Yesterday Year 5 were set the challenge to bring in five objects from home (wood, card, metal, glass and plastic) that were considered to be 'rubbish' and may have been otherwise thrown away. They were told that if seventy-five items were collected then we would do a surprise activity. We collected more than ninety items!
The items were placed in the corner while we took part in some warm-up activities to try to get those creative juices flowing! Here pupils are trying to think of as many uses for a sock as possible in just five minutes - the highest number of ideas was twenty-one! Some were very useful (e.g. an i-pod carrier) and some were quite revolting.....
The pupils then arranged themselves in order based on the number of uses they had invented for the sock. They were told they could take one item at a time and they only had five seconds of decision making time. At this stage pupils weren't told what the task was so they chose based on appeal....
Before long every pupil had a small collection of objects. They were then introduced to the task - to create an invention of their choice! The pupils has to decide on something to make from their items which was either attractive as
piece of art or useful in some way, including for
entertainment. There were rules too and additional materials were available but I won't bore you with rules here! Let's see some of these creations.....
Working away!
The finished product......a toy tank!
A prototype '
tv t-shirt' complete with
aerial, screen shot, channel buttons and power button....and shirt!
A wonderfully decorated bat and ball set!
Introducing 'Becks' (name inspired by the bottle tops that make the eyes!) the 'Bottle buddy'!
Oi! Put that away! No...wait hang on...your invention is a sling-shot and pom-pom target range - superb! What an excellent use of the metal object.
Just add bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to see this 'Volcano' come alive - I can't wait to see this finished and in fully working order!
Wow! A direct hit on this catapult and target shooting range! Not bad for a load of old junk really! This activity has certainly made Year 5 think about how it is often possible to re-use old, disregarded items, especially if we have our creative minds in gear! Well done Year 5 - today was a tremendous success and a lot of fun.
The items were placed in the corner while we took part in some warm-up activities to try to get those creative juices flowing! Here pupils are trying to think of as many uses for a sock as possible in just five minutes - the highest number of ideas was twenty-one! Some were very useful (e.g. an i-pod carrier) and some were quite revolting.....
The pupils then arranged themselves in order based on the number of uses they had invented for the sock. They were told they could take one item at a time and they only had five seconds of decision making time. At this stage pupils weren't told what the task was so they chose based on appeal....
Before long every pupil had a small collection of objects. They were then introduced to the task - to create an invention of their choice! The pupils has to decide on something to make from their items which was either attractive as piece of art or useful in some way, including for entertainment. There were rules too and additional materials were available but I won't bore you with rules here! Let's see some of these creations.....
Working away!
The finished product......a toy tank!
A prototype 'tv t-shirt' complete with aerial, screen shot, channel buttons and power button....and shirt!
A wonderfully decorated bat and ball set!
Introducing 'Becks' (name inspired by the bottle tops that make the eyes!) the 'Bottle buddy'!
Oi! Put that away! No...wait hang on...your invention is a sling-shot and pom-pom target range - superb! What an excellent use of the metal object.
Just add bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to see this 'Volcano' come alive - I can't wait to see this finished and in fully working order!
Wow! A direct hit on this catapult and target shooting range! Not bad for a load of old junk really! This activity has certainly made Year 5 think about how it is often possible to re-use old, disregarded items, especially if we have our creative minds in gear! Well done Year 5 - today was a tremendous success and a lot of fun.
Lots of budding designers here! I've had a look at lots of the posts on your blog and you have a great school, thanks for sharing!
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