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Lesson 4: Giant spider model part 1 (Original scheme)

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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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Some may find it hard to roll the paper tightly and will need some assistance.

Pupils working at greater depth: 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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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…
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