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Lesson 4: Craft: Soap sculptures (Original scheme)

Referring to the works of Barbara Hepworth, children use a variety of tools to carve a piece of soap into a sculpture

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Before the lesson

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Learning objective

  • To create a small scale sculpture

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Improve their mastery of Art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]

Success criteria

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Cross-curricular links

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Attention grabber

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Main event

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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: May need help in selecting the appropriate tools so teacher visual demos are very important.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Can confidently use an unfamiliar material and select appropriate tools and techniques to create their carving, with detail.

Wrapping up

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Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Vocabulary

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