Practising Adding and Subtracting

Learner: Helen    Learning Coach: Margaret Patrick       Date: May, 2016

Learning Area:  Clay- Visual Arts                             Narrative Learning story

Learning Observed

Helen was curious to explore the elements of clay: its texture and its ability to be moulded into a shape.She chose to be a member of the i Experience  Clay:Sticky-Tricky OR Plastic- Fantastic and collaborated with the other learners in the group. Helen had 2 challenges to create two items from a slab of clay. During the challenges she was continuously engaged in a reflection process examining ways to overcome failures and share newly discovered successful techniques connecting with others in the group. Helen created a flat plate and applied pattern to it and a 3D bird body shape which she had to join a round head shape and add parts like wings, tails and other details. During the process she learnt the techniques of hatching, using slip, and moulding when adding 3D shapes and motif pieces to clay. She used a range of clay tools and learnt how to store clay to maintain its peak condition for reuse, over a long time period. She used her thinking and curiosity to solve her problem of trying to form curved edges on her plate by using a bendable ruler to form a curve. She was very capable and was very pleased with the bird shape she produced.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

Being able to creatively use this medium in other areas of the curriculum in the future. Continue to make tiles and beads and create a totem pole in her time. Share her skills and knowledge with other learners who might like to use clay to depict/model their learning in the future.