Learning objective

  • To explore how natural products produce pigments to make different colours.

Success criteria

  • I can identify and collect coloured natural items

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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Show the children the image of a piece of charcoal. Ask the children to recall the name of this material and what it was used for. Extend the discussion by seeing if any children can recall how it is made. (Willow branches are baked and fired in a kiln.)  

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May need help mixing colours and may require extra support finding successful solutions; some children may not enjoy handling the natural materials to make paint so they could work with a partner in the role of ‘collector and evaluator’ instead.

 

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be challenged to make more advanced colours by manipulating the natural products to suit their own intentions by applying their knowledge of colour mixing.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: demonstrating a good understanding of colour

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Vocabulary

  • cave drawings

  • pigment

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Paul Carney

Art and Design specialist

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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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