Themes
This unit’s theme is based on the children choosing a storybook character to base their puppet designs on. For guidance on adapting the unit to the theme ‘Easter animals’, please visit the alternative theme page in the lessons below.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Join fabrics together using pins, staples or glue.
- Design a puppet and use a template.
- Join their two puppets’ faces together as one.
- Decorate a puppet to match their design.
Suggested prior learning
Mechanisms: Making a moving story book
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Joining fabrics
Lesson 2: Designing my puppet
Lesson 3: Making and joining my puppet
Lesson 4: Decorating my puppet
Key skills
- Using a template to
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Key knowledge
- To know that ‘joining
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Key vocabulary
decorate
design
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Unit resources
Assessment D&T Y1: Puppets
Assessment D&T Y1: Puppets
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Key vocabulary
Key vocabulary Subject resources
D&T Long-term plans
National curriculum mapping
National curriculum mapping
D&T: Progression of pupil skills and knowledge
Equipment list
Equipment list
Assessment
Assessment
Key vocabulary
Cross-curricular opportunities
English
‘Pupils should be taught to:
develop pleasure in reading […] by:
- becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics’
Build on the learning
Textiles: Pouches
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