Design Technology

Design and technology project

Textiles- Templates and joining techniques 

Prior learning

• Explored and used different fabrics.

• Cut and joined fabrics with simple techniques.

• Thought about the user and purpose of products.

Designing

• Design a functional and appealing product for a chosen user and purpose based on simple design criteria.

• Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas as appropriate through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and information and 

communication technology.

Making

• Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks such as marking out, cutting, joining and finishing.

• Select from and use textiles according to their characteristics.

Evaluating

• Explore and evaluate a range of existing textile products relevant to the project being undertaken.

• Evaluate their ideas throughout and their final products against original design criteria.

Technical knowledge and understanding

• Understand how simple 3-D textile products are made, using a template to create two identical shapes.

• Understand how to join fabrics using different techniques e.g. running stitch, glue, over stitch, stapling.

• Explore different finishing techniques e.g. using painting, fabric crayons, stitching, sequins, buttons and ribbons.

• Know and use technical vocabulary relevant to the project.

Skills progression

Key Stage 1

Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils should be taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. They should work in a range of relevant contexts [for example, the home and school, gardens and playgrounds, the local community, industry and the wider environment].

When designing and making, pupils should be taught to:

Design

•  design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users 

• based on design criteria generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, 

• templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology

Make

•  select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]

•  select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction 

• materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics

Evaluate

•  explore and evaluate a range of existing products

•  evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria

Technical knowledge

•  build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable

•  explore and use mechanisms [for example, levers, sliders, wheels and axles], in their products

Key vocabulary

names of existing products, joining and finishing techniques, tools, fabrics and components template, pattern pieces, mark out, join, decorate, finish