Y12 or Y13 for the A Level Fashion & Textiles course. Use this exam review sheet with your A Level students after Y12 end of year exams and after Y13 mock exams. This review sheet works well sat at the front of the students theory folder to ensure they refer back to their targets. This resource can be easily adapted to suit any mid-term assessments throughout the 2 year course.

A one off lesson to building rending skills for Fashion and Textiles. Suitable for KS3/4 and A level A video tutorial shows you how to render x 4 fabrics Herringbone Gingham Plaid Tweed It is best to pause the video after each fabric rendering tutorial so students can carry it out. With follow on activities to help build the skills. The 2nd and 3rd slide of the presentation are printable worksheets for the students to use. Students will need access to marker pens and coloured pencils.

A 17 slide Powerpoint covering Manufactured (Regenerated) fibres of unit 1.2 Performance Characteristics of materials from the AQA Fashion and Textiles Specification . The Powerpoint can be edited. Included are the unit work sheets for students to fill in : This includes a range of product analysis activities and an exam question ( and answers) based regenerated fibre production ( Melt Spinning) and properties of regenerated fibres. Fibres covered: Viscose Acetate Lyocell ( Tencel) Includes a research activity about Tencel. Information included : Fibre production & fibre properties. The PPT includes vidoes - all links are included at the bottom of the slides.

A 33 slide Powerpoint covering Natural fibres of unit 1.2 Performance Characteristics of materials from the AQA Fashion and Textiles Specification . The Powerpoint can be edited. Included are the unit work sheets for students to fill in : This includes a range of product analysis activities and exam questions ( and answers) based on each fibre covered. Fibres covered: Cotton Linen Wool Silk Information included : Fibre properties, environmental impacts and a worksheet based on fibres cross section and how they effect the fibre properties. The PPT includes vidoes - all links are included at the bottom of the slides.

A 20 slide Power Point delivering the A level Fashion & Textiles theory for woven fabrics: Plain Weave Twill Weave Satin Weave (including activity to complete paper weaving) Brocades and Jacquards Three yarn systems: Velvet Cord Terry Toweling The PPT includes videos - all links are included at the bottom of the slides. There are activities included: weaving samples & exam question Also included : Worksheets to go alongside the lesson Also available in my TES shop that sits alongside this lesson : AQA A Level Fashion & Textiles 1.2 Woven Fabric Knowledge Organisers & revision mat

Two Power Points (and worksheet) delivering the theory content of Knitted fabrics. Power Point 1 covers: Warp Knit Weft Knit Included in the power point is a range of videos to aid teaching (including the difference between woven fabrics and knitted fabrics) Exam questions included as well as an independent research task. Worksheets for this power point also included. Power Point 2 covers: Fully fashioned Part fashioned 3D knitting machines A research task and make a sock monkey practical activity. All resources are fully editable to suit your needs. Also available to compliment this unit of work: A level Fashion & Textiles - Knitting theory revision activities

A 23 slide power point (fully animated) covering 1.2 Non Woven theory. Wet Wool felting (with suggestion to complete your own sample). Needle Felting (with suggestion to complete your own sample). Bonded Fabrics. New developments in Non Woven fabric. x3 exam questions (and answers) included in the body of the power point - with a framework to help students answer the questions fully. And a research activity at the end of the lessons : Creating a fact sheet on Tyvek Worksheets also included to aid teaching of this. All resources are fully editable to suit your needs. Also available in my TES shop as part of the ‘Fabric Construction’ section of 1.2 - Woven Fabrics and Knitted fabrics.

A fun and exciting Textiles extra curricular activity - made in to a school wide competition. Get your KS3 Design Technology and Textiles students to engage in this creative and inspiring competition. A great way to promote DT and Textiles within the school environment.

A 4 page knowledge organiser for Woven fabrics - colour coded to help with revision and memory recall. Complete with a woven fabric revision mat.

A one lesson activity to introduce one point perspective drawing. Include a PPT ( with videos) and a worksheet. One point perspective activity is creating the students name using the one point perspective method. PPT can be adapted to suit your needs.

A fun and engaging 2/3 lesson unit of work looking at how trainers are made, with research and a designing activity x2 Videos to watch ( link included at the bottom of each slide) Fabric Fact Sheet research moodboard/inspiration board Trainer design activity Students can work on the provided PPT’s to submit their work

This small unit of work looks at product analysis/existing products followed by a design activity. x2 power points are included where students are able to edit the document and submit work back to you. This unit of work can last up to 3 lesson ( 1 hour each) t. Assessment levels are included in each power points based on 1-9.

A fun and engaging unit of work where students will design and make a cool bag suitable for carrying around packed lunches. The project uses a range of fabrics, including thermofoil. The project also has a CAD element where the students can design their own sublimation print. The SoW gives you a lesson by lesson frame work along with an accompany student work book that can be completed on power point or printed. Also included is a homework work book, that also can be completed on power point or printed as a booklet. The SoW is 10 lessons long, but you are able to extend elements of the project to make a longer SoW - lesson length approx 1 hr. The SoW and other resources can be adapted to suit your students if required

An A4 sheet giving a range of revision activities for the knitting theory for A level Fashion and Textiles. To compliment these revision activity is the full unit of work covering the Knitted Fabric construction theory | A Level Fashion & Textiles | 1.2 KNITTED FABRIC Theory