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Giving and receiving feedback

I can give and receive feedback.

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Giving and receiving feedback

I can give and receive feedback.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Puppets can be used to create a performance.
  2. Feedback is where other people say something about our design.
  3. Feedback can be given and received.

Keywords

  • Feedback - comments or suggestions on how to improve a product

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

  • Performance - a show, a story or a song in front of an audience

  • Success criteria - a list which helps to see if the object does what it is expected to do

Common misconception

Feedback has got to be positive.

Feedback can be positive or negative and aims to help the designer to improve on their design.


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Depending on the reason for making puppets, for example to tell a story or to share a song, pupils could additionally create their own puppet theatres, or use exisiting puppet theatres, and create their own stories / songs linked to other areas of the curriculum.
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Equipment

Puppets, puppet theatres (optional), storybooks (optional), music (optional)

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is appliqué?
Fabric that is painted.
Correct answer: Fabric that is added to another piece of fabric to decorate it.
Fabric that is cut from the puppet.
Q2.
How can appliqué be added to your puppet?
Correct answer: stitching
paint
Correct answer: glue
water
Correct answer: staples
Q3.
What does it mean to add an effect to your puppet?
to give your puppet a name to make it seem friendlier
to change the shape of your puppet to make it fit a hand
Correct answer: to add something to your puppet to make it more appealing
Q4.
What are joining techniques?
ways to pull materials apart
Correct answer: ways to join two things together correctly
ways to hold materials while you paint them

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Match these words to their meanings.
Correct Answer:feedback,comments or suggestions on how to improve a product

comments or suggestions on how to improve a product

Correct Answer:testing,trying something to see if it works so that improvements can be made

trying something to see if it works so that improvements can be made

Correct Answer:success criteria,a list which helps to see if the object does what it is expected to do

a list which helps to see if the object does what it is expected to do

Q2.
When should you test a hand puppet?
at the beginning of the making process
at the end of the making process
Correct answer: throughout the making process
Q3.
Feedback ....
must be positive.
must be negative.
Correct answer: can be positive or negative.
Q4.
Feedback can be positive or negative and aims to help the designer ...
Correct answer: to improve on their design.
to keep their design the same.
to copy other people's designs.

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