These Clothes were made for Wearing - L1LP Short Course

The strands in this short course are:

Strand 1: Clothes we wear. In this strand students learn about dressing appropriately for different contexts. It involves identifying and recognising items of clothing, and how these relate to their own bodies. Students also focus on their own dressing needs and choose a new skill to develop.

Strand 2: Fabric and fashion, fun and frolics. This strand broadens the students’ knowledge of fabric and clothing outside their everyday experience. It provides opportunities for students to explore costume, fashion and jewellery through the arts and the senses. Mathematical skills related to colour and pattern are emphasised.

Fabric and Fashion, Fun and Frolics

Strand 3: Where do clothes come from?In this strand students learn about how clothes are made through a variety of fine motor and sensory experiences. They are introduced to the story of wool. They learn about different kinds of clothes shops and have opportunities to practise skills for shopping, safety and travel.

The Story of Wool

Strand 4 : Taking care of our clothes.This strand prioritises daily living skills related to clothing. Students participate in washing, drying and storing their clothes. Concepts of sustainability are introduced and students are given opportunities to care for and dispose of clothes in environmentally friendly ways. Mathematical skills such as matching, sorting and sequencing are practised in real life contexts relevant to the student.

Numeracy

Sustainability

Students may use any form of expression including oral, gesture, sign, symbol and speech generating devices to identify items, make choices and demonstrate understanding.

The learning outcomes in this short course are aligned with the level indicators for Level 1 of the National Framework of Qualifications.

The course has been designed for approximately 100 hours of student engagement.

Learning outcomes are statements that describe what knowledge, understanding, skills and values students should be able to demonstrate having completed this junior cycle short course. The learning outcomes set out in the following tables apply to all students and represent outcomes for students at the end of their period of study (approximately 100 hours).

The outcomes are numbered within each strand. The numbering is intended to support teacher planning in the first instance and does not imply any hierarchy of importance across the outcomes themselves.

Students learn about

Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to

What should I wear?

1.1 Identify familiar clothing .

1.2 Link clothes to a variety of settings

1.3 Investigate clothes and accessories that keep them safe

Clothes and my body

1.4 Match clothes to parts of the body

1.5 Compare clothes by size

1.6 Create a timeline of growth and match clothes to stage of life

1.7 Identify clothes that keep them private

Dressing

1.8 Learn or refine a new skill for dressing

1.9 Engage in a sequencing activity related to dressing

Students learn about

Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to

Colour and pattern

2.1 Sort fabrics by colour

2.2 Participate in dying cloth using dyes from nature eg gorse flowers, beetroot

2.3 Experience pattern in fabric

2.4 Engage in an artistic experience that includes copying or repeating patterns on cloth

Clothes they wear

2.5 Respond with curiosity to unfamiliar clothing from another land or culture

2.6 Invite a uniformed member of the local community to visit their school eg firefighter

2.7 Visit or take part in a performance, event or venue involving costume or fashion

2.8 Participate in creating an artistic piece of work related to the clothing of their favourite pop star, superhero or movie star

Jewellery

2.9 Participate in a sensory experience of jewellery

2.10 Match accessories and jewellery to parts of body

2.11 Participate in a threading experience to create jewellery

History of clothes

2.12 Handle clothing and accessories from the past

2.13 Find pictures of old clothes and compare to more modern ones

Students learn about

Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to

Cloth

3.1 Engage in a sensory experience of different fabrics with contrasting texture, weight, colour etc

3.2 Develop fine motor skills through cooperate to create a simple piece of clothing

The story of wool

3.3 Experience the origin of wool by visiting a sheep or alpaca farm or inviting a sheep farmer to the school.

3.4 Learn that wool and woollen knitwear is produced in Ireland

3.5 Create a timeline related to the manufacture of woollen garments

Clothes shops

3.7 Explore sizes on clothes labels and on shop displays

3.8 Create a social story in preparation for clothes shopping

3.9 Recognise and identify familiar clothes shops from their signage

3.10 Participate in clothes shopping in their locality

Students learn about

Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to

Storage

4.1 Match socks and shoes in pairs

4.2 Demonstrate awareness of where clothing is stored at school and home

4.3 Learn a new skill related to storing your clothes

Laundry

4.4 Sort clothes in preparation for washing

4.5 Identify objects used in the care of clothes

4.6 Demonstrate awareness that washing labels contain information related to caring for clothes

4.7 Participate in using a washing machine

4.8 Engage in a sequencing activity related to washing clothes

4.9 Explore 2D/3D shape through collaborating on constructing a model of a washing machine from recycled materials

Sustainability

4.10 Investigate various methods for drying clothes and their source of energy

4.11 Participate in hanging clothes on a line and/or clothes horse

4.12 Participate in a sorting activity related to the sustainable disposal of clothes

4.13 Create a piece of Drama or Artwork related to sustainability