Textiles: Egyptian collars

Learning how to cross-stitch and appliqué to decorate and assemble Egyptian collars, which represent the children's unique personalities.

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Unit outcomes

  • Demonstrate their ability to use cross-stitch as a decorative feature or to join two pieces of fabric together.
  • Develop appliqué designs based on design criteria.
  • Design, cut and shape their template for an usekh or wesekh collar with increasing accuracy.
  • Decorate their Egyptian collar using a variety of techniques, such as appliqué, cross-stitch, beads, buttons and pinking.
  • Measure and attach a ribbon with a running stitch.
  • Recognise different types and qualities of fabrics.
  • Explain the aesthetic and functional properties of some of their material choices.

Suggested prior learning

Textiles: Pouches

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Cross-stitch and appliqué

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Lesson 2: Egyptian collars

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Lesson 3: Developing the collars

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Lesson 4: Finishing their collars

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Key skills

  • Designing and making a
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Key knowledge

  • To know that appliqué
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Key vocabulary

asymmetrical

appliqué

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Knowledge organiser: DT – Y3 Egyptian collars

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Cross-curricular opportunities

History

‘Pupils should be taught about:

  • the achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China’

See National Curriculum - History key stages 1 to 2.

RSE & PSHE 

‘Pupils should know: 

  • The importance of respecting others, even when they are very different from them (for example, physically, in character, personality or backgrounds), or make different choices or have different preferences or beliefs’

See Statutory guidance - Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education.

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