Pupils needing extra support:

Some pupils may need some one-to-one support to get started; consider seating a more confident child on each table so they can provide a model for the skills being practised. Praise efforts to try again when things don’t go right the first time.

Pupils working at greater depth: 

Encourage those children who can already plait, knot and thread confidently to try out new ideas using the techniques; for example, plaiting with fabric or combining more than three strands to plait, tying more than one kind of knot or thinking about pattern and colour combinations when threading.