Learning objective

  • To learn and apply the steps of the felt-making process.

Success criteria

  • I can follow instructions to make felt.
  • I can

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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Group the class into pairs and ask the children to tell each other as many things as they can remember about maps using the Presentation: Brain dump. This could be the features that a map could include, why we use maps or the types of maps they looked at.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could pair children strategically so that they work in mixed ability pairs; could consider any adaptations for children who may not enjoy the feeling of wet hands or wool; could wear gloves; could be in charge of pouring water, positioning wool or rolling the felt. 

Pupils working at greater depth

Should encourage them to problem-solve as they work and think about how they could recreate the map square in wool; could challenge them to try and make patterns or textures by combining wool colours, rolling pieces to create lines etc.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: following the instructions to make

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Vocabulary definitions

  • detail

    Looking at features of something which can often be seen most clearly close up.

  • felt

    A material made by layering fibres in different directions then squashing them together.

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