6. Primary: 'Textiles Technology'

Practical activities (designing for the future and design challenges)

Worksheets to support learning

Spotlights on careers in textiles technology

Cultural, sustainability and cross curricular links

Health & safety

Reflect and recall sheet to consolidate knowledge

Introduces pupils to Textiles Technology – the study and application of techniques, materials, and processes used to design, create, and improve fabrics and textile products.

Develop an understanding of material properties, sustainable production, smart technologies, and modern manufacturing, while showing how textiles can solve problems in the real world.

Learn how new ideas such as smart textiles and sustainable production are changing the way we use fabrics, and how creativity and technical knowledge can be combined to design and create new ideas.

Inspire pupils to think about the future and imagine how textiles could be used to make the world a better place.

Futures Activity-design a futures jacket

Book-add the illustrations

Design a Poster

Design Challenge-Hand Verses Digital

Sock design comparison work sheet

Architectural Design Challenge with cultural presentation

Design a product to wear while riding a bicycle to school

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.

Resource plan

Health & Safety - Presentation

What is Textiles Technology? - Presentation

What is Smart Technology? - Presentation

What are Smart Textiles? – Presentation with design and illustration activities, poems and stories

What is Nano Technology? – Presentation

Sustainability and Smart Fabrics- Presentation and design activity

What is Smart Manufacturing in Textiles - Presentation

What is a Techno Designer? Presentation with design activity

Smart Technology in Textile Designing – Presentation with design challenges and worksheet

Smart Textiles That Go Beyond Fashion - Presentation and design challenge

Reflect & recall