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3. Primary : 'Sustainability in Textiles'

3. Primary : 'Sustainability in Textiles'

By Textiles Skills Centre

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Highlights

  • On-Demand workshop

  • 1 hour

  • All levels

Description

3. Primary : ‘Sustainability in Textiles’

(ONLINE ON-DEMAND COURSE)

What this Course is About

This is Resource 3 in a series of textile resources created for primary teachers.

The aim of this course is to give pupils their first experience of sustainable textiles through a mix of fun, hands-on activities and creative learning.

Pupils will explore what sustainable textiles are, why we should use them, and how they are made, the future of innovative fabrics, while also making links to everyday life, careers, and creativity.

The resource includes:

  • Practical activities (designing for the future, making new laws, fix it activities)

  • Worksheets and games to support learning

  • Spotlights on designers, shops and careers in textiles

  • Cultural and cross curricular links

  • Equipment needed and health & safety

  • Reflect and recall sheets to consolidate knowledge

By the end of this course, pupils will have developed a understanding of sustainable textiles and the role they play in our lives, as well as enjoyed creative opportunities to redesign their future.

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Resource Aims:

  • Introduce pupils to sustainable development, understanding the 6 R's and environment symbols and meanings

  • What is the environmental impact of textiles?

  • Rethinking Fashion: How are environmental designers & shops shaping a sustainable future

  • Sustainability-The Future-Looking at environmental awareness and tackling climate change and new fibres and fabrics

Practical Activities:

  • Fix it activity
    Teach children basic mending skills and the importance of caring for and extending the life of their clothing.

  • Repair activities linked to careers
    Sashiko patch repair
    Design and grow from seeds

  • Futures activity
    Make New Laws for a Sustainable Textile Future
    Designing a futures garment

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Who is this course for?

This resource is designed for any primary school teacher who would like to introduce pupils to sustainable textiles. While it is not curriculum-specific, the activities can be used to support both the Art & Design and Design & Technology curriculum, with a clear focus on textiles.

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Key Notes for Teachers

  • Practice first: It’s recommended that teachers try out the activities themselves before delivering them in class.

  • Flexible use: The resources are designed in a sequence, but you can dip into them in any order depending on your pupils’ needs.

  • Timing: There are no strict time limits—teachers can choose to deliver a single activity, or take a resource through its full progression with a class.

  • Stage, not age: The resources are built on the principle of meeting pupils where they are in their learning journey. Teachers may wish to check pupils’ prior knowledge before starting.

What to Expect: The Resources

  • What is Sustainable development - presentation - includes activities

  • Sustainability - the important words, symbols and their meaning

  • The environmental impact of textiles - presentation - Becoming a clothes detective

  • Fix it don't throw it - Repair station - Activities & Sustainable style Hero badge

  • Environmental designers and shops - Reimagining the future of textiles!- Rethinking Fashion: How Environmental Designers & Shops Are Shaping a Sustainable Future

  • Careers - Ava Wolsey; La Dolce Vita; crafting the art of slow living; 7 sustainability Video & fixing activities

  • Careers - Leah Gasson; Wear, Plant, Grow - Video with 2 activities

  • Sustainability - The Future - New environmental textiles for the future - presentation and futures activity

  • Reflect and recall

  • Games for learning

workshop Content

10 sections•19 lessons
INTRODUCTION7 lessons
  1. 1WELCOME
  2. 2BENEFITS OF TEXTILES FOR PUPILS
  3. 3YOUR RESOURCE PLAN
  4. 4HEALTH & SAFETY
  5. 5EQUIPMENT
  6. 6YOUR TRAINER
  7. 7TERMS & CONDITIONS
RESOURCE PLAN1 lessons
  1. 1RESOURCE PLAN
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?2 lessons
  1. 1WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT & THE 6 R's
  2. 2SUSTAINABILITY: THE IMPORTANT WORDS, SYMBOLS & THEIR MEANING
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF TEXTILES1 lessons
  1. 1THE ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT OF TEXTILES
FIX IT - DON'T THROW IT1 lessons
  1. 1FIX IT - DON'T THROW IT - REPAIR STATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNERS & SHOPS1 lessons
  1. 1ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNERS & SHOPS - Re-imagining the future of textiles!
CAREERS - WITH ACTIVITIES3 lessons
  1. 1CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
  2. 2AVA WOLSEY: La Dolce Vita - Crafting the Art of Slow Living & Sustainability
  3. 3LEAH GASSON: WEAR, PLANT, GROW
SUSTAINABILITY: THE FUTURE1 lessons
  1. 1SUSTAINABILITY: THE FUTURE OF TEXTILES
REFLECT & RECALL1 lessons
  1. 1REFLECT & RECALL
GAMES1 lessons
  1. 1GAMES

About The Provider

Textiles Skills Centre

The TEXTILES SKILLS CENTRE brings together industry and education experts to support, develop and deliver resources, courses and events for textiles teachers, trainers and the...

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