Lesson video

Hi team and welcome to your lesson this week with me, Mrs. Garrard.

Now in today's lesson, we're going to think about how our friends are all connected.

Let me share my screen with you.

So the first thing that we will need to do for our lesson today is gather some resources.

Then we'll think about what connects us to our friends.

And then we're going to do the creating part of the lesson.

Today's creating part is to make some paper dolls.

They're super clever because they all hold hands, but it's really tricky to make.

Let's move on to find what we will need for this lesson.

So for this lesson, you will need your listening ears and your looking eyes you'll need some paper, some pens, or some crayons or some pencils, some scissors, and some glue.

Pause the video now to gather the resources that you'll need.

You can start the video again, once you're ready.

Great! Now that you're back and you're ready to continue, let's think about what connects us to our friends.

So you might be friends with people that like the same toys as you.

You might be friends with people that go to the same school as you, or are in the same class as you.

You might be friends with people that have the same interests as you.

That means they like to do the same things.

They might like to watch the same programmes on telly.

They might like to go to the same places and do the same things they might like to play the same games as you, you might be friends with people with other children because your families are friends.

And that means you get to see them a lot.

That's why you became friends and you might be friends with people because you live close to them.

Those are all things that connect us to our friends.

Now it's time for us to make our paper dolls that all connect.

You'll have to watch the video and listen carefully to the instructions.

Are you ready? So the first thing I'm going to do is fold a piece of paper in half so that the long edges are together, can you see? I've made a rectangle.

Now I'm going to open it out and I'm going to cut along the line.

I'm using some really big scissors, but I've been using scissors for a long time.

And I'm quite safe with them.

You'll need to use a smaller pair of scissors that are safe for you.

And if you're new to using scissors, you might need to ask an adult or a carer to help you with this.

'Cause it's a little bit tricky.

Once I have my long strip of paper, I'm going to need to fold it in a special way.

So that the dolls that we make will hold hands, I'm going to fold in a concertina.

That's a new word.

My turn, concertina, your turn.

Concertina is just where you flip the paper back and forth as you fold it.

Can you see how I'm doing that? Folding it, making a crease and flipping it over and folding it again.

That makes a concertina and that's what's going to help our dolls to hold hands.

Can you see? The next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to draw the outline of the people onto the paper.

I've made a little person already that I'm going to use as a template.

That means I'm going to put it on the paper and draw around it.

You could do that too.

This makes it a little bit easier.

When you're drawing around your template, you need to make sure that the hands and the feet touch the edges of the paper.

Can you see how I'm being really careful to make sure that the feet touch the bottom of the paper and that the hands touch the edge of the paper? The hands touching is really important because that's what keeps them connected.

Once I've done that, I'm going to use my scissors once again to cut out the outline, you might need some help with this, 'cause it is tricky to move the paper and make sure that you're cutting on the line.

Can you see how I'm moving the paper so that I can cut on the line? And I'm being really careful to make sure that my big scissors are not near my fingers.

I'm turning the paper, can you see? That's a really great strategy to help you to stay on the line when you're cutting.

Little bit more cut.

Well, I'm just trimming the edge off of there.

Can you see how I've made sure that the hands are coming off the edge of the paper? These are the legs.

See how I'm turning the paper to stay on the line? You could try that strategy.

Nearly there.

Little bit more.

There we go.

Now for the best part.

Let's see if they're holding hands.

They are! Great job, they are holding hands.

They're connected.

Now I need to decorate my little people to look like my friends.

So I'm going to think about what my friends look like, what colour hair they have, what colour eyes they have, what they might like to wear.

I'm going to try and decorate my friends in.

the paper friends to look just like my friends in real life.

So this is one of my friends.

They have brown hair, long hair.

It's down to their shoulders, can you see? Choosing some, red to add features.

So a mouth and a nose.

Can you see how I've decorated the little people? The second one is a girl and I decided that she might like to wear a skirt.

So I cut out a skirt shape from some paper and stuck it on.

You could do that too if you'd like to do that.

Just finishing the last person off.

Carefully with my pen.

Just adding their features.

And then there'll be complete.

Let's have a look at the completed dolls.

Do you see them? They're all holding hands.

Some of my friends are girls and some of my friends are boys.

I wonder, how many friends do you have? Do you have more than four? Maybe you do.

Maybe you could join your dolls together.

Team, it's been a lovely lesson sharing how to make these dolls with you, but now we've come to the end.

So I'm going to share this last slide.

So if you would like to share your work with me, you could do that by asking your parents or your carers to share your work on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.

That way, I'll get to see your wonderful creations.

And I would love to see them.

Team that's the end of our lesson today.

I look forward to seeing you again soon.

Bye for now.