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

Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art

Reflecting on the purpose of cave art paintings and introducing a sense of proportion when drawing an animal.

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Learning objective

To apply an understanding of prehistoric human-made art.

Success criteria

I can identify features that prehistoric paintings have

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National curriculum

Art and design

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History

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you might want to check that children can recall that: Red, yellow and blue are the primary colours. Mixing these colours makes secondary colours; for example, red and blue make purple. The secondary colours are orange, green and purple and know what primary colours are needed to create them.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could draw around simple geometric shapes such as circular or oval building blocks; alternatively, you could print some circles or ovals for them to adapt to create their animal.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should combine more than one animal into a scene or work with other pupils to develop a more elaborate composition with a greater level of control and detail.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising the processes involved in creating

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Vocabulary

prehistoric
proportion

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Example work

Auckley School, Doncaster

Auckley School, Doncaster

Auckley School, Doncaster

Auckley School, Doncaster

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In this unit

Assessment - Art Y3: Painting and mixed media

Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art

Lesson 2: Charcoal animals

Lesson 3: Prehistoric palette

Lesson 4: Painting on the cave wall

Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall

Originally created by:

Paul Carney

Art and design specialist

Paul has 22 years experience of teaching art as a specialist subject in both Primary and Secondary schools. He is a council member with the National Society for Education and his expertise has led him to deliver CPD for leading training providers, schools,…

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