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Lesson 4: Changing faces

Considering how a self-portrait could represent something important about an artist; experimenting with materials and techniques, and recording ideas in sketchbooks.
Painting Y5 L4 v2

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Cops and robbers and ask the children to write down as much as they can remember about Chila Kumari Singh Burman. They then need to move around the classroom looking at others' ideas, 'rob' these and write any ideas they missed on their whiteboards.

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Gledhow Primary School
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Haimo Primary School, London
Haimo Primary School, London
Haimo Primary School, London
Haimo Primary School, London
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton
Milby Primary School, Nuneaton

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Lucy Roff Art and design specialist

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 the school setting, she aims to enable children to learn as artists and to empower teachers to feel confident delivering the subject.

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