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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 1: Animation explored

Exploring original forms of animation.

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Learning objective

To understand what animation is.

Success criteria

I understand and can explain what animation means.
I can

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, check that the children can recall: Decomposition is breaking something down into smaller chunks. An animation is made up of a sequence of photographs. Small changes in frames will create a smoother looking animation. Which software creates simple animations and some of its features (e.g. onion skinning).

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the Activity: Thaumatrope template animation as it requires only two images.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could add two objects or characters to their zoetrope or flipbook design.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating a toy with

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Vocabulary definitions

animation

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

A book that shows a moving picture when you flip its pages quickly.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y5: Animation Stop Motion Studio

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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