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Mind the Gap

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Engaging, easy-to use, challenging lesson resources designed to help close the disadvantage gap. From print & go worksheets when you're in a rush to thoughtful assemblies when you need to impress. For busy, happy teachers who want highly motivated and productive students. Designed by a Head of Creative & Performing Arts, Head of Art and GCSE and A-level Art moderator. MA, BFA, NPQSL

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Engaging, easy-to use, challenging lesson resources designed to help close the disadvantage gap. From print & go worksheets when you're in a rush to thoughtful assemblies when you need to impress. For busy, happy teachers who want highly motivated and productive students. Designed by a Head of Creative & Performing Arts, Head of Art and GCSE and A-level Art moderator. MA, BFA, NPQSL
Art Class Entire Booklet- LINE & PATTERN
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Art Class Entire Booklet- LINE & PATTERN

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A 26 page booklet of art activities for artists of all abilities. Designed to challenge and inspire… while developing skill, knowledge and creativity. Staying home and don’t know what to do? Now’s a great time to learn something new. Refining skills, or just for fun- Drawing is for everyone! Creativity, technique, knowledge aplenty For humans aged 4 to 120 Parents, teachers, sisters, brothers- Let me know if this is useful and I will make others.
Colour Mixing Art
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Colour Mixing Art

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Explore the colour wheel Explore colour value, how colours are created by mixing other colours Explore complementary colours Create our own colour wheel blending/layering markers, colouring pencils and watercolour paints
Equality in Art (Co-constructive graffiti lesson)
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Equality in Art (Co-constructive graffiti lesson)

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Banksy, street, Art, graffiti, lettering. Best for use as a double lesson. 0. Go through the slides with the class. 1. As a class choose one of the quotes. 2. Have each student (or pair of students) draw out one of the words in their own graffiti style. 3. Have the students put all their words together to complete the quote. 4. Hooray! Enjoy.
Art Class Entire Booklet- COMPOSITION
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Art Class Entire Booklet- COMPOSITION

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The next episode- this time we’re focusing on COMPOSITION. A 25 page booklet of art activities for artists of all abilities. Designed to challenge and inspire… while developing skill, knowledge and creativity. Staying home and don’t know what to do? Now’s a great time to learn something new. Refining skills, or just for fun- Drawing is for everyone! Creativity, technique, knowledge aplenty For humans aged 4 to 120 Parents, teachers, sisters, brothers- Let me know if this is useful and I will make others.
Drawing/Painting placemat with key words
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Drawing/Painting placemat with key words

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Use this resource to empower your students in using the correct vocabulary while drawing & paintings. Offers tips, techniques and questioning. Particularly helpful for SEN, EAL, LA students.
Self-portrait project
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Self-portrait project

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Putting personality on a page!\n\nA groovy mixed-media self-portrait project that builds on/assesses a range of skills: observational drawing, composition and graffiti.\n\nI used this scheme of work with year 9, but I'm sure you could adapt it for any age.
Art Pride Piece Bookmark (Can adapt to use in any subject)
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Art Pride Piece Bookmark (Can adapt to use in any subject)

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Use these bookmarks to build confidence in your students and celebrate high quality work. -Print out a PRIDE PIECE bookmark for each of your students. (Laminate if you wish to resuse). The idea is to allow students to reflect on their work, developping self-criticality and celebrating when they complete work to a high standard.
Coffee Portraits
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Coffee Portraits

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Portrait painting project using coffee Includes printable differentiated skillbuilding worksheets -To work cooperatively with peers to develop the Assessment Criteria for our self-portrait painting. -To build a self-portrait toolkit, practising the Art techniques which will help us to develop more realism in our work.
Nina Chakrabarti
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Nina Chakrabarti

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Use this Ppt. to introduce the artist (designer) Nina Chakrabarti to your students and get them experimenting with portraiture and exploring the limits of mark-making. You just need black fineliner pens and some photos of faces. Enjoy!
A Colouring Book
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A Colouring Book

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Staying home and don’t know what to do? Now’s a great time to do something for you! Quiet, focused, relaxing fun- Colouring is for everyone! I’m always drawing in black & white, I’d like you to help me make things right. Go get your markers, pick a place to start And help me add colour to my Art….
Nelson Mandela English Comprehension Autobiography
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Nelson Mandela English Comprehension Autobiography

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A challenging and engaging English comprehension lesson for KS3 or KS4 on the life of the honourable Madiba, Sir Nelson Mandela. Includes key vocabulary, link to video about his autobiography, comprehension questions, green pen self-assessment activity, homework task.
Sugar Skulls Art, Design & Pattern
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Sugar Skulls Art, Design & Pattern

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Sugar Skulls Challenge Use your own equipment to decorate the skull template. Consider whether you want your design to symmetrical or not. Experiment with different ideas and patterns. Use colour and outline in fine liner if you have this equipment in your pencil case. Develop the space inside the skull and the background as well.