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Make a Statue

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Awareness Days Black History Month

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Objectives

History

  • Discover the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

Art and Design

  • Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

Lesson Planning

After learning about a statue honoring Crimean War heroine Mary Seacole, children design a statue for their own VIP.

Children will:

  • Reflect on the achievements/personality/to design a suitable statue in honour of their VIP.
  • Create the statue/sculpture
  • Articulate the significance of their completed art work.

Provided Resources

  • Young, gifted and black heroes from the past and present

You Will Need

  • Music for ‘Musical Statues’
  • Materials for making statues: foil, pipe cleaners, air drying clay, playdough
  • Folded card to write plaque describing finished art work

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