Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe materials used to make different hearts, a shared reading text to follow a set of instructions about how to produce layered heart shapes for a card decoration and templates to select and decorate shapes for a Valentine’s Day card.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to produce Valentine’s Day card designs using layers and combinations of different shapes.

This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to investigate and practise different techniques to shape and combine materials when producing models to make gifts to give to someone special for Valentine’s Day. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.