Prehistoric Outdoor

Art

Session Focus

Children will investigate with natural materials to create their own prehistoric style art.

Curriculum Links

History: Understand changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. PSHEE: Work cooperatively; Take an interest in the world around them; Work collaboratively with others.Art: Develop their techniques, including their control and their use ofmaterials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.

ResourcesMud, natural materials, water, sprayer bottles, a suitable area or material (relatively light coloured) in which to create their design on, such as a wall, concrete playground, or flat piece of wood, flour (optional).Risk Assessments Generic Site RA; Handling natural materials RA.

PIONEER SCHEME SECTION OBJECTIVES

LEVEL 9

WELLBEING & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

• Shows a high level of social-awareness through adaptation of their behaviour within different groups.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

• Suggests more sustainable ways of doing things outdoors.

CREATIVITY & IMAGINATION

• Shows a high level of imagination, originality, creativity and flair.

• Talks about ways they have self-regulated their emotions outdoors.

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Session Outline•Discuss with the children how we know about life from the prehistoric eras. Explain that part of the evidence has been from discovering cave paintings, in particular those found in caves dating back 44,000 years. The oldest known cave painting is a red hand stencil in Maltravieso cave, Cáceres, Spain. It has been dated using the uranium-thorium method[11] to older than 64,000 years and was made by a Neanderthal.

• Explain that the children are going to create their own prehistoric style hand paintings using mud and natural materials. They are to experiment with texture, colour and form to create a their own group design. They may add different natural materials, such as berries, chalk, leaves, water and different soil types to create different shades and consistencies. They may use spray bottles in their design. (Provide flour if needed.)

Differentiation:HA- Can they demonstrate a variety of shades, textures, patterns and forms in their design. LA- Help with creating the desired effects with natural materials.

Extension: Can they create additional style ‘cave paintings’ using natural

materials such as animals and figures.

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