Making a Food Art Garden

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 4 Visual Arts:

• Use materials, techniques and processes to explore visual conventions when making artworks (ACAVAM111)

5 – 6 Visual Arts:

• Develop and apply techniques and processes when making their artworks (ACAVAM115)

Year 4 Design and Technologies:

• Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies (ACTDEK012)

Year 5 – 6 Design and Technologies:

• Investigate how and why food and fibre are produced in managed environments and prepared to enable people to grow and be healthy (ACTDEK021)

Year 4 HASS:

• Interact with others with respect to share points of view (ACHASSI080)

Year 5 HASS:

• Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI102)

Year 6 HASS:

• Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI130)

Syllabus outcomes: VAS2.2, VAS3.2, ST2-10LW, ST2-11LW, ST3-11LW

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 4-6 achievement standards: Students create designed solutions for each of the prescribed technologies contexts suitable for identified needs or opportunities. They demonstrate different techniques and processes in planning and making artworks.They reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge, and identify the possible effects of their proposed action.

Unit of work: Creative Sustainability – Faber-Castell Sculpture Competition – Early Learning – Year 10

Time required: 60 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – seek relevant materials for art making prior to the lesson and facilitate class discussions.

• Student Worksheets – one copy per student
• A3 paper – one sheet per student
• Coloured paper
• Colourful drawing materials such as connector pens, marker pens or pencils

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• Problem solving
• Social skills

Faber-Castell has long understood the importance of creativity to all people, especially to young people. It is also continuously searching for environmentally friendly processes and high-quality materials to enhance children’s creative experience throughout every development phase. For more information about Faber-Castell, click here.

Learning@Home resources are designed for parents and teachers to use with children in the home environment. They can be used as stand-alone activities or built into existing curriculum-aligned learning programs. Our Learning@Home series includes two types of resources. The first are fun and challenging real-world activities for all ages, the second are self-directed lessons for upper primary and secondary students. These lessons support independent learning in remote or school settings.