These engaging and purposeful lessons guide children towards creating their own Pablo Picasso cubism-style self portraits. Included is a complete series of six comprehensive lessons: Lesson 1: Self-Portraits -Define self-portraits and understand why they are important; -Reflect on the key meanings behind some of the world’s most renowned self-portraits; -Think about their own identity and consider how their features may be shown in self-portrait through colours, shapes and symbols. Lesson 2: Picasso and Cubism -Use effective research skills and a research template to find out key information about Pablo Picasso’s life; -Analyse cubist paintings and understand the key features of the cubist movement; -Consider how facial features can be presented in the cubist style. Lesson 3: Exploring Creative Ideas -Recall important facts about self-portraits, Picasso and cubism; -Consider how they can present each facial feature in the cubism style; -Reflect on the feeling, tone and effect of their sketches, deciding on which ideas to develop further in the next lesson; Lesson 4: Developing Creative Ideas -Consider, adapt and edit the use of lines and shapes in their designs/ sketches; -Develop the use of objects, symbols and colour in their work; -Put all of the ideas together from the sessions thus far to produce a final draft design. Lesson 5: Compositions -Understand the key term ‘composition’ and learn about their creative freedom to organise concepts on the page; -Create their compositions, following clear and precise instructions (provided); -Learn about different types of brushstrokes that were utilised by Picasso for effect within his own cubism self-portraits; Lesson 6: Evaluations -Act as ‘art critics’, expressing their likes and dislikes about art compositions; -Follow a precise success criteria (provided) to determine the success of their own and their partner’s compositions; -Put all of the ideas together from all of the lessons in the unit to comprehensively evaluate their own learning, using a provided framework. Included are eye-catching and comprehensive PowerPoint presentations which guide the learners through the project and provide a wealth of information. All worksheets, activity sheets and templates are provided in both Word and PDF. These lessons were originally created for children in years 5-6, but may be adapted for slightly older and younger year groups.

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources help to detail and categorise the EYFS foundation learning in each of the primary curriculum subject areas It is an important resource for EYFS teachers and parents, but also subject leaders, to aid them in the development of a clearly-mapped and well-sequenced subject curriculum across the school. This organiser groups the subject-related learning into the relevant EYFS areas of learning (e.g. Understanding the World, Expressive Arts and Design, Communication and Language, etc.) The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDF and Word documents (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer complete reference points for students learning or revising knowledge relating to each of the following Middle Ages topics: King John and the Magna Carta; The Black Death; The Feudal System and the Domesday Book; Everyday Life in the Middle Ages; Peasants’ Revolt; The Norman Conquest; The Crusades; The Islamic World (Baghdad 900CE) Each of the 8 organisers contain a number of comprehensive sections explaining the key elements of the topic, timelines detailing key times and events, diagrams and images to visually aid understanding, and key facts to extend the learning of higher attaining students. The resources are ideal for KS3 students, but can be adapted where needed for students in other year groups. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDFs and Word documents (so that you can edit should you wish to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).