My name is Wendy Hobbs and I am an artist who has spent several years working as an HLTA. I was responsible for the art provision across the whole school, covering the full primary range, working closely with teachers to provide PPA cover to blend with their teaching. I am currently home educating my Yr6 child and many of the worksheets have been developed as part of the work we are doing.
Are there any that would enhance your school or home classroom experience?
My name is Wendy Hobbs and I am an artist who has spent several years working as an HLTA. I was responsible for the art provision across the whole school, covering the full primary range, working closely with teachers to provide PPA cover to blend with their teaching. I am currently home educating my Yr6 child and many of the worksheets have been developed as part of the work we are doing.
Are there any that would enhance your school or home classroom experience?
Make your Christmas art count towards meeting your curriculum objectives with this fun and attractive Christmas stocking card.
Students will acquire and apply knowledge about using line forms to create patterns, whilst making a card to take home for families.
Created for Reception/Year1 students.
The resource contains all you need for the lesson except the art materials:
PDF stocking card template
PDF card insert. 3 varieties- Happy Christmas, Seasons Greetings, Blank
PDF ‘How To’ photo illustrated instructions for the activity
PowerPoint presentation introducing the activity and teaching about line and pattern
PDF teachers notes to accompany PPT presentation
PDF assessment sheet for possible objectives that are covered in this lesson
PDF Stocking colouring sheet, added activity
All images are the property of TheArtTA
A detailed PDF colouring sheet and Chinese lantern making activity for each of the Chinese Zodiac animals, with the option for students to design their own animal motif if desired, make this a flexible resource.
Also included an A4 colouring poster featuring the 2024 Year of the Dragon motif.
Helpful teachers information included.
PDFs included:
Teachers notes
12 Happy New Year A4 colouring posters, each featuring a different Zodiac animal insert.
Happy New Year colouring poster with blank insert for students to draw their own animal.
Chinese Lantern activity featuring base lantern poster and cut out and colour animal motifs for all 12 of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Motifs presented in full single sheets and mixed sheets to allow for choice in using and easy printing.
A4 Year of the Dragon poster for 2024
All images are original and the property of TheArtTA
Both Elements of Art- Colour lesson units, including PowerPoints and worksheets, brought together in one value bundle.
Providing all you need to cover ‘Colour’ as an element of art under the primary curriculum.
See individual resources for further details.
Let your students get hands on this Christmas, researching, designing and making their own working, eco-friendly, Christmas cracker.
This design/art unit introduces design criteria and the process of product development in a fun, seasonal activity.
This is not a colouring activity! This activity allows students to design and build a more eco-friendly, working, Christmas cracker. They will need to engage many skills including, measuring, analysis, construction techniques and annotation.
The resource includes:
PowerPoint presentation introducing the task. Looking at Design criteria and the steps students need to complete within the design process. It is a guide and starter for class discussion, specifically related to the activity.
PDF of PowerPoint slides which can be used as a handout or card set to remind students of the process the activity follows, handy if groups working at different speeds.
PDF of teachers notes relating to the PowerPoint slides. These notes are also on the PPT itself.
PDF of design worksheets. 3 worksheets, one each for recording, research, design and assessment.
PDF of teachers notes relating to the possible arrangement of lessons and objectives. It also contains a materials list and helpful hints and tips on research and cracker construction to aid design troubleshooting in class.
I used this activity with a mixed class of Yr3 and 4 students who loved it! They engaged fully with the design process and the chance to make a ‘real’ product.
A pair of stocking templates to add interest to your Christmas writing activities and displays,
Will you be writing Christmas wish lists or describing the Christmas preparations?
The resource consists of 3 PDFs :
Blank and lined stocking templates - A4. Students can design their own stockings on the blank template and add their written work to the back on the lined one. (will print double sided if required) String the finished stockings across the class room for a festive display.
Lined stocking templates with blank/colour in border - A4 Choose from 3 different border designs, snowflakes, stars and stripes, or let students design their own to highlight their writing. Ideal for mounting on a wall display.
Christmas stocking colouring sheet for a bit of festive fun.
This resource offers a set of printable PDF documents featuring black and white line drawings of common UK wild plants, providing an ideal activity in your study of native plants.
The 6 plants featured are: Foxglove, Bluebell, Stinging Nettle, Primrose, Blackberry, Poppy.
The drawings are provided in three different A4 formats, making the resource flexible and adding value in the classroom setting, these are:
• sheet featuring all 6 plants for use as an ID sheet
• 2 sheets each featuring 3 of the 6 plants with a lined section beneath each - ideal for recording descriptions of the plant, colour etc, measurements or numbers found.
• 6 individual sheets each featuring 1 plant - headings, display or colouring sheets
• 6 individual sheets each featuring 1 plant - headings, display or colouring sheets
• 2 sheets each featuring either 1 or 3 blank picture spaces, with a lined section beneath, for students to draw and record their own plant observations.
The use of line drawings mean the sheets can also be used to colour in, recording the students’ observations of the plants, whilst being more printer friendly.
All drawings are the property of TheArtTA.
This resource offers a set of printable PDF documents featuring black and white line drawings of UK garden plants, providing an ideal activity in your study of native plants.
The 6 plants featured are: Rose, Tomato, Pansy, Sunflower, Strawberry and Daffodil.
The drawings are provided in 5 different A4 formats, making the resource flexible and adding value in the classroom setting, these are:
• Sheet featuring all 6 plants for use as an ID sheet
• 2 sheets each featuring 3 of the 6 plants with a lined section beneath each - ideal for recording descriptions of the plant, colour etc., measurements or numbers found.
• 6 sheets each featuring 1 of the 6 plants with a lined section beneath each - ideal for recording descriptions or for creative writing about the plant featured.
• 6 individual sheets each featuring 1 plant - headings, display or colouring sheets
• 2 sheets each featuring either 1 or 3 blank picture spaces, with a lined section beneath, for students to draw and record their own plant observations.
The use of line drawings mean the sheets can also be used to colour in, recording the students’ observations of the plants, whilst being more printer friendly.
All drawings are the property of TheArtTA.
This resource offers a set of printable PDF documents featuring black and white line drawings of UK trees. providing an ideal activity in your study of native plants.
The 6 plants featured are: Oak, Horse Chestnut, Sycamore, Scots Pine, Larch and Beech
The drawings are provided in 5 different A4 formats, making the resource flexible and adding value in the classroom setting, these are:
• Sheet featuring all 6 plants for use as an ID sheet
• 2 sheets each featuring 3 of the 6 plants with a lined section beneath each - ideal for recording descriptions of the plant, colour etc., measurements or numbers found.
• 6 sheets each featuring 1 of the 6 plants with a lined section beneath each - ideal for recording descriptions or for creative writing about the plant featured.
• 6 individual sheets each featuring 1 plant - headings, display or colouring sheets
• 2 sheets each featuring either 1 or 3 blank picture spaces, with a lined section beneath, for students to draw and record their own plant observations.
The use of line drawings mean the sheets can also be used to colour in, recording the students’ observations of the plants, whilst being more printer friendly.
All drawings are the property of TheArtTA.
A hand drawn colouring sheet featuring a cartoon style rocket, astronaut and views of earth and moon. This is suitable for colouring or as a writing prompt as required.
This resource features a clear, A4, line drawing of a volcano in cross section, suitable for annotating by students studying tectonics and geological forces.
No labelling is included on the worksheet, leaving you free to allow students to identify the features you require for your lesson.
Features included are: ash cloud, pumice/lava bombs, lava, magma chamber, main vent, side vent, layers showing build up of cone from previous eruptions.
All images are the property of TheArtTA.
Use the decorated letters as inspiration to embellish your own ‘Happy Christmas’ to colour in.
Ideal seasonal early finisher activity, or for use on its own. Finished designs could be used to decorate Christmas cards.
Celebrate the Coronation of King Charles with this resource containing an activity for students to make and/or design a model paper crown, based on the Imperial State Crown.
An updated version of this highly popular resource created for the Queen’s Jubilee.
Various template options (plain and with lots of detail to colour) are included to enable teachers to adapt the activity to the resources they have available and the objectives of their art lesson.
More than just a colouring exercise suggestions for art curriculum objectives are included.
Suitable for a wide age range due to adaptability.
Use these crowns to allow students to exercise their design skills and decorate your classroom for the jubilee.
This activity is supplied free of charge to enable as many as possible to participate in the celebrations.
Many more resources for curriculum based topics can be found in TheArtTA’s shop. If you have found this resource useful please take a look.
All images are the property of TheArtTA
Primary school art worksheet to use at the end of a lesson as children start to finish their work. We refer to it as Free Draw, but it still provides guidance and structure whilst allowing the children to use their imagination.
Pupils fill in the circles with detailed drawings of items that are circular in shape, e.g. pizza, dough nut, eyeball, apple, etc. Sheets can be stuck into pupils sketch books and added to at each session as time allows.
The task is fun but encourages observation, lateral thinking and drawing skills. Suitable for all levels of ability.
Also useful in a unit on 2D shapes.
One of those random things that can be needed in a primary school at Christmas!
Print onto card and either, attach base of camel’s face to a headband made from a ring of card so it doesn’t cover the child’s face, or attach to a stick so it can be held up when needed.
Hopefully this might save someone some time!
A mixed media, art activity to make a Sakura, or Cherry Blossom, branch using collage and coloured pencil techniques.
This original activity aims to use materials that should be accessible for home learning.
The activity is set out as a step by step tutorial, featuring photos and text, over two pages.
Materials needed: Cardboard, magazine pictures, glue, pencil, coloured pencils, cotton bud, vegetable oil, scissors, white paper.
