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Lesson 4: Weaving other materials

Using their weaving skills from the previous lesson and their tie-dyed materials from Lesson 2, children weave with fabric using a loom

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Before the lesson

Learning objective

To weave using different materials

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

Develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design
Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including weaving

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: The weave may still hold well if there are a few mistakes, but adding a few wefts that are consistent should compensate for errors.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should plan through what they are making and show greater justification in their choice of materials and colours.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

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Simon Chubb,

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