Lesson Two – Garden Shapes

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to practise using plasticine to mould and create a range of special shapes to represent some of the the things found in a garden.

The class can identify and model some of the different tools and techniques that they can use when creating each of the selected shapes representing garden objects and materials.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using plasticine to mould and create a range of special shapes to represent some of the the things found in a garden

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different shapes and materials found in garden objects and a worksheet to practise using plasticine to mould a range of shapes to represent garden objects and materials.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use plasticine to mould a range of shapes to represent some of the the things found in a garden.

This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to select and use different materials to mould and shape sculptures representing a range of artefacts that might be used in a family garden location There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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