Christmas Shapes

This art and design scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate and model how to use different materials and art techniques to make decorations to celebrate Christmas. The class can research colours, shapes and patterns used in other decorations to develop ideas for their own artwork.

Christmas Beads
Combine and manipulate sets of beads to design and make hanging decorations to show a selection of shapes that can represent Christmas

Holly Wreath
Practise different ways of shaping and joining a range of materials to produce a Christmas wreath decoration that can be hung on the classroom door

Christmas Star
Design and make hanging tree decorations by combining strips of foils with other materials to make a selection of different star shapes

Snowflake Prints
Practise different ways of printing repeating patterns of snowflake shapes and designs that can be used for paper to wrap Christmas presents
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Length Calculations
Practise using number calculations skills for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication when solving problems related to length measurements
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Maths Calculations Assessment
Assess abilities in solving a range of different number problems for addition and subtraction when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Determinant Lists
Explain and model how to make lists of objects used and found in different locations to match the correct determinants of a and an
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English SPAG Assessment
Assess abilities in composing sentences for fiction and non-fiction using the correct spellings, punctuation marks and grammar vocabulary phrases