Hi! This is an 8-week William Morris Art Topic pack that has a full term of discreet lessons that build on previous skills learned. In this pack, there is a teaching PowerPoint, along with handouts for lesson that require them, 2 fonts for editing and There are scanned-in examples of what the work is supposed to look like for many of the lessons and the hand-outs that I used are also provided. The lessons include: lino printing, pattern replication and research tasks for artist style and background exploration.

Help your children to improve their descriptions and narratives by using these colour vocabulary sheets in your literacy lessons or on display. They equip pupils with exciting words for ‘red’, ‘blue’, ‘green’ and everything in between! I have been using these colour thesauruses as part of a Writing Toolkit (coming soon!) that I give to my class at the start of the school year. After modelling how to use them in writing, the children then independently use stronger, more effective colour descriptives when describing settings or characters- I even see them cropping up in their speech! BOTH SPELLINGS OF COLOR/COLOUR INCLUDED! Included in this download: A display poster and pocket-sized version of the color vocabulary grid PDF versions of the resources .docx Word versions of the resources for editing purposes 2 fonts to edit your resources with UK/AU/NZ/CA version using ‘colour’ spelling Looking for the full Writing Toolkit? Due to be completed by September 1st 2020 I hope this product saves you time and stress, Happy Teaching! Miss Austin

Hi there! Here's a pack on the roman calendar. I hope it works for you. If you need anything extra, don't hesitate to contact me! * Includes * Learning Objectives: To understand the meanings of the Roman months To learn about the transformation from original calendars to the one we use today! Success Criteria (Must, Should, Could) Brief History of the calendar Romulus, Numa and Julian months Why are the months named this way? Main lesson activity Activity sheet Review from previous upload of this resource: nld60: "A lot of research time saved. Thank you." Happy teaching, Miss Ritchie

This pack includes a prescriptive powerpoint in the style of William Morris and outlines 5 lessons (so far) on William Morris and his style. This resource will be being updated with more lessons as this term goes on as I'm currently teaching this. I also included pictures of my sketchbook on the slides to aid in explaining what to achieve. lesson 1 and 2- create artist page (double page spread) on William Morris through research lesson 3- replicate his style in sketches of tiles of his work lesson 4- create a mood board- what does his art make you feel? lesson 5- create a swatch book of colours he uses in his artwork

Week 3 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores sketching and shading techniques whilst drawing natural objects from observation. Children in grades 1-3 will learn to critique peer’s artwork kindly and use high-level artistic vocabulary to describe their own work. A perfect art unit for Autumn, Spring or Summer! This product contains a 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through developing a sketching technique whilst looking at the definitions of topical vocabulary such as line, shape, texture, pattern, tone and sketch. Using the worksheet provided, children are encouraged to draw natural objects such as leaves or flowers with sketching pencils, using the ‘tickle the spider’ technique explained on the slides. Examples of what work may look like are included. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on gaining digital literacy skills, such as photo editing, uploading and downloading images from Google, cutting out images from their backgrounds and arranging them aesthetically. This lesson is likely to take 1.5-2 hours, and requires the use of natural objects obtained on a nature walk (either in a previous lesson in this unit or at the start of this one!) If you don’t have access to outdoor space for your students, images from online search engines can be used! This product contains 5 activities, including: ‘What do we remember from last week?’ questioning activity Structured artwork critique language outlined New vocabulary outlined for spelling or definition activities Exploring objects around us activity Drawing from Observation task (worksheet included) This download includes: A 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents Examples of what work could look like

Week 2 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores photography and digital collages using iPads, and celebrates the use of nature within art. Improves digital literacy and Includes non-digital alternatives. Perfect for teaching in Fall, Summer or Spring with Grades 1-3! This product contains a 21-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through learning the basics of photography and different shots that artists use. Children are encouraged to be out in nature, taking photos using these different shots ready for those images to be edited and manipulated when back in class. The Teaching PowerPoints guides children through the use of PicCollage (a free app) to create digital collages. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on gaining digital literacy skills, such as photo editing, uploading and downloading images from Google, cutting out images from their backgrounds and arranging them aesthetically. This lesson is likely to take 1.5-2 hours, involving a short stop outside to take some photos that could be as short or as long as you like! If you don’t have access to outdoor space for your students, images from online search engines could be used! This product contains activities, including: ‘What do we remember from last week?’ questioning activity Listed vocabulary for discussions on definitions or spelling practice Introduction to photography teaching slides Macro photography quiz game Digital nature collage task involving iPads and PicCollage Non-digital alternative using physical items from nature to collage This download includes: A 21-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents Links to websites for extra inspiration, if needed!

Week 5 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores watercolour, the work of Paul Klee and the art of Hirameki- a Japanese doodle art! Children in years 1-3 will learn how to create a watercolor wash, emulate the work of famous artists and conduct research using internet search engines. This product contains a 26-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through previous weeks’ learning (colour theory, critiquing peers’ work, photography basics) and develops their understanding of watercolours by looking at the work of Paul Klee and the Japanese art form of Hirameki. Children will be introduced to new vocabulary such as wash, saturation, research, tone and pattern. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on the ability to use watercolour paints in addition to improving digital literacy skills, using QR codes to conduct research on the chosen artist. This lesson is likely to take 2-3 hours, and requires the use of worksheets (included), paintbrushes, watercolor pallets, water pots and pencils for writing. iPads to aid digital research would be beneficial but are not necessary. This product contains 7 activities, including: ‘What do we remember from last week?’ matching activity An outline of watercolours with new vocabulary A short exploration of the work of Paul Klee Hirameki doodling activity worksheet QR code-linked extension task for researching Hirameki Artist research page (differentiated 2 ways for ability) Learning consolidation task (speech bubble) Bonus extension task focused on using fine liners create leaf line-drawings This download includes: A 26-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents PDF versions of worksheets to aid printing

Differentiated worksheets for children to present artist research, opinion & analysis along with a page for attempting to recreate and replicate the artist’s style. Sometimes, the way children present their research findings in art isn’t up to scratch with their practical work. This resource gives children the opportunity to show their findings neatly (with sentence starters, word banks and prompts to help guide their writing) and give opinions on the artists’ work. This resource is re-usable as it’s not artist-specific and gender-neutral pronouns are used. The second version of the artist research page is scaffolded for lower-ability writers. Included in this download: 3-page PDF for demonstrating knowledge on artists Word .docx versions of the pages so you can tailor the sheets to your students’ needs Lost in Chalk font for editing your resources in keeping with the current style Hand drawn page borders that can be used on other classroom materials (not for commercial use) Hand-drawn paint tube clip art that can be used on other classroom materials (not for commercial use) I hope this resource saves you time and stress! Happy teaching, Miss Austin

Week 1 of 6- A no-prep lesson that opens a course on the use of nature within art. Gets children outside exploring, and it is perfect for teaching in Fall, Summer or Spring with Grades 1-3! This product contains a 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guide students through learning the basics of groupings in nature (flora and fauna), and walks them through exploring the outdoors, taking an interest in the world around them and creating a collage using the objects they find, pens and paper. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on talking about the items that they find, exploring patterns in nature, and lateral thinking when creating a collage based on examples on the slides. This lesson is likely to take 1-1.5 hours, involving a nature walk that could be as short or as long as you like! This product contains 4 activities, including: ‘What do we already know?’ questioning activity about natural objects Grouping activity with manipulative images on PPT slides Exploration task involving magnifying glasses Nature collage task involving pens and paper This download includes: A 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents Links to websites for extra inspiration, if needed!

Week 4 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores colour theory, mixing paint and the art of impasto painting. Children in grades 1-3 will learn which colors mix together to create others, in addition to monochromatic, analogous and complementary color schemes. A perfect art unit for Autumn, Spring or Summer! This product contains a 19-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through previous weeks’ learning (watercolours, critiquing peers’ work, photography basics) and develops their art foundation knowledge by looking at colour theory. Children will be introduced to new vocabulary such as primary, secondary, evoke, emotion, analogous, monochromatic, complementary and Impasto. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on the ability to use paint and to explore colour, in addition to improving digital literacy skills, using QR codes to access digital quizzes and to conduct research. This lesson is likely to take 2-3 hours, and requires the use of worksheets (included) printed onto card, paintbrushes, pallets, water pots and pencils for writing. iPads to aid digital aspects are suggested but not necessary. This product contains 7 activities, including: ‘What do we remember from last week?’ talk-partner activity An outline of colour theory with new vocabulary underlined for discussion Colour mixing activity with hyperlinks within the teaching PowerPoint QR code-linked digital activity hosted on WordWall© Colour wheel painting worksheet with sentence-filling activity Colour mixing worksheet with penmanship activity Bonus extension task focused on impasto technique This download includes: A 19-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents PDF versions of worksheets to aid printing

Week 6 of 6- A no-prep lesson that explores mixed media collage, combining all skills taught in this unit to create a final piece. Additionally, children in grades 1-3 will learn how to evaluate their efforts and complete learning journals. This product contains a 11-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guides students through previous weeks’ learning (with linked, bespoke vocabulary-matching game hosted on WordWall©) and develops their understanding of how to create a mixed media collage. Once completed, children have two worksheets to complete- one focuses on encouraging children to journal about their experiences, including what they enjoyed and what they didn’t. The second sees children evaluate what they’ve learnt and their own outcomes. This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. This lesson is likely to take 2 hours, and requires the use of worksheets (included), fine-liner pens, sketching pencils and the work produced in previous lessons. This product contains 5 activities, including: Vocabulary and definition matching activity An outline of how to create the final mixed media collage Examples of how to further children’s learning Self-reflection journal worksheet (.docx & .pdf) Evaluation worksheet (.docs & .pdf) This download includes: An 11-slide Teaching PowerPoint ‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT Outline of the planning 3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents PDF versions of worksheets to aid printing

Hi there! Currently working in a storytelling school that base the whole term around a certain story. This term we're reading and studying The Prince of Birds. It's a great story and would be a great one to choose as it's a diverse story, has a focus on birds which can be used in art, science and ICT and is set in Spain, which is great for RE, History and Geography. LO's, success criteria and all resources set out above. Happy teaching! Miss Ritchie

Included: Learning objective Examples of previous work An introduction to the sun and common facts A short lesson on writing a sun-kenning to compliment the art piece