Sculpture and 3D: Clay houses

This unit focuses on teaching pupils to shape and decorate clay, create a pinch pot, design and make a clay tile with house features. It emphasises practical skills in working with clay and applying artistic techniques in a structured project. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Exploring clay

  • To use my hands as a tool to shape clay.

Lesson 2: Pinch pots

  • To shape a pinch pot and join clay shapes as decoration.

Lesson 3: Applying skills in clay

  • To use impressing and joining techniques to decorate a clay tile.

Lesson 4: Designing a tile

  • To use drawing to plan the features of a 3D model.

Lesson 5: House tiles

  • To make a 3D clay tile from a drawn design.

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key vocabulary

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