Teaching Ideas for Art and Design
Classroom teaching ideas and lesson planning advice to support busy primary school teachers in Key Stages One and Two and the Foundation Stage. Discover a fantastic range of primary resources to excite and inspire pupils on different topics and themes for art and design.
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Easter Garden
Build a garden area in the school grounds to display some artwork of eggs, crosses and flowers to celebrate Easter
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Easter Party
Develop art and design skills and techniques by producing different models and artwork to celebrate Easter with family and friends
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Easter Gospels
Use art and design and literacy skills to understand and illustrate the sequence of events surrounding the Easter story
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Giant Paintings
Develop teamwork and co-operation skills by getting the class to work together to produce a giant example of a painting by a significant artist
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Learning Zones
Create different learning zones around the classroom to support development across a range of curriculum areas
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Topic Launches
Select and utilise effective ways of launching a new curriculum topic covering a range of subjects in the classroom
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Topic Tree
Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research
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Christmas Celebrations
Develop and refine skills in a range of curriculum subjects when celebrating and enjoying the festive season
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Christmas Market
Invite other pupils and parents into the classroom to purchase food snacks, cards and decorations made by the class for Christmas
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Christmas Baubles
Select and shape a range of materials to produce different ornaments to display on a family Christmas tree
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School Fireworks
Produce a mock firework display using art, music and computing skills for the whole school to enjoy in an assembly
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Autumn Watch
Observe and record how the natural landscape around the school is changing during the autumn season
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Right Angles
Identify, measure and compare some examples of right angles that can be seen in different shapes, objects and locations
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Clock Times
Identify and record different times on analogue clock faces to minutes and use Roman Numerals to show the timing and duration of events
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Contractions Word Sums
Practise building and contracting groups of different words using apostrophes to replace the omitted letters in each word pair
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Fraction Halves
Identify and record fractions that are halves of different shapes, quantities and numbers using concrete equipment and diagrams to model calculations