PUPPETS

ST. PETER'S C/E PRIMARY SCHOOL, STANLEY & GIRNHILL INFANT SCHOOL, FEATHERSTONE

HOME

 QCA Puppet TEMPLATES STAMPS   EXAMPLES 

                                                         

          

We designed hand puppets in order to enhance Literacy skills including speaking and listening, retelling familiar stories and making up their own plays.

A basic hand puppet template was used and then developed and adapted to make different characters.

This work relates to Q.C.A UNIT 2B-PUPPETS.

PRIOR LEARNING

VOCABULARY

RESOURCES

It is helpful if the children have:

·   drawn around a template

·   joined sheet materials using glue

·   discussed ideas with others

·   drawn products

This unit builds on early experiences with textiles eg collage and using the computer for drawing, and on Unit 1D ‘Homes’.

It also builds on Science Unit 1C ‘Sorting and using materials’.

In this unit, children will use words and phrases relating to:

·   designing eg user, list, label, drawing, ideas, mock-up, choose, decide, evaluate, try out ideas, standard unit

·   making eg plan, template, fabric, cutting out, sewing, needle, running stitch, gluing, adding

·   knowledge and understanding, eg character, puppet, seam, stitch, thread, strong, quality, features, strengthen, reflective symmetry, position, to, towards

·   examples or pictures of a variety of finger and hand puppets from a range of cultures

·   fabric for learning sewing techniques eg plastic mesh, binca, hessian

·   fabric for puppets, preferably non-fraying eg felt, dipryl (which is used for making disposable cloths)

·   doweling

·   templates, fabric scissors

·   needles, thread, fabric glue, stapler

·   felt-tip pens, wool, sequins, buttons, small pieces of fabric to use as features for the puppets

     EXPECTATIONS

      at the end of this unit:

most children will 

 

have discussed their ideas as they developed and be able to say what their design has to do; have created a puppet that works (ie is the right size and reflects the character) using a given technique; have stitched two pieces of fabric together and added features using appropriate materials and techniques

    some children will not have  made so much progress and will      

 

have made suggestions as to what they intend to do; have created a puppet with support by gluing two pieces of fabric together and added features using appropriate materials and techniques

    some children will have progressed further and will 

have reflected on their own ideas and have worked independently to create their puppet using appropriate techniques to measure, mark out and join the fabric pieces they have selected; have added features to their puppet to capture particular characteristics and expressions; have been able to identify how well the puppet works in relation to simple design criteria