Lesson 1: Designing a stuffed toy

Children decide upon a simple shape on which to base their stuffed toys, and record the materials that they will use to create it

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Learning Objectives

  • Making a paper template

  • Knowing how to ensure that a template is proportional

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Activity: Stuffed toy design sheet
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Tom Turnham,  
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Tom has been a teacher for seven years and, as Head of Upper School at The Belham Primary School, he has a keen interest in young people and good causes. For the past seventeen years he has volunteered with various…
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