Lesson One – Fabric Patterns

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using a range of sketching skills to record some of the special colours, shapes and patterns that can be seen on different fabrics.
The class can select and develop vocabulary words that can be used to describe repeating patterns of shapes that have been printed on a fabric for an item of clothing.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using a range of sketching skills to record some of the special colours, shapes and patterns that can be seen on different fabrics
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe and compare some of the colours and shapes that can be seen in different fabric patterns and a vocabulary word bank to identify and record special colours, shapes and patterns seen on a range of fabrics when sketching examples.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use sketching skills to record some of the special colours, shapes and patterns that can be seen on different fabrics.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to practise and refine different techniques when printing colours, shapes and patterns to design flags to match specific locations. 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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