Suitable for: KS1 and KS2 / Curriculum links: Science, Art & Design, History, Geography, Religious Studies and Maths
Explore National Glass Centre and visit St Peter’s Church to compare old and new buildings using a range of sources and materials.
Use a viewfinder to make observational drawings, draw a map of the route between the two buildings and use acetate to create a stained glass window design.
Learn about different building materials and discuss their uses.
Make a glass painted decoration, taking inspiration from the stained glass windows in the church.
Learn
- About elevation drawings
- Using a viewfinder
- Scale
- Material properties
- Mapping
- Stained glass
- Drawing from observation
- How to paint on glass
- How hot glass is shaped into objects
Get inspired by:
- Architecture
- Stained glass
- St Peter’s Church tour
- Hot glass demonstrations
Use:
- Paper, pencils, rulers, view finders, glass, glass paint pens, acetate, markers
Cost: £9 per pupil / Year 1 – 6 / KS2 (adapted for suitability)
Also available as a half day workshop without a glass making activity, £4
