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• To make a train and carriage to link with a springtime celebration.
This could be used as a carrier for Easter eggs or other appropriate
items.
• To develop designing and making skills for Design and Technology.
NC Links: D & T 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3b, 4a
• To develop Art and Design skills. NC Links: 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b,
4a, 4b, 5
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This
task is designed specifically to develop skills and does not, in
the initial task, require children to consider design or material
selection. Often, quite appropriately, the majority of time spent
on a task addresses design and evaluation. However, it is important
also to ensure that we provide sufficient opportunities for children
to develop skills, including following instructions.
If
you are celebrating the Christian Festival of Easter you may wish
to use the train as a container for eggs. This may be done as a
gift for the children, or for them to take as a gift for a parent
or carer.
Although
the making is relatively straightforward, it will take about three
hours. You may wish to set aside a block of time, therefore, on
one day. Alternatively, you may prefer to spread the activity over
two or three lessons.
Instruction
sheets and templates for the children to use are provided below,
but ideally, children should complete this task in small groups
under the supervision of a classroom assistant or other adult. As
far as possible it will be helpful if groups have children of similar
abilities. This will make it easier to maintain the pace most appropriate
to all group members.
The
instructions are, necessarily, limited and it is therefore important
to carefully talk through the tasks with the children. It would
be beneficial if the teacher completed this task before sharing
it with pupils. In doing this, you may be able to identify any potential
problems a specific group of children may have. It is essential
that children are encouraged to cut and combine items with care
and accuracy, with guidance being given on how best to do this.
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You
Can Make pupil instructions plus a template for making a springtime
train and carriage are provided here.
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can be printed off and then photocopied. Each child should be given
a copy of these instructions even if an adult is working with them.
They can be given as complete A4 sheets or cut up into individual
activity cards. One purpose of this task is to help children to develop
the ability to work from a set of instructions. If possible, children
should be encouraged to collect at least some of the equipment and
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Click
here for step-by-step pupil instructions for Springtime
Train. Print off x1 copy per child.
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Click
here for template required to make the Springtime
Train. Print off x1 template sheet of each per child.
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Welcome
to the Key Stage 1 Spring Term resource material. The Art and Design
project is the construction of an springtime train and carriage
(which can be filled with goodies to make an Easter gift.)
The
pupil information sheets 'Did You Know?' contain information about
Spring and Easter, with additional items on early railways.
In
addition, a range of Literacy Support Activities are included, these
are:
• Different Ages, Different Names (the young of animals).
• A writing frame.
• Spelling (words identified through SATS, as those children
of this age band find difficult.)
• The word 'Spring' (using the letters in this word to find
other words, based upon clues.)
• Questions about Spring.
• An Easter wordsearch.
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