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Punch and Judy
This design technology scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to select, shape and combine textile and other materials to make a range of puppet characters that can be used to narrate a traditional story. The class can use their characters puppets to perform plays that might be presented to families on a seaside holiday.
Select, shape and combine textile and other materials to make a range of puppet characters that can be used to narrate a traditional story
Lesson One : Story Puppets
Investigate some of the different characters that can be used as puppets to tell and perform a story
Lesson Two : Moving Puppets
Explore and test some of the different mechanisms that can be used to move and control puppets
Lesson Three : Puppet Faces
Investigate and record ways of creating facial features on models to show different expressions
Lesson Four : Joining Materials
Explore and text different ways of joining materials to use as part of a Punch and Judy puppet
Lesson Five : Sewing Puppets
Investigate and practise ways of joining different fabrics and materials using sewing skills
Lesson Six : Hand Puppet
Select and combine materials using different techniques to make a Punch and Judy puppet
- Castle Visit
Plan and write a recount describing what might happen during a family visit to a castle - Circus Visit
Plan and write a recount describing what might happen during a family visit to a circus - Shape Matching
Identify, describe and compare different 2D shapes by their matching individual properties including the number of sides, vertices and lines of symmetry - Shape Changes
Explore and illustrate how to make patterns of 2D shapes by changing their size and position