This art and design scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to replicate the painting style used by British artist by creating a scene of the playground to match artwork by L S Lowry. The class can explain how to use colour shades, perspective and figure shapes when painting in the stye of Lowry.

Explore and replicate the painting style and techniques used by a famous British artist by creating a scene of the school playground to match artwork by L S Lowry

Lesson One : Lowry’s Life

Explore the life and work of L S Lowry by investigating his artwork of an industrial scene

Lesson Two : Colour Shades

Identify and record colour shades that have been used to represent places in paintings by Lowry

Lesson Three : Factory Sizes

Practise using perspective to record the size and distance of objects in artwork

Lesson Four : Matchstick Figures

Explore and record how to sketch figures using simple shapes to emulate artwork by Lowry

Lesson Five : School Playground

Paint a scene of the school’s playground and buildings to emulate the artwork style of Lowry

Lesson Six : Lowry Gallery

Suggest changes and improvements to artwork so that it emulates the painting style of Lowry

  • Fraction Divisions

    Fraction Divisions

    Identify, calculate and record how to divide different shapes, quantities and numbers to illustrate the fractions of halves and quarters

  • Number Quarters

    Number Quarters

    Explain and model how to use concrete objects and pictorial diagrams to calculate one quarter of different numbers that are multiples of four

  • Shape Quarters

    Shape Quarters

    Practise identifying and dividing different types of shapes into four equal parts to illustrate the fraction values for quarters

  • Number Halves

    Number Halves

    Explain and model how to use concrete objects and pictorial diagrams to calculate one half of different numbers that are multiples of two and ten