Hi, everyone.

I'm Mrs. Courts, and I'm very pleased join you for today's lesson: "to develop and to finish a bridge." This is part of the "frame structures: bridges" unit.

In our lesson today, our lesson outcome is: I can finish my bridge using a range of materials and decoration techniques.

In our lesson today, we have four key words.

I'll say them first and then you repeat them after me.

Are you ready? Brilliant.

Texture, texture.

Super.

Texture is what something feels like.

Appearance.

Appearance.

Super.

Appearance is what something looks like.

Unique.

Unique.

That's super.

Well, unique means something special that is one of a kind.

And our final words today are joining techniques.

Joining techniques.

Super.

Joining techniques are ways to join two things together correctly.

Well done, everyone.

In our lesson today we have two parts, two learning cycles.

So to develop and finish a bridge.

Our first part of our lesson is finishing the bridge structure.

Throughout the making process, bridge engineers and designers, firstly, they check that their product works.

They check their design meets their design specification, and they also check that their bridge looks appealing and matches their design.

Once a bridge has been made, an engineer and designer will follow their designs, and ideas, to finish them.

Andeep says, "Decorating your final product will make it more attractive to others." That's a good idea, Andeep.

So which bridge do you prefer? Have a look at the pictures and see.

The bridge that is not finished or the bridge that is finished? Which one do you prefer? These bridges all look different, but they do a similar job.

They look different because each one is unique.

All of these bridges, though, allow cars to cross to get to the other side.

Can you spot any other differences? Have a little look at them.

What else is different? Super.

They might be made of different things, different materials.

They have different patterns on them, different colours, and they all look very different, don't they? This is an arch bridge with a brick bonding pattern.

And to make this bridge, they've used different bricks.

They've used different coloured bricks.

And they've used bricks in different directions.

And they've used different patterns as well.

This is a suspension bridge, and it's made of different materials, and therefore each part looks very different.

And, again, they've used long solid cables.

They've used a diamond defect bar at the bottom.

And they've used different details to hold the bridge together.

There's also the brick bonding pattern, if you look very closely, at the other end of the bridge to hold the bridge platform up.

We're ready for our first check for understanding.

Now, I hope you've been listening very carefully.

Super.

This is a true or false question.

All bridges look the same, true or false? Pause the video now and have little think.

Welcome back.

So "True or false all bridges look the same" is false.

Well done.

Why is it false? Super.

All bridges look different and therefore are unique.

Well done.

Designers and engineers sometimes change their ideas as they build.

Designers might choose a brick bonding pattern for their bridge.

Designers might choose to paint their bridge.

Designers might choose to use a natural finish to their bridge.

Materials all look very different and they have different appearances.

Jacob says, "Appearance is what something looks like." Well done, Jacob.

A material might be dull, it might be shiny, or it might be colourful.

I wonder which one you'd prefer.

Materials can also have different textures.

Jacob says, "The texture is what something feels like." Well done, Jacob.

It might be bumpy, it might be crinkly, it might be rough, or smooth, or silky.

Which one of those do you prefer? I quite like the crinkly material.

It feels very crinkly, very different.

We are ready for our next check for understanding now, and I wonder if you can match the words to their meanings.

We've got the word appearance, texture, and material today.

And we've got the three meanings, what something is made from, what something looks like, and what something feels like.

Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So did you manage to match the words to their meanings? Brilliant.

Well, let's have a little look.

Well, material is what something is made from.

Well done if you got that right.

Appearance is what something looks like.

Brilliant effort.

And texture is what something feels like.

Well done, everybody, great work.

Materials can be used to create effects.

Textured card, for example, can be cut to make bricks to add to make a bumpy ramp for your bridge.

String, or ribbon, can be used for the suspension bridge to add a pattern even to the side of the bridge.

And blue fabric can be used for the river or for the stream.

Small stones could be used under the bridge or to add detail to the towers.

Paint could be added for patterns, or to create a brick effect, or just for colour.

And tissue paper, or brown paper, could be scrunched, rolled, folded to add texture to the bridge for the structure or for the water underneath it.

All of these materials give different effects, and you can use them in different ways, and use different colours of them, as well, to add extra detail.

So card could be coloured, metallic, glossy, or mirrored card.

Sequins or glitter shapes.

You might use felt or fabric or ribbons.

You could use pompoms and pipe cleaners, straws or lolly sticks, bubble wrap, cellophane or foils.

And there's many, many more.

And all of these can be used in different colours and different sizes, different shapes to add all the different effects.

You could also use paint, glitter paints or felt pens.

Andeep says, "Remember that you can cut, shape, fold, and roll materials to give your bridge a different appearance." Well done, Andeep.

So you might cut, shape, fold, or you could crease it.

Well done.

So when cutting and shaping paper, card, and other materials, we must remember that scissors are a tool, so we need to remember to hold them carefully, sit down when we are cutting, and only cut paper, cards, and materials for your project with the scissors.

Well done, everyone.

Great listening.

We're ready for our first task now, task A.

And I'd like you to show your friend your bridge design and your bridge model.

And I want you to talk about the materials you're going to use for each part of your bridge to finish it.

Pause the video now and have a talk with your friend.

Welcome back.

How did you get on talking to your friend? Have you got lots of great ideas to finish your bridge? Brilliant.

Well, Jake says, "I'm going to use brown crepe paper, and tissue paper, to cover the bridge structure.

I can then glue some small bricks on it using brown paper.

I'll cover the reinforced wide base with blue tissue paper, and glitter pen, to create the river, and using green tissue paper for the fresh grass on one side of the bridge, and yellow for the dry burnt grass on the other." Great ideas, Jacob.

We are now ready for our second part of our lesson, adding detail, and finishing touches, to the bridge.

Think carefully about your best joining techniques to use to finish your bridge.

You might use a glue stick, you might use masking tape, staples, or sticky tape.

We are ready for our next check for understanding.

Hope you've been listening very carefully.

So which joining techniques would be best to add paper to your bridge? A glue stick, masking tape, or scissors? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So which joining techniques would be best to add paper to your bridge would be: the glue stick and the masking tape.

Well done, everyone.

Very often we'd like to use paint within our work in our final pieces.

And therefore paint and masking tape is a good combination.

That means that when you paint on top of the masking tape, you can hide the masking tape.

It becomes part of your work.

However, if we use sticky tape, very often it doesn't work, because the sticky tape has got a plastic film.

Laura says, "Remember, masking tape can be painted however paint does not work on sticky tape." Well done, Laura, thank you.

We are ready for our next check for understanding now, hope you were listening.

It's a true or false question.

You can paint on masking tape and on sticky tape.

Is that true or false? Pause video now and have little think.

Welcome back.

So you can paint on masking tape and on sticky tape is false.

Why? Why is it false? Brilliant.

It is false because paint will stick to masking tape, paint will not stick to plastic.

And sticky tape is smooth, shiny and sticky plastic.

Well done.

We're ready for task B now.

And I wonder if you can listen really carefully to what you need to do.

I'd like you to use a range of materials to finish your bridge.

Remember to make it unique and attractive to others.

Use a range of materials to show different textures and to give different appearances.

And then remember to think about the right joining techniques to use.

Pause video now and complete task B.

Welcome back.

Hope you had lots of fun completing Task B.

Have you managed to finish your bridge? Does it look unique and attractive to others? Have you used different materials to show textures and to give different appearances? And did you think very carefully about your joining techniques? Excellent.

Well, Jacob said, "This is my finished bridge.

It was quite hard to paint and I added some felt and little foam bricks." That is beautiful, Jacob.

Well done.

Did you finish your bridge models? Have you shared them with a friend? Excellent.

We've reached the end of our lesson for today to develop and finish a bridge.

And I wonder if you can show me a thumbs up if you feel you've met these learning points along the way.

Super.

Finishing products by decorating them makes them more attractive.

Well done.

Paint and other materials can be used to decorate bridges.

Super.

And paint can be used on wood and cardboard but not on plastic.

Well done.

Super work for today and I'll see you soon.

Bye.