Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Try out different ways to make card shapes three dimensional, e.g. folding and curving the card or joining the flat shapes together.
- Make a structure that holds its 3D shape.
- Explain in simple terms the difference between 2D and 3D art.
- Combine shapes together to make an interesting free-standing sculpture.
- Try out more than one way to create joins between shapes.
- Identify familiar 2D shapes in photographs.
- Identify shapes in the negative space between objects.
- Draw a cardboard model from different angles, focusing on shapes in the positive and negative space to achieve an abstract effect.
- Plan an abstract sculpture based on play equipment.
- Show that they have learned how to shape materials in more than one way (e.g. by folding and rolling).
- Choose appropriate methods for joining elements in their sculptures.
- Show that they have thought about how to improve their sculptures and made choices about what to add.
- Work cooperatively in pairs to add detail to their artwork.
Suggested prior learning
Sculpture and 3D: Clay houses
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Structural shapes
- To join materials in different ways when working in 3D.
Lesson 3: Seeing space
Lesson 4: Abstract sculpture
Lesson 5: Surface decoration
Key skills
Generating ideas:
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Key knowledge
Formal elements:
- Colour:
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Key vocabulary
abstract
found objects
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Unit resources
Assessment – Art and design Y3: Sculpture and 3D
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
Aimed at pupils, a single page
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Unit vocabulary
Subject resources
Art and design: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Art
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National curriculum mapping
This document maps the National curriculum
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Assessment
A spreadsheet for recording teacher assessments
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Unit vocabulary
This document lists the new vocabulary
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Equipment list
A checklist of art equipment required
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Art and design – List of artists
This document lists the artists studied
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Design and technology: Technical knowledge
Mathematics: Geometry – properties of shapes