Lesson 2: Cutting and scissor skills

Pupils practise and develop their scissor (and fine motor) skills by investigating how easy or difficult it is to cut and shape different materials using a variety of scissor types (right, left-handed, squeeze and craft zigzag and scalloped).

Learning objectives

EYFS outcomes

Before the lesson

Classroom resources

Activity

Teacher notes

Key vocabulary

Prompts for learning

Observations

Next steps

To navigate junk modelling resources and choose appropriately depending on the desired outcome.

To think about how to join materials together in different ways.

Note any specific next steps for individual pupils.

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Sophie Pickles (EYFS),  
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