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Mask Making
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.
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Batik Technique
Introduce children to the techniques of flour resist batik and explore the history of batik in Africa. Children get a chance to practise the methods themselves.
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Beads On The Catwalk
Hold a fashion show in class! Children create their own beadwork belts based on Ndebele designs and using traditional methods. Sensational!
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Beadwork Fashion
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
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Get Beading!
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.
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Cloth Creation
Inspired by the Adinkra cloths worn on special occasions all over Ghana, children create their own versions. Children think carefully about overall design of their cloth and how they will block print using stamps.
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Wall hangings
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.
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Icon Creation
Create an Ethiopian pocket icon. Children explore techniques of painting on wood and create their own icon images based on their studies.
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Terrific Tagine
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!
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Plantain Parties
Children discuss how all cultures have celebrations and festivals – special days in which special foods are eaten and shared. In parts of West Africa a child’s 5th birthday is special as many do not live to be five. Children make fried plantain and decorate plates.
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Family Food
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.
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Designing an Amphitheatre
Children continue the work on gladiators and Roman entertainment and look at amphitheatres. They study what they look like and realise that these varied from place to place. They begin to plan and design their own model amphitheatre.
Suitable for years 3 and 4.
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Water Cycle in Miniature
On Earth we still have the same drops of water that touched the lips of the dinosaurs! In this session children use all that they have learnt in the previous session to create a self contained bottle garden.
Suitable for years 3 and 4.
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Design & Make Catapults
Children look again at Roman catapults. Using a wide variety of materials, incl some mechanical components, they design & create a working model of a catapult in the Roman style. They develop their ideas, then compete to see whose catapult works best!
Suitable for years 3 and 4.