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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 4: Giant spider model part 1

Working as a class to recreate Louise Bourgeois' 'Maman' spider sculpture (1999), the children will plan and create the legs and body of the spider.

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Learning objective

To work collaboratively to plan and create a sculpture.

Success criteria

I can work cooperatively.
I can create different parts

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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

Science

Animals, including humans

Describe and compare

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange the children into pairs. Display the Presentation: Fact tennis and ask the children to take turns to present a new fact about creating a 3D tree of life model. Ask them to think about the techniques they used and any artists they may have seen.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May find it hard to roll the paper tightly and will need some assistance.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could suggest how the arrangement of the struts can make the model more even e.g. “We need to add an extra strut to this leg as it’s thinner than the others.”

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: working successfully with others; sustaining effort

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Vocabulary definitions

Vocabulary for this lesson has been introduced in lessons 1 - 3.

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In this unit

Assessment - Art and design Y1: Sculpture and 3D

Lesson 1: Tube towers

Lesson 2: 3D drawings

Lesson 3: Tree of life

Lesson 4: Giant spider model part 1

Lesson 5: Giant spider model part 2

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Simon Chubb

Art and Design specialist

Simon is a teacher, cartoonist and artist. He uses his 25 years of experience to teach art in schools and has his own workshop business ‘Scartoons’ in which children create comic characters and strips. Simon is a member of The Cartoonists Club of…

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