Lesson One – What Fish

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify, describe and and compare some of the special patterns, colours and shapes that can be seen on different types of fish that live in the sea.
The class can explain and model how to shape and layer coloured paper to make examples of scales that might be seen on a type of sea fish.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and and compare some of the special patterns, colours and shapes that can be seen on different types of fish that live in the sea
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the shapes, colours and patterns that can be seen on different fish that live in the sea and a template to use and shape a selection of different materials to produce the design for scales on a fish.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore some of the s[special patterns, colours and shapes that can be seen on different types of fish that live in the sea.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to select, combine and shape different materials to design and produce layered sculptures representing fish that live in the sea. 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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