'Transport' inspired by Native American Art!

Over the past couple of weeks we have been busy linking our focus on 'transport' with Native American art!

We talked to the children about the use of a canoe as a mode of transport before looking at and discussing a range of different Native American ones.

 Everyone then designed their own individual card one, choosing from a selection of methods to join the edges - staples, glue, masking tape, or a hole punch and wool for lacing.

This was followed by making collaborative group clay canoes, using a range of tools to create a decorative pattern . . . 

We then all helped to paint patterns on a large cardboard canoe and paddles . . . .

After a day out in the canoe, we needed somewhere to rest.

We looked at a range of tepees before creating our own.
Of course, we incorporated canoes into our design!




We also included the Native American symbol for the sun . . .

Having talked about other modes of transport, and hearing a lot in the media about the EU Referendum, we decided to hold our own vote to find the most popular one . . . 

Everyone put a 'x' next to their favourite and placed their vote in our ballot box.

This was then emptied and the results counted and recorded.

Can you see how many children voted for the 'train' during our first ballot at the start of the week? The 'canoe' was the least popular!

We had very different results for our second ballot at the end of the week - can you see which was the most popular this time?

We decided to create our own 'Transport Tribes' and having looked at a selection of Native American totem poles, created one of our own!

It was a bit messy trying to paint our 'pole'!

Can you see our plane at the top? And what about the bus at the bottom?

We looked at a selection of Native American headdresses and then made our own - we 'snipped' the paper to make our feathers and used shaped sponges to print our chosen 

mode of transport!

We have had so much fun!

Which Transport Tribe would you choose?