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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 4: Stop-motion creation

Creating an animation using a storyboard.

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Learning objective

To create a stop motion animation.

Success criteria

I can create a simple animation following my

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Speak like an expert and arrange the children into their groups from the previous lesson. Hand out the storyboards from Lesson 3: Planning my stop motion project and explain that they must explain at least two frames each.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should watch the Teacher video: How to use Microsoft Photos; could be given the responsibility of referring back to their storyboard to ensure their group tells the story through the animation.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should review the animation to identify any frames that need to be deleted; should include multiple backgrounds or objects in their animation.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: making small changes to

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Vocabulary definitions

animation

Pictures or photographs in a sequence to give the illusion of movement.
decompose

To break something down in to smaller sections.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y5: Animation with cameras

Lesson 1: Animation explored

Lesson 2: Exploring stop-motion

Lesson 3: Planning my stop motion project

Lesson 4: Stop-motion creation

Lesson 5: Editing my stop motion project

Originally created by:

Sarah Vaughan

Computing specialist

Sarah has 13 years of experience teaching in a primary school and leading computing. She now works as a Subject Matter Expert for the NCCE across the East Midlands. In this role, she supports primary schools with bespoke training to develop and…

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