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To explore a range of sliders and levers

To explore and evaluate products with moving parts

To investigate the properties of everyday materials

To explore a range of materials to help make design decisions

To explore a range of users and purposes

To investigate and evaluate cards that include a variety of mechanisms and moving parts

To generate design ideas for a congratulations card

To use skills from art and design to decorate your congratulations card

To apply a chosen mechanism to a celebration card

To evaluate your congratulations card

Mechanisms: sliders and levers

To explore a range of existing products

To work confidently within a chosen context

To experiment with different joining techniques

To use design criteria to develop ideas

To create a final design idea

To explore how to make accurate templates and pattern pieces

To explore finishing techniques

To make a final puppet product

To evaluate your puppet making simple judgements

To evaluate how suitable your puppet is for the intended user

Textiles: templates and joining techniques

Card lever mechanisms

Card slider mechanisms

Disassemble products to inspire ideas

Properties of paper and card

Mechanisms in moving cards

Joining materials in moving cards

Envelopes for moving cards

Feedback and evaluation about materials and systems

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of simple mechanisms. By making levers and sliders, pupils will apply their knowledge of the characteristics of paper and card to make their own moving cards.

Levers and sliders: moving cards

Wheels and axles in vehicles

Design specification for wheeled vehicles

Card properties and uses

Card construction techniques

Adding wheels to a vehicle

Designing a vehicle

Finishing a vehicle

Test a vehicle

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of wheels and axles. The characteristics of woods will be introduced. Pupils will analyse different vehicles and their structure to design and make their own vehicle.

Wheels and axles: vehicles

Shapes and materials used in playground structures

Simple playground structures

Creating and reinforcing playground structures

Preparing materials for playground structures

Designing playground structures

Making playground structures

Adding finishing touches to playground structures

Test and talk about the final playground structure

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of freestanding structures and how to make them more stable.  Pupils will analyse different structures, shapes and construction techniques to make piece of play equipment.

Freestanding structures: playgrounds

Design and technology

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