Example risk assessment for a DT workshop in a secondary school.

Writing resource to help students discuss and evaluate Morris’ style and design features and explain how his patterns will inspire their work. Includes exemplar sentences, sentence starters and key words. Has been used to aid GCSE students in DT during a textiles project however could be used similarly in Art.

List of various descriptive words and their meaning suitable for Design and Technology and Art. Resource that helps students when analysing designer/artist work or writing about their own work. Words are broken into sub-categories such as colour and tone and visual characteristics.

Entire woodwork based project in which students are required to design and make a wooden pencil holder shaped like a letter of choice. Pencil holder is made with pinewood and has been cut by hand to achieve the shape. Holes are drilled to hold pencils. Wood stain finish applied. Included in the download is a 58 slide power-point that covers 11, 40 minute lessons. Starter activities, main tasks, plenaries and homework tasks for each lesson. A separate PDF file is attached that has 34 pages of printable resources to accompany the power-point. (Many of my DT resources seen on this site are included in this project download such as my Designer Research Activity, Risk Assessment Template, Design a Workshop Poster Activity, accessfm Poster, Feedback slips.) Learning objectives for the project are as follows: Understand Health & Safety rules in the workshop & how to conduct a Risk Assessment Recognise different types of wood and understand their properties Use research to analyse and learn from existing products Develop isometric drawing and rendering skills Understand client needs and how to write a design specification Construct a functional pencil holder developing workshop skills cutting, filing, shaping and wood staining Identify the use of different tools and equipment Understand how to write a project evaluation Lesson plan overview: Lesson 1: Health and Safety in the workshop and Wood Theory Lesson 2: Product Safety and Product Analysis Lesson 3: Isometric Drawing Lesson 4: Design Specification and Design Drawing Lesson 5: Tools and Equipment Lesson 6-10: Manufacture Lesson 11: Project Evaluation

5 activities provided on printable worksheets. Tasks include: Research moodboard and questions Mindmap of facts about the artist and questions x2 artist copy tasks Create a Kusama inspired artwork Worksheets are designed in a way that they can be used as cover work with minimal instruction or supplies needed. Can also use tasks as part of a larger scheme of work on the artist.

6 activities provided on printable worksheets. Tasks include: Research moodboard and questions Mindmap of facts about the artist and questions Artwork Analysis x2 artist copy tasks Create a Wiley inspired self-portrait Worksheets are designed in a way that they can be used as cover work with minimal instruction or supplies needed. Can also use tasks as part of a larger scheme of work on the artist.

2 printable blank templates for an analysis on any artwork. Variety in template -Space for students to either stick in a picture of the artwork or name the artwork. Different questions on each template. Comes in colour and b/w version.

2 printable worksheets on basic colour theory. Worksheet requires students to demonstrate their understanding of the colour wheel and can be completed with paint of other materials. Worksheet two requires students to practice achieving a range of colour value with paint.

3 printable worksheets for a mixed media artwork activity. Each worksheet requires students to draw an object or image of choice across a four box grid. Each box must then be rendered in the media outlined. Each worksheet has different media including, graphite, charcoal, watercolour paint, coloured pencil, oil pastels, chalk pastels, fine liner, felt tips and collage.

4 printable templates for experimenting with application techniques in pencil, coloured pencil, oil pastel and watercolour paint.

9 separate worksheets including 9 different design activities. Design a mug logo for your teacher Design a Christmas tree decoration suitable for laser cutting Design a pair of flip flops for a surfer Design a book cover for your favourite book Design an Autumn themed cushion cover Design a household robot that helps around the house Design an Earth Day Poster Design a birthday gift bag for a 2 year old girl Design a chocolate bar Easy to follow activities perfect for cover work or early finishers/stretch and challenge tasks.

One worksheet activity requiring students to design a mug logo for a teacher. Includes brainstorm template to consider client needs and a blank mug template to draw the design idea.

Template for students to record new Art vocabulary and terminology learned each lesson. Space to record the new word, write a definition and draw a picture to help remember. Can be printed and stuck in student books or printed and used as a whole class display to record new words as you meet them.

5 worksheets on Pop artists, Lichtenstein, Haring, Britto, Magnes and Warhol. Each worksheet features one of the artists and an example of their artwork. Students are required to analyse the artworks by answering the questions. Ideal resource for homework, cover work or as an activity within a larger scheme of work.

5 activities provided on printable worksheets. Tasks include: Research moodboard and questions Mindmap of facts about the artist and questions Artwork Analysis Artist copy Create a Dali inspired observational drawing Worksheets are designed in a way that they can be used as cover work with minimal instruction or supplies needed. Can also use tasks as part of a larger scheme of work on the artist.

6 activities provided on printable worksheets. Tasks include: Research moodboard and questions Mindmap of facts about the artist and questions Artwork Analysis x2 artist copy tasks Create a Kahlo inspired self-portrait Worksheets are designed in a way that they can be used as cover work with minimal instruction or supplies needed. Can also use tasks as part of a larger scheme of work on the artist.

Tell, Ask, Improve peer feedback slips.

PDF file with two copies of a PMI reflection slip ideal for any lesson or subject.

PDF with two copies of a self-reflection slip ideal for end of any lesson. Asks students to identify how they feel about their learning in a visual manner before writing what they think they did well and what they can improve.

Powerpoint resources containing 16 different editable slides on the topic of toy design/toy safety. Several slides are designed for use as a teaching visual aid that can be displayed to students in lesson to accompany the worksheets tasks, that can be printed. Tasks allow students to analyse existing toy products considering target market and toy safety. Short questions, exit tickets and longer product analysis tasks included. Some differentiation provided on resources in the form of sentence starters, key words and sentence structures. (I use these resources with my year 6-8 classes during woodwork projects.)