Design Technology – Carnival Costumes (Upper Key Stage 2)

This unit of work forms part of the Primary Design Technology scheme of work which features over 60 units of work designed to deliver outstanding outcomes for primary school children in design technology. Each unit contains lesson slides for each session, downloadable resources, planning and a knowledge organiser. Comprehensive medium-term planning includes

• Unit overview and sequence of learning
• Prior learning needed and links to other curriculum areas
• Learning statements (from our curriculum pathway document)
• List of resources and background information to support teaching and learning
• Key vocabulary for the unit of work
• Teaching activities (investigative and focus tasks)
• Teaching activities (designing and making)
• Advice for challenge and support strategies
• Assessment indicators that children are keeping up with the curriculum

Accompanying this unit is further information about the scheme of work and the progression chart and vocabulary list used when creating the scheme of work.

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Design Brief: Design and Make Fashion Waistcoat to wear at the Class Carnival Parade

Sequence of Learning for Teachers

In this unit of work children become costume designers. They design and make a carnival costume to wear in the class carnival parade. The costume consists of a waistcoat and matching mask that are designed around a common carnival theme. Children learn about carnival and the history of waistcoats. They learn how to create a pattern template for a waistcoat and using this pattern template, they cut and assemble fabric pieces, adding buttons and pockets to create a waistcoat product. Children choose a theme for their carnival costume and create a mood board of ideas and images to reflect this theme. Using the mood board they have created, they design and make a waistcoat and matching face mask applying a range of decorative techniques to create their carnival costume. They showcase their carnival costume in the class fashion parade.

This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions:

1. Investigate 1 –What is Carnival? & Focus Task 1 – Fashion Designers and Mood Boards.
2. Investigate 2 – What is a Waistcoat? & Focus Task 2 – Making a Waistcoat.
3. Focus Task 3 – Adding Pockets and Fastenings.
4. Design and Make: Costume Designer.
5. Design and Make: Costume Maker.
6. Evaluation: Evaluation activities and class carnival parade.

Some activities / sessions can be re-arranged or delivered in different ways in the learning sequence to allow for whole-class teaching and/or small adult-led sessions to take place at the same time.