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8. Primary: 'Design & Make Projects - Textile Technology'

8. Primary: 'Design & Make Projects - Textile Technology'

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Highlights

  • On-Demand workshop

  • 6 hours

  • All levels

Description

Primary 8: ‘Design & Make Projects-

Textiles Technology’

(ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE)

What this Course is About

This is Resource 8 in a series of textile resources created for primary teachers. The aim of this course is to give pupils their first experience of designing and making with smart and E Textiles as well as light-up & glow effects, through a mix of fun, hands-on activities and creative learning. Pupils will explore what E Textiles are, and how they can shape the future, while also making connections to everyday life, creativity, and potential careers

The resource includes:

  • Practical activities (making and design challenges)

  • Worksheets to support learning

  • Careers in design, technology, and innovation.

  • Artists linked to design challenges

  • Health & safety

  • Reflect and recall sheet to consolidate knowledge

By the end of this course, pupils will have developed an understanding of E textiles and the role they play in our lives, as well as enjoyed creative opportunities to make and design with E textiles.

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Resource Aims: Empowering the Next Generation of Makers

This resource introduces pupils to designing and making with Smart and E-Textiles. Building on knowledge from Resource 6: Textiles Technology and hands-on practical learning, pupils will design for a range of scenarios inspired by wearable technology designers.

Through this resource, pupils will:

•Develop practical problem-solving skills by planning and making a functional textile product.

•Use creativity for self-expression, building confidence and engagement through purposeful design.

•Take pride in their achievements, gaining a sense of ownership and accomplishment in completing a finished piece.

•Understand real-world applications, recognising how skills in planning, designing, making, and evaluating are valuable across many areas of life and future careers.

Practical Activities

  • Design a wearable product to make life easier for a child in a wheelchair.

  • Design your own Magical Senses Shirt

  • Glow in the dark: T shirt with paints, writing your name with thread and bracelets, coasters and pompoms with yarn.

  • Techno designing inspired by CuteCircuit

  • Kitronic: Make a corsage with a colour changing LED

  • Glow in the dark name to your own backpack

  • Backpack Inventor Challenge.

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Who is this course for?

This resource is designed for any primary school teacher who would like to introduce pupils to textiles technology. While it is not curriculum-specific, the activities can be used to support both the Art & Design and Design & Technology curriculum, with a clear focus on textiles.

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Key Notes for Teachers

  • Practice first: It’s recommended that teachers try out the activities themselves before delivering them in class.

  • Flexible use: The resources are designed in a sequence, but you can dip into them in any order depending on your pupils’ needs.

  • Timing: There are no strict time limits—teachers can choose to deliver a single activity, or take a resource through its full progression with a class.

  • Stage, not age: The resources are built on the principle of meeting pupils where they are in their learning journey. Teachers may wish to check pupils’ prior knowledge before starting.

What to Expect - the Resources

  • Resource plan

  • Health & Safety - Presentation

  • What is Textiles Technology? - Presentation

  • What is Smart Technology? - Presentation

  • What are Smart Textiles? – Presentation with design and illustration activities, poems and stories

  • What is Nano Technology? – Presentation

  • Sustainability and Smart Fabrics- Presentation and design activity

  • What is Smart Manufacturing in Textiles - Presentation

  • What is a Techno Designer? - Presentation with design activity

  • Smart Technology in Textile Designing – Presentation with design challenges and worksheet

  • Smart Textiles That Go Beyond Fashion - Presentation and design challenge

  • Reflect & recall

workshop Content

13 sections•22 lessons
INTRODUCTION7 lessons
  1. 1WELCOME
  2. 2BENEFITS OF TEXTILES FOR PUPILS
  3. 3YOUR RESOURCE PLAN
  4. 4HEALTH & SAFETY
  5. 5EQUIPMENT
  6. 6YOUR TRAINERS
  7. 7TERMS & CONDITIONS
HEALTH & SAFETY1 lessons
  1. 1HEALTH & SAFETY
RESOURCE PLAN1 lessons
  1. 1RESOURCE PLAN
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY: ASHA PETA THOMPSON2 lessons
  1. 1INSPIRATION FROM ASHA PETA THOMPSON
  2. 2ACTIVITY
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY: CUTECIRCUIT2 lessons
  1. 1WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY - CUTECIRCUIT
  2. 2CUTECIRCUIT - DESIGN CHALLENGE
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK: PENS & PAINTS1 lessons
  1. 1GLOW-IN-THE-DARK: T-SHIRT
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK: THREAD1 lessons
  1. 1GLOW-IN-THE-DARK: THREAD
GLOW-IN-THE-DARK: YARN1 lessons
  1. 1GLOW-IN-THE-DARK: YARN
TECHNO DESIGNING1 lessons
  1. 1CUTECIRCUIT
KITRONIC1 lessons
  1. 1KITRONIC E-TEXTILES
DESIGN CHALLENGE2 lessons
  1. 1DESIGN CHALLENGE: Backpack
  2. 2PERSONALISE YOUR BACKPACK
CAREERS IN E-TEXTILES1 lessons
  1. 1CAREERS IN E-TEXTILES
REFLECT AND RECALL1 lessons
  1. 1REFLECT & RECALL

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