Lesson video

Hi everyone, I'm Mrs. Courts, and I'm very pleased to join you for today's lesson to test and talk about the final playground structure.

This is part of the Freestanding Structures Playgrounds unit.

Our lesson outcome for today is, I can test my playground structure to see how strong it is and talk about the results.

Our lesson today has four new keywords.

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

Are you ready? Super.

Stable, stable.

Brilliant.

Stable means something that's in place and will not fall over.

Testing, testing.

Testing is trying something to see if it works so that changes or improvements can be made.

Success criteria, success criteria.

Brilliant.

A success criteria is a list which helps to see if the object does what it is expected to do.

And finally, our final word is feedback.

Feedback.

Wonderful.

Feedback are comments or suggestions on how to improve a product.

Our lesson today, to test and talk about the final playground structure, has two parts, two learning cycles.

And our first part is testing and explaining ideas.

Are you ready? Super.

Testing is a way to check whether something works, and it also allows the designer to find ways to change and improve it.

For the playground and its equipment to work, it is important that it meets the design specification.

Sophia says, "With using a mock-up model of a playground, the testing would be by checking it works, using model characters." Well done, Sophia.

Great idea.

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

So, I hope you're listening really carefully.

Excellent.

So, a true or false question.

Testing is a way of checking that something is finished.

True or false? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So, true or false? Testing is a way of checking that something's finished is false.

Why? Super.

Testing is a way of checking whether something works, and it allows the designer to find ways to change it and to improve it.

Well done, everyone.

So, take a few minutes to have a look through Oak class's design specification.

You may have written your own design specification, which you can have a look at later.

The problem for Oak class was the pupils were upset because their playground was broken.

The solution for Oak class, we're fixing the problem, is the school's getting a new playground.

So, the pupils are helping the head teacher to design it.

The users of the playground will be the pupils.

And the purpose, the reason for it, is to allow the children to play, climb, and to enjoy learning.

The needs of the playground are, it needs to be fun, it needs to be freestanding, and it needs to be strong.

Designers test throughout the making process, and this helps them to make sure that everything works.

By testing at the end, if something was broken, you wouldn't notice it until the end of the making process.

So therefore, Sophia says, "If the playground and its equipment doesn't work, and it's not strong, and stable, and freestanding, it might be unsafe to use." Very good point, Sophia.

Designers use their design specification to create a success criteria to test against.

The success criteria for a playground and its equipment could be it is stable and strong; the anchors and braces, for example, hold it in place; it's fun, exciting, and adventurous for the children to play on; and finally, it might be freestanding.

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

So, I hope you're listening really carefully.

Super.

So, success criteria helps designers to A, check the product does what it's expected to do; B, design the features of a new product; and C, to find out about what users want the product to do.

Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So, success criterias help designers to check that a product does what the product is expected to do.

Well done, everyone.

So therefore, if something works, then it is a success.

It works.

It's successful.

To test the mock-up playground, the children in Oak class used their miniature characters they made from the modelling dough.

They tested the miniature character could fit down the slide, for example, sit on the carousel, the roundabout, and stay on the swing.

They gave them a tick for each one.

You're ready for Task A now, and I'd like you to, first of all, test that your mock-up playground and its equipment works.

And then I'd like you to check you've met all of the success criteria.

Remember, this is taken from your design specification.

Your success criteria might be it is stable and strong, using the anchors and the braces, et cetera, to hold it up.

It could be that it is fun, exciting, and adventurous for the children to play on.

And it could be that it's freestanding.

You may choose different success criteria based on your design specification.

Pause the video now, and test your mock-up playground and its equipment works.

Welcome back.

I hope you had lots of fun testing your mock-up playgrounds and equipment and you wrote your success criteria and checked it against that.

Well done.

Well, Andeep said, "My playground structure's very stable and strong.

It's got a wide base to keep it freestanding." And Sophia said, "My swing structure was made from cardboard straws.

Oh, I forgot to reinforce them, so they became quite bendy.

My friend reminded me, so I added pipe cleaners to reinforce and anchors to hold it in place." Well done, everybody.

Great testing.

We're ready for the second part of our lesson now on testing and talking about the final playground structures.

And this focuses on evaluating and giving feedback.

Once the playground structure's been tested to see whether it meets the success criteria, it is important to share feedback.

Laura said, "Feedback is a way of getting people's opinions." Great understanding, Laura.

Feedback helps designers to make changes to their future work.

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

So, I hope you're listening really carefully.

Excellent.

So, feedback is a way to get, A people's favourite material; B, people's favourite colour; or C, people's opinions.

Pause the video now, and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So, feedback is a way to get people's opinions.

Well done, everyone.

Feedback is like a sandwich.

So remember to tell your friend something you liked overall, one improvement that could make it even better, and something that stood out and made it exciting or memorable.

This type of feedback is peer evaluation.

When you give feedback, remember to be, "Kind," said Izzy.

"Think of other people's feelings." That's a very good point, Izzy.

Well done.

Lucas said, "Be useful.

Think of something to help them." Another very good point there, Lucas.

Well done.

And finally, Jacob said, "Be respectful." That is a very good point.

Remember, everybody does things differently.

There are lots of different ways to collect feedback and present your findings.

You might do this through talking, through a questionnaire, presenting your ideas, through posters, or sharing work at an event.

Well done, Andeep.

Lots of great ways to present your findings, your feedback.

One way to collect your feedback is by recording other people's views and responses.

For this, we can record on a tablet, and we can use the record button.

The record button is usually the large, red button found on the camera app.

One way to present findings is to pretend to be a news reporter and to talk about what you have found.

If giving a news report, firstly, you could introduce yourself or introduce who you work for, and talk about the project.

The Oak children did a news report.

Andeep said, "Welcome to 'Oak News.

' Today we're meeting Laura, who has designed a new playground for Oak School." Well done, Andeep.

A great introduction and explanation about what you've been doing.

Laura said, "Thank you, Andeep.

Yes, I've been very busy creating a new freestanding, exciting playground.

Here is a mock-up model." So Andeep interviewed Laura, who talked about her playground mock-up model Andeep said, "Laura, tell me a bit about the playground.

What is there to do? How big is it? Who is it for?" Laura replied, "The playground is for Oak School.

It has a carousel, a swing with a saucer seat, a long slide, a climbing wall, and my favourite part is that it is huge." Lots of children can play together on it and have lots of fun." A great report there, Laura.

Well done.

Andeep then asked their friends or other people questions to find out about their views on the playground and its equipment.

For this, he used the sandwich method.

Do you remember the sandwich method? Excellent.

So he asked something they liked overall, one improvement that could make it even better, and something that stood out, made it exciting or memorable to them.

We're ready for our check for understanding now, and I wonder if you've been listening really carefully.

So, to record your feedback, what could you use? A, B, or C? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So, to record your feedback, what could you use? That's right, A, a tablet.

We're now ready for Task B, and a very exciting task.

I'd like you to become a news presenter for the day.

I want you to present your findings, your feedback, and your evaluation using the sandwich method to help you.

Remember, the sandwich method is something that you liked overall, one improvement that could make it even better.

And finally, something that stood out and made it exciting or memorable.

Pause the video now, and join me when you've completed Task B.

Have lots of fun.

Welcome back.

I hope you had lots of fun being a news presenter.

Excellent.

So, the children in Oak class enjoyed interviewing each other and presenting their interviews as news reports.

They had lots of fun recording them and watching the reports as a class.

Have you watched your report? Excellent.

Well, when asked, the Oak class could say a few things they would change if they were to make their mock-up playground structure again.

I hope you had lots of fun in this unit.

It's been very exciting creating the playground structures.

So, if you started this unit again, what would you change and what would you do differently? Maybe have a few minutes to reflect.

We've reached the end of our lesson for today, to test and talk about the final structure, and I wonder if you can show me a thumbs up if you feel you've met these learning points along the way.

Are you ready? Super.

So, final designs, or mock-ups, or prototypes can be tested against the success criteria.

Well done.

Tablets have a video record function, which can record a tour of the features of the playground structure.

Well done.

And feedback is given and shared.

Super.

Structures can be tested to see how strong and stable they are.

Excellent.

And final products can be displayed with toy figures using the play structures.

Well done.

Well, well done for all of your hard work throughout this unit and this lesson.

And I hope you've had lots of fun.

And I'll see you soon.

Bye!.