Exploring Materials and Change KS1

​Leaf buds in spring, flowers in summer, seeds in autumn, chalk, flint and soil year round ensure there are plenty of natural materials for pupils to handle in our outdoor setting. We will go out into the woods to collect, sort, identify and name materials and objects and then use our finds to make pictures, sculptures and art.

Children are encouraged to learn the names of plants and their parts. We will handle man made materials in the classroom and sort them into recycle bins in an introduction to recycling. Finally by asking what will happen to our natural art in the weather outside we consider change, decay and recycling in nature.

 (Allow a short day and bring lunch)

Pre or post visit work at school might include a session on recycled and scrap art.

Curriculum Links:

• Science KS1 - Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive  identify basic plants and their parts.
• Science KS1 - Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
• Science KS1 - Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock.
• Art and Design KS1 - To use a range of materials creatively
• Art and Design KS1 - Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.