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Day 1 · Who chose the helper's shape?Foundation Design Tech · T1 W1–2 · Day 1 lesson

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Foundation / Design And Technologies / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Target/codes: notice a person's design choice and purpose in a product; AC9TDEFK01 (partial). Prepare: three designed helpers and, if approved, one real familiar broad paper notice/product from school.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Show the fictional PAPER NOTICE STAND picture; say it is a made-up example, not a tested classroom item.
  2. Notice · 4 min. Ask what a person chose (wide bottom, upright face) and who might need to read a notice. Let a child point/gesture rather than read print.
  3. Model · 5 min. Say “a person shaped this paper to try to show a message.” Compare a real approved familiar item only if available; record its actual features, not an assumed effect.
  4. Child route · 7 min. Day 1 A/B/C identify the intended user, purpose and one human choice in the print; they may draw/point/direct. Ask a new “what if it lay flat?” question without claiming a performance result.
  5. Check/respond · 4 min. Ask “How do you know someone designed it?” Record the chosen feature/purpose and whether evidence came from the print or real local object. If a child calls a natural object designed, compare what a person changed.
  6. Close · 2 min. Invite a one-sentence puppet explanation. No home product photograph or family detail is needed.