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| Organiser – Craft, Design, Engineering and Graphics | Describes materials by touch for example: sticky, squidgy, soft, fluffy, hard, rough, wet, heavy, light.
Uses a range of materials when creating pictures/models/concepts for example: sticky, squidgy, soft, fluffy, hard, rough, wet, heavy, light. Identifies when a material is suitable or not for specific function or task e.g. sticky, squidgy, soft, fluffy, hard, rough, wet, heavy, light. |
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| Exploring uses of materials | ||
| I explore everyday materials in the creation of pictures/models/concepts
TCH 0-10a Links to: TCH 0-09a & TCH 0-11a Literacy & English – Listening & Talking – Enjoyment & Choice LIT 0-01a & Creating Texts LIT 0-09a Science – Materials – Properties & uses of Substances SCN -0-15a Expressive Arts – Art & Design EXA 0-02a |
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| Through a range of play & activities, I can/am able to | Through a range of play & activities, I can/am able to | Through a range of play & activities, I can/am able to |
| Explore & name everyday materials & use appropriate words to describe how materials look & feel. | Explore & name a wider range of materials & use a growing vocabulary to describe how they look & feel e.g. describing how they look, their texture, weight & other qualities. | Describe how a range of materials look & feel using a varied range of appropriate vocabulary. |
| Explore how everyday materials can help me create pictures & models e.g. mark-making in clay or mud, mixed media textural collages, practical exploration of heavy & light. | Combine & use a wider range of materials to create pictures & models. | Combine & make considered use of a range of materials when creating pictures & models & exploring & sharing my thinking & ideas. |
| With support, begin to say what a material is good at (useful for) or not good at (not useful for). | Say what a material is good at (useful for) or not good at (not useful for). | Answer questions and/or show that I have considered what my chosen materials are good at or useful for. |
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