Two paper shapes…

An old pattern that was used to make my daughter a dress! Look at the shapes and  a sheet of instructions.
An old pattern that was used to make my daughter a dress! Look at the shapes and a sheet of instructions.

 

 

Our session  on Friday 21st November explored the idea of PATTERN / TEMPLATE:

How we can use a shape (template) and cut out lots of shapes all the same…

How we can follow instructions (a pattern) to construct something…..

First of all we spoke together about these ideas and decided to use something very familiar to work from. The children looked very carefully at their own school jumper to see exactly how it was constructed… some thought it was made up of lots of parts joined together and others thought it was one shape. When we looked closer we found out for sure!

The children work in groups to spread the jumpers out flat on the table on large sheet of paper
The children work in groups to spread the jumpers out flat on the table on large sheet of paper
The children drew around the outline edge of the jumper...
The children drew around the outline edge of the jumper…
Exploring all the parts of the jumper.. the joins and edges, the children added these details to their large outline drawing.
Exploring all the parts of the jumper.. the joins and edges, the children added these details to their large outline drawing.

So we had discovered a lot of things about the clothes we wore and how they were made. We wondered if we could make other things from a TEMPLATE / PATTERN!

The children suggested we could :

trousers, frock, scarf, swimsuit, vest , hat etc

In anticipation of this session I had prepared templates and materials, parcelled the these up and sent them to St Patrick’s Crossmaglen.

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Here’s the templates I used. What do you think these shapes would make?

 

Some thought the shapes were like the inside of a shoe… others thought shapes looked like an igloo, a bridge a tunnel, a hat..

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or maybe a shoe….

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The children had a pattern for a shoe!

We followed instructions to cut out shapes from a template and put these together to create a shoe.

shapes were placed on paper and drawn around then cut out.
shapes were placed on paper and drawn around then cut out.  
Part of the shoe was a round shape so we had to cut and bend part of the edges so it would fit the sole of the shoe.
Part of the shoe was a round shape so we had to cut and bend part of the edges so it would fit the sole of the shoe.  
The the sole shape was put together with the upper. This was very tricky work!
The the sole shape was put together with the upper. This was very tricky work!  
The template, shape and shoe.
The template, shape and shoe.

There was a lot of concentration by the children and hard work to tape the two pieces together, but it worked!

A finished shoe ready to decorate!
A finished shoe ready to decorate!  

The children all thought the shoe would look better if it was decorated so there was a frenzy of activity as the children set to work again…

Look at these fantastic designs!

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After all this work we discussed the fact that these were PAPER shoes and wondered if they might be useful?

No the children decided that the shoes were NOT practical!

They might tear  a lot

someone might stand on them

they wouldn’t be strong enough

they would get soggy in the rain

They wouldn’t protect your feet

they wouldn’t keep your feet warm

they wouldn’t be safe if you jumped off a wall or landed on a stone!

Lastly we wondered who they might fit?

They were too big for the children, but they did fit Mrs Crummy!

The children thought that they wouldn’t fit Mr Madine, the Principal because he would have bigger feet because he was older!

 

 

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