This prompt supports — and never replaces — the centre’s current risk assessment, competence rules, SDS/manufacturer guidance and approval. Staff retain responsibility for safeguarding, tools and movement.
| Week | Practical | Core kit | Key controls | Closed-kit/access parity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1 | Armature & Frame | Card strips and bases; masking tape; scissors; optional wire/cutters or glue-gun bench; ruler; pencil. | Use the card-slot route for zero wire/zero hot glue. At controlled benches: goggles where required, wire offcuts down into a tray, cut ends folded/taped/capped, hot glue gun on its rest. Count tools out and in. | Pre-cut card strips and slots, masking tape and a broad base. The pupil still chooses the frame shape and brace position. |
| W2 | Scale & Negative Space | Week 1 armature; card offcuts; masking tape; paper scale figure; viewfinder; pencil; optional camera. | Keep the maquette tabletop-sized and stable. Use scissors away from the body. Photography is optional and follows school consent; no faces or identifying information are needed. | Paper person, folded card base and pre-cut shapes. Trace, point or annotate instead of cutting where needed. |
| W3 | Surface & Patination | Identical card test pieces; water-based acrylic; sponge; clean craft sand; pencil/wax dry media; optional risk-assessed Mod Roc; aprons. | Cut Mod Roc strips before wetting; no dry sanding; water bowl, not sink; never wrap body parts; manage spills and wash hands. Use water-based acrylic only, clean craft sand and no aerosols, solvents, industrial residue or real rust. | Dry-media patination simulation on card: graphite/coloured pencil or wax for base, recess and edge layers. A dry collage/tonal route has equal status. |
| W4 | Contextual Study · Kapoor, Whiteread & Barlow | Teacher-approved printed source cards; source-record sheet; maquette; card and dry-media test materials; optional locally loaded image with full text parity. | No live search is required. Use item-level approved sources and rights records. Do not bundle screenshots, logos or artwork images without permission. A museum page is not automatic reuse permission. | Printed text/source cards, original concept diagrams and a small response test. Images are optional; every claim has text parity. |
| W5 | Site Integration | Maquette; teacher-approved site image or fictional site sheet; paper silhouettes; tracing overlay; masking tape; pencil; optional camera. | Use a fictional, school-based or teacher-approved view. No industrial-site visit, material collection or restricted access is assumed. Photography is optional, consent-controlled and contains no faces or identifying information. | Printed fictional reclaimed-space view, paper silhouette and traced horizon/light arrows. No camera is required. |
| W6 | Proposal, Pitch & Review | Maquette; selected site image/sketch; surface sample; A4/A3 proposal board; adhesive or clips; pens; feedback card; optional authorised recording device. | Display and recording are optional. Use spoken, mounted-board with witnessed walk-through, or written routes equally. Follow privacy/consent rules; no public upload is assumed. | Physical maquette, printed or sketched site view and a folded paper proposal board. Spoken, accurately scribed or written pitch routes are equal. |
Bench cards
Scalpel / craft knife
Cutting mat; cut away from body; non-cutting hand behind line; steel rule; counted out/in; controlled bench only.
Glue gun
Rest and mat; no contact with nozzle/fresh glue. For a burn: cool running water at least 20 minutes, report/escalate, do not peel, no ice.
Wire / cutters
Goggles where required; offcut down into tray; fold/tape/cap cut ends; count tools; carry wire coiled.
Mod Roc
Cut strips before wetting; no dry sanding; bowl not sink; never wrap body parts; apron/sleeves/hands; cover cuts and clear spills.
If a controlled tool is missing, stop work and tell staff. Staff manage movement/exits; pupils are not collectively held. All sculpture is a tabletop maquette — not load-bearing, suspended, climbed on or placed on unstable ledges.