Lesson One – Shapes and Patterns
This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate how to select and practise some different ways of making a range of shapes and patterns when printing to reflect life on a farm.
The class can explore and record how to use a selection of different objects to print shapes and patterns related to farming such as the shapes of animals and crops grown on a farm.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to select and practise some different ways of making a range of shapes and patterns when printing to reflect life on a farm
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the special shapes and patterns that can be seen on different animals and templates to select and practise printing copies of shapes and patterns to represent farm animals.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and practise different ways of making a range of shapes and patterns when printing.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to practise and demonstrate different techniques when printing a range of shapes and patterns that can reflect themes and ideas related to farming. 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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