When Ioan saw Finny was making a fox, he decided he wanted to make a puffin.

Resources

  • Paper
  • Scissors
  • Crepe paper
  • Tissue paper
  • Coloured pencils

Method

Making his puffin

First Ioan drew his puffin in the style of, “There’s nothing like a puffin’.

Then, he started to glue some red tissue paper on to the puffin’s bill.

Ioan decided to trace over the next section of the beak, so that he could cut the right shape out of the orange in one go.

Next, he stuck the turquoise on the bill.

The dark blue head was measured to shape, cut out of crepe paper, and stuck down.

Ioan coloured the body in blue pencil crayon, stuck white tissue paper to the belly and coloured the feet in orange.

Researching his puffin

Ioan researched about how puffins are adapted to their environment. He decided to write his findings up on some blue card. He really wanted to concentrate on doing his best presentation, so, drew lines in pencil, to keep his writing straight.

Ioan traced over his writing in a blue handwriting pen, repeating the process for all the facts he found.

Glueing the puffin

Ioan added glue to the top of his tissue and crepe paper to strengthen it.

To finish off, once his puffin was dry, he cut it out.

With his puffin finished, he then decided to research animals and their habitats in more detail.

DfES Outcomes for EYFS and National Curriculum (2013)

Science Year 1 programme of study

Animals, including humans

  • identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals

Science Year 2 programme of study

Living things and their habitats

  • identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other
  • identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats

Art and design

Key Stage 1 Programme of study

  • use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
  • use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
  • develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space