Hi! I'm Marie. From experience as a primary teacher, I enjoy creating sets of teaching resources (often with my own illustrations!) for introducing and teaching school topics, and with practical activities. Hope you find something useful. Happy teaching! :)
Hi! I'm Marie. From experience as a primary teacher, I enjoy creating sets of teaching resources (often with my own illustrations!) for introducing and teaching school topics, and with practical activities. Hope you find something useful. Happy teaching! :)
DT Textiles Fabrics Text and Worksheets
Text included:
• ‘Different Fabrics’ describing differences between various types of fabrics.
• ‘Properties of Woven fabrics’ and ‘Properties of Knitted fabrics’ – to find out advantages and disadvantages between woven and knitted fabrics, including appearance, texture, usage, sewing, longevity, ironing, wash and cost.
Worksheets included:
• Reading descriptions and naming different fabrics (word bank)
• Sticking fabric samples into 2 groups, natural fibres and synthetic fibres
• Sticking different types of fabrics and describing their appearances and textures
• Sticking samples of fabrics to match properties
• Comparing woven and knitted fabrics – tick (advantage) or cross (disadvantage) of each one’s appearance, texture, usage, sewing, longevity, ironing, wash and cost – write a conclusion
• Questionnaire
I have also created a set of flashcards and a set of Vocabulary Posters & Labels that can be used along with the worksheets.
Flashcards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-flashcards-12964802
Posters + Labels https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-vocabulary-posters-and-labels-12964810
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Worksheets based on DT Unit 2A / Vehicles where children design a space buggy, plan how they will make it and evaluate their finished work.
The set includes:
Information sheets and worksheets that can be to introduce the topic:
• text about space buggies used during the moon exploration followed by a questionnaire
• picture of a space buggy with names of parts followed by one that children can label
Front cover sheet and targets (objectives) sheet
Worksheets for DT activities:
Think of ideas for making your space buggy (purpose)
Draw how your space buggy will look like and label the parts (own design)
Draw how you will make your space buggy move and label the parts (wheels and axels)
Draw a logo for your space buggy, and tick what you will use to make your logo
Write a list of materials and tools that you will need to make your space buggy
Plan in which order you will make your own space buggy
What do you think of your finished vehicle? (Evaluation)
Worksheet for creative writing:
Write an exciting short story for a newspaper report which includes a space buggy (newspaper template)
For more useful Space activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources.
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DT – Focus: Food
Included:
• Planning
• Posters - text, cereal bars fact sheets , recipe, sensory vocabulary
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
These activities encourage children to investigate different types of commercial cereal bars through text and tasting, and compare them describing their appearance, texture, smell and taste. They learn why cereal bars are not as healthy. They look at food labels to compare nutritional benefits and allergy advise. They follow a basic no bake/ no nuts recipe for making 2 different types of cereal bars, compare them and find out which one everyone liked best using a tally chart. Children then design their own cereal bars creating a new recipe, illustrate how their cereal bars will look and taste, list ingredients and equipment, write in which order they will work using the recipe template, and record their evaluation.
For additional Design and Technology resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
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DT Textiles Fabrics Flashcards
A set of flashcards for reading/research activities and for display describing properties of different types of fabrics.
There are 2 flashcards on each A4 - you will need to cut and separate them to have individual flashcards. Suggest laminating too for durability.
I have also created a set of worksheets and a set of vocabulary posters and labels that can be used along with the flashcards.
Worksheets https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-text-worksheets-12964816
Posters + Labels https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-vocabulary-posters-and-labels-12964810
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
DT Textiles Fabrics Vocabulary Posters & Labels
A set of vocabulary posters listing textures, appearances and properties of different types of fabrics.
The labels can be used to match with different types of fabrics while investigating their properties.
I have also created a set of flashcards and a set of worksheets that can be used along with the posters and labels.
Flashcards https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-flashcards-12964802
Worksheets https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-textiles-fabrics-text-worksheets-12964816
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
Included:
• Planning
• Eatwell Healthy Diet Posters
• Sweet And Savoury Muffins - Picture Flashcards
• Sensory Vocabulary - Posters + Labels
• Worksheets
• Target Sheet (LO)
This unit develops children’s knowledge and understanding of the importance of healthy eating and the differences between sweet and savoury foods. They investigate and compare different flavoured muffins and describe the appearance, taste and texture of each muffin. They practice making sweet and savoury muffins following two different recipes. Once baked, the children compare the muffins tastes and textures. Using a tally chart, they find out which type of muffin is the most/least favourite in the class. After testing different ingredients that contribute to a healthy diet such as vegetables and pulses, the children then illustrate their own savoury muffins and choice of ingredients. They write instructions, list ingredients and equipment using a recipe template. They talk about their finished product, and record how it looks and how well it matches their original ideas.
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DT – Focus: Structures/ Packaging
Included:
• Planning
• Poster – Instructions for using a net
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
The children investigate different types of familiar commercial packaging for cereal bars, finding out how they are made from disassembling them.
They learn the parts of a net used to make a 3D shape and follow a set of instructions with a template to make a small package. They learn about layout for commercial uses and practise using different font sizes and styles. Children then design their own package specifically for cereal bars, list materials and equipment, illustrate the net they have used, and record their evaluation.
These activities can be used as a follow up to DT – Food / Yummy Cereal Bars – or on their own.
For additional Design and Technology resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Up And Down The Beanstalk - DT activities
This unit can be used alongside the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. It provides opportunities for the children to use design and technology to create a product and link it to their storytelling.
Included:
• Planning
• Diagram
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
Children explore how to make winding mechanisms using construction kits, and then make their own toy based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk using a winding mechanism out of reclaimed materials.
Worksheets include identifying on diagram parts that can be changed for their design, illustrating and labelling how the toy and mechanism will look, selecting from lists materials and tools, writing in which order they will work, and recording their evaluation.
For additional resources based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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DT / Food / Little Red Riding Hood
This unit can be used alongside the story of Little Red Riding Hood. It provides opportunities for the children to use food technology to create a healthy food product suitable for the grandmother and link it to their storytelling.
Included:
• Planning
• Eatwell Healthy Diet Posters
• Sweet And Savoury Muffins - Picture Flashcards
• Sensory Vocabulary - Posters + Labels
• Worksheets
• Target Sheet (LO)
This unit develops children’s knowledge and understanding of the importance of healthy eating and the differences between sweet and savoury foods. They investigate and compare different flavoured muffins and describe the appearance, taste and texture of each muffin. They practice making sweet and savoury muffins following two different recipes. Once baked, the children compare the muffins tastes and textures. Using a tally chart, they find out which type of muffin is the most/least favourite in the class. After testing different ingredients that contribute to a healthy diet such as vegetables and pulses, the children then illustrate their own savoury muffins and choice of ingredients. They write instructions, list ingredients and equipment using a recipe template. They talk about their finished product, and record how it looks and how well it matches their original ideas.
Please check my other Food DT resources linked to traditional stories.
Hansel and Gretel
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hansel-and-gretel-dt-food-12154283
Jack and The Beanstalk
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/jack-and-the-beanstalk-dt-food-12857781
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dt-food-yummy-porridge-12118954
For updates go to my Facebook and Instagram pages @ Marie’s Teaching Resources
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DT / Textiles / Little Red Riding Hood
Included:
• Planning
• Flashcards – different fabrics
• Posters + labels – vocabulary / describing appearances, textures and properties
• Worksheets – text, template, instructions and activities
• Target sheet (LO)
These activities encourage children to investigate and compare different types of fabrics that may be suitable for creating a new cloak for Little Red Riding Hood. They learn that different fabrics are used for making different garments based on their properties, appearances and textures, and group fabric samples into different criteria.
They use a basic template for making a paper pattern and follow illustrated instructions for creating a simple sample cloak.
Children then design a new cloak for Little Red Riding Hood, illustrate how it will look and explain their choice of fabric, create a paper pattern, list the equipment for making the pattern and cloak, write instructions, and record their evaluation.
Please check my other DT resources linked to traditional stories.
For updates go to my Facebook and Instagram pages @ Marie’s Teaching Resources
Thanks for looking :)
Jack’s Bean Salad - DT activities
This unit can be used alongside the story of jack and the Beanstalk. It provides opportunities for the children to use food technology to create a healthy food product suitable for a character and link it to their storytelling.
Included:
• Planning
• Posters - text, pictures of various beans, recipes, sensory vocabulary
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
These activities encourage children to investigate different types of beans through text and looking closely at a variety of real beans, and learn why beans are part of a healthy food diet. They use recipes to practice how to make different bean salads. They taste and describe the appearance, taste and texture of each salad, and find out which one everyone liked best using a tally chart.
Children then design their own bean salad creating a new recipe, illustrating how their bean salad will look and taste, list ingredients and equipment, write in which order they will work using the recipe template, and record their evaluation.
They can illustrate a poster about eating their salad, and write about Jack’s mother eating the bean salad.
For additional resources based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Gingerbread House - DT activities
This unit can be used alongside the story of Hansel and Gretel. It provides opportunities for the children to use food technology to create a food product linked to their storytelling
Included:
• Planning
• Posters – UK’s top 20 Biscuits, History of Gingerbread Houses, recipes, sensory vocabulary
• Worksheets
• Target sheet (LO)
These activities encourage children to investigate different types of biscuits and find out the origins of the gingerbread house.
They use recipes to practice how to make different biscuits. Then taste and describe the appearance, texture, smell and taste of each biscuit, and find out which one everyone liked best using a tally chart.
Children practise how to make a house paper template and how to follow a recipe to create a gingerbread house. Then they design their own gingerbread house creating a new template, illustrating how their gingerbread house will look, list ingredients and equipment, write in which order they will work, and record their evaluation.
For additional resources based on the story of Hansel and Gretel, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources :)
For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears / DT / Food / Yummy Porridge!
This unit can be used alongside the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It provides opportunities for the children to use food technology to create a healthy food product suitable for a character and link it to their storytelling.
Planning included! Children investigate the characteristics and properties of different varieties of ingredients to add different flavours to a basic dish – porridge – compare 5 recipes and develop vocabulary to describe the appearance, taste, smell and texture. They learn basic food preparation techniques to design and make a yummy porridge! Includes vocabulary sheet.
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