Learning objective

  • To identify the features of self-portraits.

Success criteria

  • I can use art vocabulary to describe similarities

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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

Hand out a whiteboard and pen to each child. Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Key word. The key word is ‘portraits’. Ask the children to work through the questions. Once they have written down their answers on a whiteboard, they can share them with a partner to check their accuracy.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the Activity: Artist research text for reduced reading to enable them to gather facts about the artist without having to scan lots of text on screen. 

Pupils working at greater depth

Could compare Chila Kumari Singh Burman’s self-portrait ‘Auto-portrait’ to work by another artist famous for their self-portraits; should allow them to choose how they present their comparisons in sketchbooks and offer the opportunity for them to feedback during the Wrapping up.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to use

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Vocabulary definitions

  • evaluate

    Deciding if something has been done in the best way and looking at what could be improved.

  • justify

    Giving a good reason for something that has been done.

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Lucy Roff

Art and Design specialist

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Lucy is an Art and design specialist with 19 years of experience teaching and leading the subject in primary schools across all key stages. Having specialised in Tapestry at degree level, she trained as a teacher while maintaining her own creative practice. In…
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