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Day 71 · Who needs a gentle cue?Foundation Design Tech · T2 W15–16 · Day 71 lesson

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Foundation / Design And Technologies / Term 2 / Weeks 15 16

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: Identify a person-designed pad feature, user and purpose; AC9TDEFK01. Actual familiarity needs a later approved local source.

  1. Welcome · 3 min. Tell the class: a pretend small group wants an optional “my turn/your turn” cue that a willing person can notice comfortably. Silence or a visible signal is welcome.
  2. Notice source · 4 min. Show two candidate materials. BROAD CARD and CLEAN SOFT CLOTH are labels on drawings, not tested sound or touch facts.
  3. Model · 5 min. “A person might design a broad place to make a gentle cue, so a partner knows when to answer.” Point to where a user could find it. A pad does not by itself make a musical pattern or ensure that anyone hears comfortably.
  4. Child design talk · 7 min. Child identifies one designed feature, a particular willing user and a purpose. Invite another cue channel for a listener who wants no sound: visible hand movement, written/tactile adult description or pointing. Keep the goal of communicating a cue; do not prescribe a child's sensory preference.
  5. Check/respond · 4 min. Record feature → user → intended help. If child says “cloth is quiet,” ask what a real willing listener would need to tell us before we could say that for them. If the child only names a rhythm, return to the designed pad.
  6. Exit · 2 min. “I could make a pad for ___ to ___.”