Textiles Technology Year 7 P.E Bag Name Assessment Areas: Design Brief & Specification and Making

Page 1: Design Situation and Design Brief Name: Class: Date: Page 1: Design Situation and Design Brief Design Situation: A local school is having problems with their students keeping their PE kit secure. Often plastic carrier bags containing PE kits are lost and handed into the lost property, but cannot be identified. The students have difficulty fitting their kit into their normal school bag, which is why they bring them separately in plastic bags. The school has decided to have PE kit bags made that all the students will need to purchase. Although all of the bags will be the same shape and size they will need to be quickly and easily identified by the owner and the staff in lost property. Design Brief:

Page 2: Analysis of the Design Brief Name: Class: Date: Page 2: Analysis of the Design Brief What do I need to research?

Page 3: Basic Sewing Equipment Name: Class: Date: Basic Sewing Equipment: Small scale equipment The following items are frequently used items of equipment that you will need to use during the project. You need to become familiar with the correct terminology and purpose for which the equipment is to be used. Activity Observe the equipment illustrated and match them with a name in the box and a common use. Page 3: Basic Sewing Equipment Ironing board Pins Fabric Scissors Sewing Thread Tape Measure Tracing Wheel Needle Iron Embroidery thread Quick-un-pick 10 Used for cutting fabric and paper: _____________________________ Appliance for pressing fabrics: _____________________________ Flexible ruler for measuring fabrics: _____________________________ Used to hold a paper pattern to fabric: _____________________________ For pressing fabrics on: _____________________________ Used to decorate the surface of a fabric:_____________________________ Used to sew with, has an eye: _____________________________ Makes holes to follow on paper: _____________________________ Used for sewing by hand or machine: _____________________________ A Handy Gadget for little mistakes: _____________________________

Page 4: Safety in the Textile room Name: Class: Date: Safety in the Technology Lab Using the word bank, fill in the missing word for each sentence (use each word only once): Word Bank Tidy Run Carefully Care Burns Trailing Fingers Broken Power One Own Sharp Off Sides Metal Do not _________ or slide in the room. Handle scissors and other __________ objects with _________. Avoid ___________ cords on all electrical appliances. Be sure ___________ is switched _________ before disconnecting the iron or sewing machine. After use empty water from the steam iron _______________ to avoid scalding. Do not touch the _________ part of the iron as it _________. When machining, guide material from the _______________ do not place ___________ in front of the presser foot. Attend to your _______ work during lessons so that results will be successful. Wrap ______________ machine needles in newspaper and place into waste bin. After your lesson always leave the room neat and ________ for the next class. Only ______ person at a time should use the sewing machines. Page 4: Safety in the Textile room

Page 5: Key Competencies Name: Class: Date: COMPETENCIES TASK Complete? Sign Operation of the sewing machine Straight Stitch Pivoting Reverse Stitch Curved Stitch Zigzag stitch Sewing Safety Threading The Machine Top Thread The Bobbin Spool Bobbin Sewing Machine Parts Stitch length dial Stitch width dial Page 5: Key Competencies

Page 6: Key Competencies Test Course Name: Class: Date: Straight stitch: down the line Straight stitch: pivot at corners Zigzag Stitch: straight along line Page 6: Key Competencies Test Course X X X Straight Stitch: reverse only at beginning and end between circles X Straight stitch: Follow curved line – do not pivot X Straight stitch: Follow curved line – do not pivot

Page 7: Parts of the sewing machine Name: Class: Date: Page 7: Parts of the sewing machine Identify key parts: Stitch length dial Stitch width dial Reverse sewing lever Hand wind dial Needle release dial Presser foot lever On/Off switch

Page 8: Product Specification Name: Class: Date: When writing your product specification points try to include information about appearance, function, safety, reliability, the user and its purpose. Page 8: Product Specification Point 1 My bag should be made using no more than 1 metre of fabric. Point 2 My bag must open and close using a drawstring mechanism. Point 3 My bag must be suitable for school use. . Must = very important. Should = important. Could = changeable.

Name: Class: Date: Page 9: Design Ideas

Name: Class: Date: Page 10: Final Idea

Page 11: Testing & Evaluation Name: Class: Date: Specification Point Met Not 1 2 3 4 5 6 QUESTION YES (tally) NO Page 11: Testing & Evaluation Read through the peer questionnaire and the specification points to answer the following and evaluate your final product. Did it meet all specification points? If not, why not? What did your peer group think of your PE bag? Please explain. How would you improve the PE bag if you were given a second chance to make it? Why you would make these modifications.

Page 12: Project Evaluation Name: Class: Date: What new skills have you learn in this project? How do you think these skills will help you in the future? Which part of the project did you enjoy the most? Why? Which part of the project did you find most difficult? Why? If you could change any part of the project what would it be and how would you change it? Are there any areas that you would have preferred to have had more time? Do you think that your project was successful? If you could change anything about your bag, what would it be and why? Page 12: Project Evaluation