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Poppy Field

This art and design teaching pack for all year groups gets the children to select and combine materials to make models of poppies to thank and remember special people who have supported the world in the past.
The class can explain and record why the shape and colour of poppies are used to remember others who have fallen during different wars that have occurred in the past.
Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and combine materials to make models of poppies to thank and remember special people who have supported the world in the past
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different flower shapes and colours, a set of cards to select and combine materials to make models of poppies to remember other people and a template to practise writing sentences to thank and remember special people to accompany model poppies.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to select and combine materials to make models of poppies to thank and remember special people who have supported the world in the past
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to practise combining and shaping materials to produce models of poppies that can be used to remember and commemorate the lives of others. 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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