Hi everyone.

I'm Mrs. Courts.

I'm very pleased to join you for today's lesson on fabric properties.

This is part of the templates in textiles, hand puppets unit.

Our lesson outcome for today is I can explore fabrics and their properties.

To do this, we have four new keywords.

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

Are you ready? Super! Properties.

Properties.

Brilliant! Properties are words to describe what a material is like.

Fabric.

Fabric.

Super! Fabrics are materials used to make clothes, blankets, and curtains, for example.

Manmade.

Manmade.

Super! Manmade are materials that come from sources made by humans such as plastic.

Natural.

Natural.

Super! Natural materials are materials that come from natural sources.

Natural materials could be cotton or leather.

Well done everyone.

Great listening.

In our lesson today of fabric properties, we have got two learning cycles.

Two parts to our lesson.

Our first learning cycle is exploring properties of fabrics.

These objects are all made from different materials.

What do you think they're made from? A door handle and lock, a jug, a chair, and a ball.

What do you think they're made from? Well, the door handles made of metal.

Well done.

Did you guess the jug? The jug's made from glass.

Some jugs could be made from plastic.

The chair is made of wood, and the football is made of plastic.

Sofia says, "A material is what an object is made from." Well done, Sofia.

And fabric is a type of material.

There are many different types of fabrics and they are all different and used for different purposes.

We're ready for our first check for understanding now.

Hope you're listening.

A material is, what an object sounds like, what an object's made from, or what an object looks like? A, B or C.

Pause video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

Did you get the answer? Brilliant! So material is what an object is made from.

Well done everyone.

Do you recognise any of these objects? Well, they're all made from different fabrics.

Have a little look.

There's a teddy bear, you might spot the hat, there's some bedding, trousers, jumper, and shoes.

Materials have different properties.

Can you say that word? Properties.

Well done.

Properties are one of our keywords for today.

So we can describe a material's property by describing what a material is like and we might describe: does it bend? What does it feel like? Does it cut easily? Is it manmade or natural? And what does it look like? Some fabrics are made from materials from natural sources.

Another one of our keywords today, natural.

Can you say that word, natural? Well done.

Such as cotton, wool, and silk are natural materials.

They are also biodegradable.

And here's a picture of silk and cotton.

Some of our fabrics are made for materials that are manmade.

Manmade is one of our keywords.

Can you say manmade? Brilliant! So manmade material is plastic.

Manmade materials have been made by humans.

You might see net fabric there in the picture, or polyester, or the weave fabric.

We are ready for our next check for understanding now.

So true or false, all fabrics are natural, true or false? Pause video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So all fabrics are natural is false.

Well done everyone.

Why is it false? Why? That's right, some fabrics are natural but others are manmade.

Well done.

This is soft felt.

Can you see it in the picture? Well, some felt is manmade and some is from natural sources such as wool.

Felt is made by matting and pressing the fibres together using heat and moisture.

Felt is a very good strong fabric and can be easily shaped.

This is hessian.

Hessian is made from fibres from jute plants.

Jute plants grow in hot parts of the world and hessian comes in different colours and thicknesses, and is known for being strong and hard to cut.

This is weave fabric, and weave Fabric is usually made from cotton, which is a natural material.

It is strong and not too bendy and has holes in it to help people learn how to sew, often it's strengthened, and it comes in lots of different colours and it's easy to cut and shape.

This is silk and silk is a natural material made by caterpillars of the silkworm moth.

The caterpillars spin cocoons, which are then collected and used to produce silk fabric.

Could you see the silk fabric? Brilliant! And here's some eggs which lead to the silk worms, the cocoon, and the silk worm moth.

This is wool and wool is a natural material which mostly comes from the fleece of sheep.

The sheep are sheared, which means trimmed, and their coats are washed before being turned into wool.

The wool will be spun to make threads which can be knitted and woven into fabric.

So here's the sheep who create wool, and then you can get your clothing, your gloves, for example.

Properties are words to describe what a material is like.

That's one of our keywords.

Can you say the word, properties? Brilliant! By using our senses we can explore different fabrics to find the best one for the puppet project.

We might use our sight, our eyes.

We might use our ears for hearing.

We might use our hands to touch.

There's also smell.

What do you use for smell? That's right, your nose.

And taste.

But which senses would we not use when exploring properties of fabric for our puppets? Have a little think.

Which senses would we not use? That's right, smell and taste.

We don't want to be smelling the fabric and we don't want to be tasting it.

We want to see what it looks like, we might listen to see what it sounds like when we move it around and scrunch it up, and we might use our hands to touch and feel to see what it feels like.

Well done everyone.

We are ready for our first task now task A.

And I'd like you to explore fabrics using your senses.

So complete these tasks.

Use feely bags to explore the texture of fabrics, that's using your hands.

Use a magnifying glass to explore what fabrics look like, that's using your eyes.

And scrunch fabrics to explore what fabrics sounds like, that's using your ears.

Well done.

And then finally, sort fabrics based on whether they are hard or soft, have holes or have no holes.

Pause the video now video and have a go at task A.

Welcome back.

I hope you have lots of fun completing task A, using the feely bags, using your hands, using the magnifying glasses to see what things look like, using your ears to see if you can hear the material being scrunched up, and sorting the different fabrics based on whether they're hard or soft, or holes or no holes.

While the Oak children had lots of fun exploring the different stations, Jun said, "I really enjoyed moving around the different activities.

My favourite activity was using magnifying glass to zoom in and to see the threads in the fabric." Sam said, "I enjoyed sorting the materials into rough and smooth.

However, I added a new sorting hoop for the materials that had a smooth front and a rough back to the fabric.

My teacher was very impressed.

I showed my friends." I think your teacher would be very impressed, Sam.

Well done.

Great work everybody.

We are ready for our second learning cycle now.

Second part of our lesson, joining fabrics.

Objects are often made by joining pieces of fabric together.

These are different ways you might join fabrics such as felt, you might use glue, a stapler, or stitches, safety pin, pin, or double-sided tape.

The legs, claws, and eyes on this crab puppet have been joined using PVA glue.

While PVA glue is very good to join fabric and other materials together, but it can be a bit messy so therefore you only need a small dot of glue and you can always use more, but it's very hard if you put too much on to remove it from your puppets.

This fabric has been sewn together using stitches.

Here are the stitches.

Can you see them? Some of your clothing you'll be able to spot the stitches easily.

Others, you might have to see if they're on the inside.

Sewing is a good way to join fabric together, but it does not work with other materials, such as paper, card, and wobbly eyes.

It can be hard to sew through lots of layers of fabric too.

This bag has been pinned together, while pins can be quite dangerous and will not hold together for a long time.

This is a stapler and staples can be used to join fabric and other materials together.

Metal staples can be dangerous, so keep your fingers away.

And although staples are great to hold one or two little pieces together, if you have lots of staples in a piece of work, it can look a little bit untidy.

Here is a sock puppet, and the eyes and the tongue have been attached using double-sided tape.

Double-sided tape can be quite tricky to use because the backing paper needs to be peeled away.

It can join fabric and other materials together and can't be seen.

But unfortunately on some materials, double-sided tape doesn't hold for very long.

Safety pins can be used to hold different fabrics together for a very short time.

They can usually be seen though and equally quite dangerous because they're very, very sharp.

People can catch their fingers on them when they're closing them.

So be very careful if you do use these.

We're ready for our next check for standing now.

So true or false, joining techniques are ways to take things apart, true or false? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So true or false, joining techniques are ways to take things apart is false.

Well done.

Why? That's right.

Joining techniques are ways to join two things together correctly.

Well done everyone.

Good methods of joining felt include glue, stapling, and sewing.

Therefore, we're ready for our next check for understanding.

Hope you are listening very carefully.

So which are the best joining techniques for fabric and other materials? PVA glue, stitches, pins, safety pins? Pause video now and have a little think Welcome back.

So which are the best joining techniques for fabric and other materials? That's right, PVA glue and stitches.

Well done everyone.

We're ready for our second task now, task B.

And I'd like you to explore different joining techniques.

First, test joining some fabrics together using glue, a stapler, and some double-sided tape.

Then explore some joins using a magnifying glass.

What do you see? Have a look at some stitches, safety pins, and pins holding different fabrics together.

By using a magnifying glass, you will not need to be touching the safety pin and the pins, you can use your eyes to have a little look.

Pause video now and complete task B.

Welcome back.

Hope you have lots of fun exploring different joining techniques: glue, stapler, double-sided tape, and then using the magnifying glass for the stitches, safety pins, and pins.

Fabrics have different properties and therefore some fabrics will work better with different joining techniques than others.

Lucas said, "I enjoyed testing the glue, staples, and double-sided tape, however, the double-sided tape was quite difficult to peel the backing away from.

I had to be quite patient." Andeep said, "The safety pins and pins were very sharp, so we were told not to touch and just to look.

I don't think these will work for my puppet." He said.

I do agree, Andeep, they're quite hard to use, a safety pin, and a pin are quite tricky and a bit dangerous.

Luca said, "I like the PVA glue and the staples.

They were both easy to use.

However, the PVA was quite messy, so I realised that I only needed to use a small amount of PVA glue." Well remembered, Lucas.

And Andeep said, "I really like the stitches, they look very neat and decorative." We've reached the end of our lesson for today and I hope you've had lots of fun exploring fabric properties.

I wonder if you can gimme a thumbs up if you feel you met these learning points along the way.

Are you ready? Super! There are many different types of fabric, including felt.

Well done.

Felt is a fabric usually made of wool and other fibres formed by matting and pressing fibres together using heat and moisture.

Well done.

Felt is a strong fabric and easily shaped.

Super! And felt can be joined using glue, staples, and stitching.

Brilliant! Well done everyone for your hard work today and I'll see you soon.

Bye.