1. Year 1: Extreme Weather – Creative Area
English texts/video stimulus:
Rosie’s Hat – Julia Donaldson
Feel the wind – Arthur Dorros
Hurricane – David Wiesner
What will the weather be? - Lynda DeWitt
Hide and seek fog – Alvin Tresselt
Come on rain! Karen Hesse
Rain – Peter Spiers
Cloudette – Tom Lichtenheld
Kipper’s book of weather – Mick Inkpen
Elmer’s weather – David McKee
Colour:
Mixing colours – exploring primary and secondary colours.
Exploring tones of colours.
Exploring colours connected to weather.
Exploring complimentary colours.
What happens when you mix colours?
Can you make colours darker or lighter? How would you do that?
What colour would you use to represent different weathers?
Art and Design:
Cloud formations – using a variety of different materials.
Sculpture
Weather decorations – mobiles, wind chimes, flags etc.
How could you represent a cloud?
What would you use?
Can you use the wind to make noise?
What would you use to make noise?
Science:
Exploring adding different materials to paint to create textures.
Observing what happens when paint is used in different ways.
Puffy paint – changing materials from one state to another.
Year 1: Extreme Weather – Creative Area
What can you use in the make the paint to make it a different texture?
Can you make it bumpy? Can you make it slimy?
Can you make it thicker or thinner?
What do you notice when you use different types of paint?
How does it look different or the same?
Does it change if you paint on different surfaces?
Computing:
Using Ipod’s to capture images of weather.
Using the computer to create images of weather.
Using the computer to find images of weather to use within their own work.
How can you represent a hot/cold/temperate climate? What colours would you use? Would you add texture? Can you use a variety of different resources to make representations?
Geography:
Creating representations of climates of our country and other countries.
Explore hot, cold and temperate colours linked to climates and weather.
Next steps:
Can you take pictures of the weather?
Can you use the pictures to show how the weather has changed or stayed the same?