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Easy peasy Harvest!
(Written by Sheila Wilson, used by permission of Redhead Music Ltd)
Subject Links
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Art and Design QCA Unit 1C: What is sculpture?
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Science QCA Unit 2A: Health and Growth
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RE QCA Unit RA: What are Harvest Festivals?
Duration
45 mins – 1 hour
Learning objectives
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To create a piece of sculpture to complement singing work on Easy peasy Harvest!
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To explore using natural materials in making a piece of artwork.
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To investigate how different materials are suitable for different elements of the sculpture.
Introduction
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Share the Learning objectives with the children at the start of the session.
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Sing or listen to the song Easy peasy Harvest! together. What kind of song is it? (Humorous!) Why might fruity sculptures be
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Talk about sculpture. Why might people use natural materials?What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Resources
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Lots of quite hard fruit and vegetables in all shapes, sizes and colours
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Some leaves (cabbage is best)
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Small items of dried fruit, eg. sultanas or cranberries
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Cocktail sticks: some cut in half and some not
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Scissors
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Sharp knife
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Cutting board
Main activity
Make people, animals and other objects out of fruit.
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First cut an apple in half to form the shoulders.
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Push a length of cocktail stick into the apple, leaving a some of the end showing.
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Now take a 50cm length of cucumber and attach it to the apple by pushing it onto the protruding cocktail stick.
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Take the other half of apple and again push a cocktail stick into it, leaving some of the length sticking out.
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Place this on top of the cucumber ‘neck’.
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Using smaller pieces of stick, attach sultanas for eyes, a cherry for a mouth etc.
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Try a piece of red pepper or purple cabbage for a hat. What else could you add? Encourage the children to be as creative as they like.
If you have time, make dogs, cats and insects as well.
Differentiation
Support
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Group the children in mixed ability groups/pairs to work.
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Offer prompts of support to less able children.
Extension
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Encourage the children to evaluate and improve their work as they go along.
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Encourage the children to consider the relationship between the different figures they create and what they want to achieve overall.
Plenary
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Ask each individual, pair or group to present their work to the rest of the class. They should introduce their sculptures and explain how they selected the materials for different parts of their work.
Assessment for Learning
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Peer talk
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Self evaluation
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Success criteria
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Questioning
Differentiated success criteria
All children will:
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Work in small groups to contribute to a piece of class artwork.
Some children will:
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Be able to evaluate and select the most suitable materials for each part of their sculpture.
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Evaluate and improve upon their own work as they progress.
A few children will:
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Be able to describe the criteria they used to select materials and what they intended to achieve overall.
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Identify ways of improving both their own and others’ sculptures in group discussion.
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