The Kayapo Indians who live in the Rainforests of Brazil are famous for their ceremonial headdresses. In this session children use the internet to study their designs before creating their own to wear in the classroom.

Time to have a go at beading! The traditional Ndebele methods of beading are demonstrated and children have a chance to experiment with this new technique.

Make a Kple Kple mask using air-dry clay. Based on their research children design and make their own versions of these fascinating African masks.

Consider where the food that we eat comes from. Grown at home, locally or in another country? Discuss food miles. Who does the shopping, cooking, washing up? Where does the water come from? Cook a meal/dish and write the recipe to send to your link school. Suitable for years 5 and 6.

Children return to the notion of a staple food. They look at uncooked couscous grain and discuss how this grain is a staple of much of North Africa and Middle East. Then children cook vegetable Tagine and enjoy eating it!

Practise cutting and joining skills by making a moving Dogger. This session links to English Plan 2 Stories with familiar settings. Learn how to cut well, make a hole in cardboard and construct moving joins using paper fasteners.

Using the techniques of flour resist batik, children create wall hangings in the style of the Mozambique batik they have studied. Children are encouraged to carefully select techniques and tools to create a quality product.

Listen to the Rhythm of the Rainforest in this session! Children start by studying the Baka people who live in the African Rainforests, looking in detail at their instruments. Children then create simple instruments of their own using junk modelling techniques.

Children discuss their favourite meals, made a model/drawing of it as session 4. One group prepares a chicken curry. All taste this and vote for either the 1950s chicken meal or the modern day curry.

Building on previous session, children make a model of a street near the school (or from imagination). Class is split in two – one group make a ‘then’ model and one a ‘now’ model – using junk modelling techniques. Display along with leaflets previously made.

Hold a fashion show in class! Children create their own beadwork belts based on Ndebele designs and using traditional methods. Sensational!

Amazing Amazonian Appliqué! Children use the work of an artist inspired by the rainforest and Deep in a Rainforest as a starting point for some art work of their own. They create simple designs and dye their fabric nature’s way in this session.

Ndebele beadwork is a thriving tradition and can be found on all sorts of modern items. Children explore how it has been used in fashion and design simple belts based on the geometric designs of the Ndebele people

Create an Ethiopian pocket icon. Children explore techniques of painting on wood and create their own icon images based on their studies.