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Teacher: CW, AMD,MC

Class: 8, 9, 10

Year groups: 5/6

Date: AutumnII

Subject: Design Technology

THINKING SKILLS

KEY SKILLS

Information Processing

Reasoning

Enquiry

Communication

Application ofnumber

Creative

Thinking

Evaluation

Informationtechnology

Working withothers

Improving own learning

Problem solving

Wk

LearningObjective

Teaching/ LearningActivities

Expectedoutcomes

Assessment forlearning

3

Children should:

Select appropriate tools and techniques formaking their product;

Suggest alternative ways of making their product,if first attempts fail;

Measure, mark out, cut and shape a range ofmaterials and assemble, join and combine components and materialsaccurately;

Usefinishing techniques to strengthen and improve the appearance oftheir product;

Follow health and safety procedures;

Prior to the lesson, set up 3 workingtables:

Wood measuring and cutting,

Measuring and cutting,

Designing wallpapers

Introduction:

Remind chn of the task - designingand making a replica Victorian dolls house for a specificmarket.

Look at the Victoria and AlbertMuseums website chronicling the use of wallpaper in the Victorianera and BBC website showing designs.

Discuss important wallpaperdesigners such as Libertys and William Morris.

View espresso videos 1 and 2 Design Technology structures The Red House.

Show the scanned images of wallpaperdesigns and discuss suitable patterns for their allocatedrooms.

Main Activity:

Split each group into pairs and begincarousel.

Teacher to work with the chn, measuring, markingand cutting the frames for the rooms ensuring health and safetymeasures are followed.

1^st carousel group to make squareframe for ceiling,

2^nd carousel group to make squareframe for floor,

3^rd carousel group to make sideframes.

Designs for wallpaper to be drawn into topicbooks.

Cutting practice shapes to be stuck intobooks.

Plenary:

Show each of the cubes and discuss the next stepsfor the making of the rooms (Green hat thinking).

Health and Safety: Teacher to monitor the use ofhandsaws.

Children can:

LA/ L3:

Measure accurately;

Choose appropriate tools, equipment, materials,components an techniques for their design;

MA/ L4:

Useaccurate measurements;

Select and work with a range of equipment;

Select and work with a range of tools andequipment;

HA/ L5:

Useaccurate measurements;

Select and work with a range of equipment;

Work with a range of tools, materials, equipmentand components and processes with precision;

Resources

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/Wallpaper/William_Morris/index.html

Cutting practice worksheets

Examples of wallpaper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/period_victorian.shtml

Vocabulary:

Designing eg modelling, scalemodel, fair test

Knowledge and understanding:

 triangulation, diagonal,stable, strength, framework, material, tube, rigid, section, waterresistance, tie, strut, beam, bracket, stay, member, horizontal,vertical, gusset