Lesson Six – Farm Printing

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to select and print a range of shapes and patterns to make wallpaper representing some of the different crops and animals that can be found on a farm.
The class can review and evaluate their completed farmhouse wallpaper and suggest how it could be redesigned and improved to match a specific theme or idea.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and print a range of shapes and patterns to make wallpaper representing some of the different crops and animals that can be found on a farm
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify some of the special shapes, colours and patterns that can be used on different wallpapers and a template to evaluate and suggest improvements to the shapes, colours and patterns used in a printed design to match a specific theme or idea.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to select and print a range of shapes and patterns to represent different crops and animals found on a farm.
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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