This programme explores how Raynsford Lower School in Bedfordshire works with Year 3 and 4 pupils to build confidence and understanding in art and design.
At Raynsford Lower School, the pupils are working on two different design projects. The Year 3 pupils are looking at sculpture in public spaces and making maquettes for their local park. They explore and use shape, form, colour and pattern and talk about how their ideas might improve the environment.
Meanwhile, in Year 4, pupils are finding out about chair design in their "Take A Seat" project. They discuss what chairs can tell us about everyday life and are challenged to design a chair for their favourite television character.
Both projects encourage pupils to think like an artist by:
- Developing appropriate vocabulary
- Exploring form and function
- Analysing features of design such as scale, characteristics of materials, texture and use of space
The pupils use this understanding to analyse, plan, make, review, modify and evaluate work with confidence.
