NATURE ART

Session Focus Children will name and describe natural materials. Children will use natural materials to create art. Children will think about the properties of the materials in their choices.

Curriculum Links

PSHEE (PSED): Work as part of a group or class; Share resources and ideas with others.Literacy: Use descriptive language.Art: Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products; Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences; Use imagination to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space. Science: Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees; name and describe various materials and their properties.

ResourcesVarious natural materials, White sheets (optional).Risk Assessments

Generic Site RA; Activities involving Sticks RA.

PIONEER SCHEME SECTION OBJECTIVES

LEVEL 4

WELLBEING & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

• Understands people have different likes and dislikes and respects them.

SELF MANAGEMENT OF RISK

• Uses outdoor resources safely with guidance.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

• Can leave the outdoor environment how they found it and know why this is important.

CREATIVITY & IMAGINATION

• Initiate their own creations, choosing their natural materials according to their properties.

• Shows a developing level of imagination & creativity.

RESILIENCE & PROBLEM SOLVING

• Experiences the outdoor site over all seasons.

• Identifies and names a common trees and plants using simple ID guides.

• Can identify whether a tree is deciduous or evergreen.

• Names the parts and structure of plants, flowers & trees.

• Celebrates their own and others’ achievements.

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SORTING MATERIALS

Session Outline•Go on a nature walk outside. Take some buckets or plastic bags to collect some nature. Remember to only pick items that have already fallen to the floor! Remind the children to ask an adult if they’re unsure whether to touch anything or not.

• Place a white sheet on the ground so the children can see their natural materials more easily, (optional) and allow the children to create.

Questions to extend thinking• Can you sort and describe your natural materials? • Can you create a picture from the art you have

collected? • Can you create a pattern? • Can you create some shapes? Differentiation: HA- Can they describe and name the natural materials they have created? Can they create a pattern or imaginative piece of art?LA- Prompts for ideas and materials.Extension: Can you make a whole-class piece of artwork to leave outside (using only natural materials and no white sheet.)

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