Primary arts. Scrap art

Description

Teachers at two Blackburn schools share their imaginative ideas for using scrap materials in the classroom. At Feniscowles Primary School Year 3 teacher Kelvin Wilkins uses a safari theme. Pupils develop their planning skills as they work in groups to design and create their own African animal.At St Mary's and St Joseph's Primary School, art co-ordinator Simone Addy uses a puppet to motivate her Year 1 class to work collaboratively to build a house out of scrap materials.In Laura Ellis's Year 4 class pupils develop their key skills in investigating materials and problem solving as they create their own Indian-inspired hats.

Runtime

14 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

2010

Database

Alexander Street

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