Class Portraits

This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets 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. The class can identify the name, location and function of the common parts of the human body.

Investigate and practise some of the different artwork techniques that can be used when composing and painting a portrait of a classmate

Lesson One : Face Parts
Practise naming and locating each of the the different parts that can be found on a human face and describe their matching functions

Lesson Two : Body Parts
Explore how to identify and describe the name, location and function of some of the common parts that can be found on the human body

Lesson Three : Hairstyles
Investigate how to describe and design the range of different hairstyles that can be found on the human body using a selection of special materials

Lesson Four : Self-portrait
Explore and record how to name and locate each of the different parts of the face by sketching and drawing a matching self-portrait

Lesson Five : Classmates
Practise producing and presenting a portrait of a classmate to learn the names and locations of each of the different parts of the face
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School Friends
Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school
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School Pictograms
Explore how to count and record the numbers of different pieces of school equipment that can be found in trays stored around the classroom
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Listening Skills
Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions
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Halving Things
Explain and model how to find and record the halves of some of the different objects that can be used at home and in school