Fashion & Textile

S3, N4/5 and Higher

Courses at all levels share similar skills.

N4/5 and Higher course have independent practical project-based outcomes internally assessed for SQA, all have written/research element externally assessed for SQA. N5 and Higher have content based and analytical written exam for SQA.

Communication components:

•   Following verbal instructions

•   Listening and taking notes during class discussions

•   Using IT Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Forms, DSLR. cameras to record practical work, uploading and managing files

•   Working collaboratively, sharing ideas and information through discussion

•   Evaluative comments/ written understanding of construction techniques, for written exam

•   Communicating themes and ideas through pupil's own research work

•   Data literacy – using Microsoft Forms to gather information and undertake market research

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving components:

•   Creativity, originality, innovation, Ideas for fashion/textile items

•   researching designers and techniques

•   Analysing the work of designers

•   Planning fashion/textile items (ideas, imagining, visualising)

•   reviewing/evaluating, setting next steps,

•   Curiosity-looking closely at the way in which textiles and fashion/textile items are produced

Collaboration components:

•   Working collaboratively on research tasks and presentations

•   Sharing equipment

•   Sharing ideas/brainstorming

•   Making personal connections, peer support with equipment, incorporating their own twist/personal taste in choices of design and fabric

Personal Responsibility components:

•   Resource management (small items of sewing equipment, sewing machine, over locker, iron, ironing board)

•   Time management planning ahead for making items and gathering data to be used at the next stage of an investigation

•   Meeting deadlines

•   Dealing with unexpected situations – mistakes being made and re-doing sewing, wait times for equipment, undertaking new techniques not tried before

•   Pupils consider health and safety, creating risk assessment and looking at scenarios in the sewing room which could prove hazardous – Tools of the Trade booklets