Lesson Four – Self-portrait

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore and record how to name and locate each of the different parts of the face by sketching and drawing a matching self-portrait.

The class can select and draw examples of some other parts of the human body for a partner to identify and state the matching locations as to where they can be found on the body.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and record how to name and locate each of the different parts of the face by sketching and drawing a matching self-portrait

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify different parts of the face as visible on example portrait paintings and a set of cards to name and locate different parts of the face as shown in a portrait that has been recorded using sketching and drawing skills.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to name and locate each of the different parts of the face by sketching a matching self-portrait.

This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to investigate and practise some of the different artwork techniques that can be used when composing and painting a portrait of a classmate. 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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