Craft and design: Woven wonders

This unit focuses on developing pupils' ability to express opinions about art, use creative techniques like wool wrapping and weaving, and understand the work of artists like Cecilia Vicuña. It emphasises skills such as measuring, choosing materials, and resilience in artistic creation, catering to children's creative and cognitive development. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Is it art?

  • To know that art can be made in different ways.

Lesson 2: Wool wrapping

  • To choose, measure, arrange and fix materials.

Lesson 3: Exploring thread

  • To explore plaiting, threading and knotting techniques.

Lesson 4: Warp and weft

  • To learn how to weave.

Lesson 5: Fibre art

  • To combine techniques in a woven artwork.

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

  • Form:

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Key vocabulary

art

artist

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Unit resources

Assessment – Art and design Y1: Craft and design

Assessment resources for this unit. Use

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Knowledge organiser: Art and design – Y1 Craft and design

Aimed at pupils, a visual summary

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Key vocabulary

A display version of the key

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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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Key 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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