How to complete a simple circuit with conductive sewing thread, using textile components as the switch - to light an led. Can be used for KS3 / 4. Once the basic skill has been mastered - think of other components that can be used to complete the circuit and manage the energy flow.

Introduction to the subject of fibre types and the benefits of blending fibres. Brief outline of fibres to yarn to fabric. Usefull as a revision tool for the exam - powerpoint has blank slides that can be printed out for the students to note take on, during the presentation. Fabric samples of the fibre types would be a usefull addition during this presentation to enable pupils to be tactile with the fibre types.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 8 Bage for life; using tye dye on one side and a stencil pattern repeat on the reverse side. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 7 Pop Up Mechanisms Design & make. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 8 - Merchandise / logo Design & make. For stencil t-shirt, sublimation printing. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 9 Novelty Fleece Ski Hat Design & make. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 9 Graphics - race & chase board game - Design & make. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 9 Race and chase board game for graphics. Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

Based on an Advent Calender a set of 25 questions to help embed / review Textiles knowledge; made this for my year 10’s and they loved it and really engaged with it. It was set as close to the 1st of December as a piece of homework, to be handed back in after the xmas holiday. They wrote their answers on lined paper, that we then reviewed as a class in the New Year. Highest Scores won a prize. Pupils were encouraged to research any answers they weren’t sure about - to promote a higher score. Or, you could use the questions as starter activities in class. Powerpoint editable - Marks are there just to help guide pupils on how many pieces of information they need to provide, Enjoy :-) Please leave a review if you download.

Love an Exit Ticket <3 These are the pages I use the most at KS3, Exit Tickets for workbooks I mainly use in year 7, the same exit Formatt at the end of the lesson. Exit ticket with mixed questions is good with year 8, as it doesn’t just repeat what they did in year 7. Exit ticket one thing I knew before and two I didn’t has proven popular with year 9.

1 page Knowledge Organiser to introduce design brief, key words, equipment, annotation for a Year 7 Felt Pugly Monster Toy Design & make.Supporting Lessons and workbook Powerpoints available to purchase in RikRak’s shop Include in pupil workbooks or print out and enlarge to use on wall displays. I laminate and leave on tables for pupils to self reference. Bright, Fun and engaging - helps pupils understand the outcomes they are aiming for in their work. In powerpoint and fully editable - space to put your own school logo / name.

Calvert & Kinnier - Originally designed as a remote learning lesson. Could be used as a complete lesson / cover work / extension task. Powerpoint introducing the designers Calvert and Kinnier’s road signs and their road type face; why the signs were needed and developed in the UK. Setting a series of design tasks with supporting worksheet to self / peer evaluate their signs. Powerpoints for the lesson information and worksheets are editable.

** Taking a pupil’s existing design**, this is a workheet that supports them developing their design work to avoid fixation. I used this with a class to prepare them for their exam - NCFE using the activity for them to be able to see how they could present a wider range of ideas to show their design development, as they focus on the different graphic components - line / tone / colour / composition / typography / imagery. The class engaged with his activity really well, using their design ideas from a previous lesson. I printed out the slides A3 and pupils self selected which Logo design they felt they could develop and improve the most. They enjoyed working with someone else’s design idea as a starting point to develop it. The next lesson they returned to their own designs and applied changes to them using the same format.

Knowledge organisers for NCFE Graphics Units 1- 4.

Pupil Checklists for NCFE Graphics for Units 1, 2 & 4 - checklists against the Unit criteria for pupils to self track their work.

To help pupils begin to create a design solution for the exam; on the Fairground Theme. I have produced a work book and some starting inspiration images.I have printed these as two booklets to give the pupils to work from; alternatively you could print and laminate the images at A3 size to make a class resource / or just show as the power point. If you look or download, would you please be kind enough to leave a comment or a development suggestion. I am always happy to share my resources, and feel motivated to share more when comments are posted as a thank you.

Revised Electronics in Textiles, showing how to make a simple circuit with conductive thread, using press studs to form the circuit instead of a circuit board. NO SOLDERING required. New slides at the end of the powerpoint showing how to make a simple flowerpot design ~ with two LEDS in parallel. Step by step photographs on how to produce the circuit. If you download - please leave a review. Thank-you :-)

The popular children's toy mr and Mrs Potato Head - a stand alone design actvity or could be developed into a sow with prototyping and making. Design a Mr Potato Head on a new theme - consider the theme / expressions / accessories. Work sheets included within the power point. Popular with boys and girls across a range of keystages. If you download please leave a comment - this took me a long time to produce. Copyright of mr. Potato head with Hasbro

A starting point for this years Textile Exam question for AQA - Context MARINE LIFE. Pupil workbook and inspiration mood boards to support the start of the design ideas. For pupils entered into the exam Summer 2016. Please leave feedback to help me develop and improve my resources - thank you :-)

A booklet of inspiration images and worksheets to allow the pupil to start thinking about the theme, and develop design ideas, including scaffolding for the annotation. This is a format I have used for many years with success, as it is supportive for all pupils as a starting point to begin generating their ideas. It allows them to practise drawing the ideas and developing them through to a fully considered final design. They can think about textile decorative hand techniques and how they could be produced in industry. If you download please leave feedback, and .... Good Luck with the exam. :-)