This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and record how to select and combine different materials to build a collage of a character to hang on a Christmas tree.

The class can describe some of the shapes, patterns and colours used on other decorations to help produce their own examples of a Santa Claus ornament.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and record how to select and combine different materials to build a collage of a character to hang on a Christmas tree

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe colours, shapes and patterns used on Christmas ornaments and a template to record how to shape and combine different materials to build a collage of a Santa Claus character to hang on a Christmas tree.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to combine different materials to build a collage of a character to hang on a Christmas tree.

This lesson is part of an art an design scheme of work to get the children to practise using a range of materials and art techniques to create models of different decorations that can be used to celebrate Christmas. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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