My name is Wendy Hobbs and I am an artist who has spent several years working as an HLTA. I was responsible for the art provision across the whole school, covering the full primary range, working closely with teachers to provide PPA cover to blend with their teaching. I am currently home educating my Yr6 child and many of the worksheets have been developed as part of the work we are doing.
Are there any that would enhance your school or home classroom experience?
My name is Wendy Hobbs and I am an artist who has spent several years working as an HLTA. I was responsible for the art provision across the whole school, covering the full primary range, working closely with teachers to provide PPA cover to blend with their teaching. I am currently home educating my Yr6 child and many of the worksheets have been developed as part of the work we are doing.
Are there any that would enhance your school or home classroom experience?
Let your students get hands on this Christmas, researching, designing and making their own working, eco-friendly, Christmas cracker.
This design/art unit introduces design criteria and the process of product development in a fun, seasonal activity.
This is not a colouring activity! This activity allows students to design and build a more eco-friendly, working, Christmas cracker. They will need to engage many skills including, measuring, analysis, construction techniques and annotation.
The resource includes:
PowerPoint presentation introducing the task. Looking at Design criteria and the steps students need to complete within the design process. It is a guide and starter for class discussion, specifically related to the activity.
PDF of PowerPoint slides which can be used as a handout or card set to remind students of the process the activity follows, handy if groups working at different speeds.
PDF of teachers notes relating to the PowerPoint slides. These notes are also on the PPT itself.
PDF of design worksheets. 3 worksheets, one each for recording, research, design and assessment.
PDF of teachers notes relating to the possible arrangement of lessons and objectives. It also contains a materials list and helpful hints and tips on research and cracker construction to aid design troubleshooting in class.
I used this activity with a mixed class of Yr3 and 4 students who loved it! They engaged fully with the design process and the chance to make a ‘real’ product.
Make it move!
This resource provides a unit of work for Design Technology. It combines Design, Art and Technology to enable students to produce a greeting card with moving parts for a chosen celebration.
The activity will be spread over several sessions, involving exploring and creating mechanisms in the form of sliders, single lever and linkages and then using this knowledge to design, plan and model their own card, before making a final finished card with moving parts.
This resource contains:
In PDF format
Slide and lever worksheets - black and white and colour options
design worksheet
analysis worksheet
printable photo instructions
learning objective printout
teachers notes
Power point presentation with notes
I have used this resource with primary classes from yr2 -yr6 very successfully
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