Activity 1 – Measuring Out
Learning objective:
 To accurately measure using a ruler
Task:
1. Draw a square with 5cm sides
2. Draw a rectangle that is 7cm long and 3cm
wide
3. Draw a 2cm border around a piece of
paper
4. Draw a 6cm square and draw a small circle
in the centre
5. Draw any sized circle using a compass
6. Draw a circle, using a compass with a
radius of 3cm
7. Draw an equilateral triangle that is 6cm
high, with a 5cm wide base
Activity 2 – Cutting Out
Learning objective:
 To accurately cut out using scissors
Task:
Cut out the following shapes in order using a
pair of scissors. The aim is to cut out each
shape without going off the lines.
1. Square
2. Rectangle
3. Triangle
4. Pentagon
5. Hexagon
6. ‘L’ shape
7. Star
8. Circle
9. Speech bubble
10. 16 point star
Activity 3 – Folding
Learning objective:
 To accurately fold along lines
Task:
1. Fold a piece of paper in half
2. Now fold in half again, to make quarters
3. Using the piece of lined A4 paper, fold
along all the lines, trying to keep them
straight.
4. Draw a square and fold along the lines
5. Draw a triangle and fold along the lines
Activity 4 – Using a hole punch
Learning objective:
 To use a hole punch accurately
Task:
3. Hole punch a piece of paper using the A4
guide
4. Hole punch a piece of paper using the A3
guide
5. Hole punch a piece of paper using the A5
guide
6. Put one hole punch into the paper
7. Draw a dot onto the paper and try to hole
punch over it. Keep practising.
Activity 5 – Using paper clips
Learning objective:
 To use paper clips to join materials
Task:
1. Cut out all the different parts of the body
and attach them together using paper clips
2. Attach different shapes and materials
together using paper clips. What can you
make?
Activity 6 – Using glue and sticky tape
Learning objective:
 To join materials accurately using glue
and tape
Task:
1. Make a cube out of 6 squares. You can
choose any material, but they must be
joined using tape
2. Now attach objects to the cube using glue
and tape.