#creative curriculum

Two major reports have shaken up the education debate in 2025. The National Education Union’s Are You on Slide 8 Yet? (Traianou, Pearce, Stevenson & Brady, 2025) documents the lived experiences of teachers on the frontline of standardisation. Meanwhile, the government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review: Interim Report (Francis, 2025) acknowledges deep systemic problems while hinting at…

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Creative classroom

For our 4th art project, I chose woodworking. I had not worked much with wood as a creative medium in the past, but both my grandfathers and father work with wood regularly so I thought I would give it a try. It gave me a chance to spend quality time with my dad as he was able to help me cut out the pieces for the project. 

I designed this coloring book container as a way to better organize my coloring books for indoor recess and completed work pages and activites in a future classroom. It was a challenge to make because I don’t have the highest amount of patience when it comes to projects. I want to finish them early to see the completed project. I didn’t want to wait for the paint to dry, I didn’t want to wait for the glue to dry-I just wanted it done. 

I’m not sure it’s specifically something I would do with younger children, but basic woodworking crafts could be fun with students. We could build houses or places they like to visit, they could create their own crates etc. Obviously, I would want someone more skilled in woodworking to help my students. 

For the first art project, I tried my hand at culinary arts. I have never been a confident cook or baker. I don’t like to experiment and I don’t like to fail at something I am going to have to eat. Food is expensive and I do not like wasting it. 

I decided to bake the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence as an integrated social studies art project. 

Ideally, I would use this project in a unit with 5th grade students when we are talking about the students’ rights, community rights, states’ rights, voting and elections. The students could create their own miniature versions, or even large versions of these documents or create their own. For example, I would want to teach the students the importance of voting and voicing their opinions/deciding on new laws in legislation. The students could create their own documents as part of a campaign speech that shows what they are running for and believe in.

The hardest part of this project was the writing portion. If I were to do that again, I think I would want to use actual frosting instead of the frosting gel pens that can be bought at Walmart. I would have also used a different type of dough other than the flat sheet dough. The dough didn’t fold or raise the way I wish it would have.

Overall, I learned that culinary arts can be fun, but can also be a challenge for me and probably for some of my students, especially if they haven’t had much experience in the kitchen with their families or in their homes.