Lesson 3: Details and appendages

Pupils add any extra items, appendages and decorative stitches before assembling their stuffed toys

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Before the lesson

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Learning objective

  • To create and add decorations to fabric

 

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen, and reinforce more complex structures

Success criteria

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Cross-curricular links

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Attention grabber

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Main event

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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: May need support threading needles or remembering the different stitches available.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should decorate the front of their stuffed toys and sew together their appendages with small, neat stitches.

Wrapping up

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Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Vocabulary

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In this unit

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