Recycled Art

This art and design scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to shape and combine different recycled materials to produce a sculpture reflecting the theme of recycling. The class can create a sculpture that reflects how different objects can be recycled for the benefit of the world.

Explore how to shape and combine different recycled materials to produce a sculpture reflecting the theme of recycling

Lesson One : Sculpture Materials

Explore how to describe and compare the properties of some of the different materials that have been used to construct a range of sculptures

Lesson Two : Changing Materials

Explain and model some of the different ways of changing the range of special materials that can be combined and shaped to produce sculptures

Lesson Three : Joining Materials

Practise using papier mache to join and combine pairs of different materials to produce a matching sculpture on a specific theme or idea

Lesson Four : Sculpture Design

Explore how to plan and record some of the special ways of shaping and combining a range of different recycled materials to create a sculpture

Lesson Five : Recycled Sculpture

Practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to produce a sculpture shape on the theme of recycling

Lesson Six : Art Gallery

Explore how to review and suggest improvements and refinements to recycled art sculptures against selected success criteria to match a specific theme or idea

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