Does the type and lettering match the overall style of the package?
• Ask the children to predict how many separate pieces of card have been used. Discuss their answers, asking for reasons. • Give the children the task of carefully taking a small package apart. Discuss the results and ask the children to identify the parts of the net including the tabs. How are the different faces of the package arranged? How are the tabs used to join the ‘free’ edges of the net? Does the net need glue to hold it together or do pieces interlock? Does the package have a window cut in it? • understand how card is stiffened when a packet is made • understand that boxes are a type of packaging, and that packaging serves a variety of purposes • identify parts of a net and can explain how it was assembled • understand the need to extend the net to incorporate tabs for joining Points to note Links to this unit Design and technology: Unit 4B ‘Storybooks’ Science: Units 2A ‘Health and growth’, 3C ‘Characteristics of materials’ Information technology: Text and graphics and Units
