Lesson Three – Joining Materials

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using papier mache to join and combine pairs of different materials to produce a matching sculpture on a specific theme or idea.
The class can explore and model how to join a cone to a cuboid shape using papier mache to make a strong bond between the materials when creating a new shape for a sculpture.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using papier mache to join and combine pairs of different materials to produce a matching sculpture on a specific theme or idea
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different materials that have been used to make a sculpture and a worksheet to practise joining pairs of card shapes using papier mache to make a strong bond between the materials.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to join pairs of different materials using papier mache for a sculpture on a specific theme.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to explore how to shape and combine different recycled materials to produce a sculpture reflecting the theme of recycling. 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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