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Festive Decorations
This art and design scheme of work for all year groups gets the children to investigate how to shape and combine different materials to produce a selection of decorations to celebrate the festive season. The class can describe how other decorations have been made to use some of the ideas in their own artwork.
Santa’s Reindeer
Practise cutting and shaping different types of paper and other materials to produce a picture of one of Santa’s reindeer for a Christmas decoration
Santa’s Beard
Practise cutting and shaping different types of paper and other materials to produce a picture of Santa Claus for a Christmas decoration
Advent Boxes
Select and shape a range of different materials to make a set of cube shaped decorations that can be used to count down to Christmas
Christmas Wall Trees
Practise shaping and combining a selection of different materials to produce a 3D decoration of a Christmas tree that can be displayed on the classroom wall
Bottle Candles
Combine and shape a range of different materials to create a table top candle decoration to celebrate the festive seasons
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3D Shape Labels
Identify and record how to label models and illustrations of some different 3D shapes to indicate their special properties
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Adventure Plays
practise composing and performing play scripts using the correct structure and format to illustrate adventures to different locations
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Word Matching
Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters
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Family Toys
Investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games that were owned by families have changed and developed over time