Tiaras

Childs Hill School

A jewellery designer was invited to work with Key Stage 2 pupils (8-11 years) at Childs Hill School, London. As a group they discussed the objects woven into the Marquise de Seignelay's tiara and how they signify that she is dressed as the Greek goddess of the sea, Thetis.

To make their own tiaras the pupils followed the design process of brainstorming ideas, which included thinking about symbolic shapes. They sketched designs and notated these with comments about colour and structure. Using modelling wire, beads and other collected items they produced their final pieces.

Curriculum areas covered: art, CDT, literacy
Key skills: problem solving, numeracy, literacy