Integration Opportunities:
- S.P.H.E. : this project will cultivate in students a sense of belonging, it will also help them recognise and develop responsibility for their own behaviour and actions.
- English: this can provide an opportunity to explore creative writing and record writing of a process.
Materials:
Lesson 1:
Paper, pens, drawing materials (children’s choice), plasticine, cocktail sticks, lollipop sticks, barbecue skewers (it may be necessary to remove the spikes.)
Lesson 2:
Air drying clay, blunt knives, some rolling pins (empty glass bottles), clean cardboard for working the clay
on (this protects the table.)
Tips:
- When working with clay try to make the thickness of an object consistent throughout. If some parts of an object are much thinner than others they are likely to crack.
- If you show children example objects they will inevitably copy this object, in order to encourage a free, creative exploration with clay, keep such examples to a minimum.