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Subjects

Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 3: Experimenting with media

Drawing and overlapping 2D shapes, combining materials, to create an abstract composition inspired by the work of Kandinsky, Bernal and Bolotowsky.

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Learning objective

To draw with different media.

Success criteria

I can draw around a variety of shapes.
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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

Mathematics

Geometry – properties of shapes

Pupils

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Ask the children to work with a partner or a small group to recall what they learnt in the previous lesson. They can either draw or say their responses.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May need help to ensure that the colours and mediums they use vary.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could focus on colouring/painting neatly and within the lines.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: colouring in a neat and careful way

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Vocabulary definitions

2D shapes

Shapes with two dimensions, such as width and height.
3D shapes

Shapes with three dimensions, such as width, height and depth.

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Example work

Child's drawing of shapes, coloured in using coloured pencils

Sayes Court Primary School, Addlestone

Great Malvern Primary school

St Anne's Catholic Primary, Birmingham

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In this unit

Assessment - Art and design Y1: Drawing: Make your mark

Lesson 1: Exploring line

Lesson 2: Making waves

Lesson 3: Experimenting with media

Lesson 3: Experimenting with media: Option 2 - Christmas themed

Lesson 4: Mark making

Lesson 5: Drawing from observation

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Simon Chubb

Art and design specialist

Simon is a teacher, cartoonist and artist. He uses his 25 years of experience to teach art in schools and has his own workshop business ‘Scartoons’ in which children create comic characters and strips. Simon is a member of The Cartoonists Club of…

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