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Prism Tree Decorations

This art and design teaching pack for all year groups gets the children to select and combine range of different materials to produce a hanging tree decoration in the shape of a triangular prism decorated with shape patterns or illustrations.

The class can explain and model some of the techniques that can be used to manipulate materials when making a decoration to celebrate Christmas.

Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and combine range of different materials to produce a hanging tree decoration in the shape of a triangular prism decorated with shape patterns or illustrations

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the shapes that can be used to make Christmas tree decorations and templates to select and combine range of different materials to produce a hanging tree decoration in the shape of a triangular prism (enlarge to A3).

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to combine range of different materials to produce a hanging tree decoration in the shape of a triangular prism.

This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to investigate how to use different modelling techniques when shaping and combining materials to create Christmas tree ornaments. 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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