Visual Arts - NCCA

Strand: Fabric and fibre Theme: Making marks Level: 1
Information
A unit of work for students at the early scribbling stage
The student should be enabled to
• explore and experiment with fabric and fibre
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become aware of the role of fabrics in everyday life
deconstruct loosely woven fabric
choose colour to change the surface of a piece of fabric
explore simple weaving.
Stimulus Language
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Exemplar 6: Visual Arts
Have an ‘interesting clothes day’. Each child is
asked to come to school dressed in interesting
clothes chosen from his/her wardrobe. Clothes
must be selected because they have interesting
colours, shapes or textures. These ideas may need
to be discussed as an initial step. Each child is
asked to talk about the clothes they have chosen
and about other children’s clothes.
Create an interesting dressing-up box for the
classroom.
Create a fabric display. Touch and feel different
fabrics and try to describe them—hessian, canvas,
cotton, silk, etc.
Sort fabrics for texture.
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Guidelines Mild General learning disabilities / Visual Arts / PRIMARY
The language of clothes and fashion
Vocabulary for fabrics and fibres
Language about what you can do to fabrics—pull
out threads, weave through, add colour, etc.