Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the shapes that have been used on different t-shirt designs and a template to select and combine shapes to build a t-shirt design to match a function, occasion or event [enlarge to A3].

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to design clothing patterns to match a range of different family functions, events and occasions.

This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to select and combine a range of different shapes, colours and patterns that can be used to design and print a t-shirt for a specific function or event. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.