A range of low-resource art challenges I have been setting for my children. Each challenge is on one PDF, gives a brief overview of the task/technique/artist along with examples of the work and realistic examples of what the children’s could look like. Hopefully a time saver for someone. :)

Two week-long biography work booklets to support children learning at home during the closures due to Covid-19. Children recap key features before children are tasked with planning and writing a biography about themselves (but in 3rd person) in week 1 and about a fictional character in week 2. Each section has a WAGOLL and then a space to complete their own, with a checklist using must/should/could. At the end there’s word banks for those that might need further support. First booklet recaps key features (using a biography offered for free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-a-biography-6413084) 2 more weeks around Non-Chronological Reports, which can follow on from this, can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/non-chronological-report-work-booklets-distance-learning-12305985

Two week-long NCR work booklets to support children learning at home during the closures due to Covid-19. Children recap key features before children are tasked with planning and writing a NCR about Electricity in week 1 and about their favourite animal in week 2. Follows on from and links to Biography work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/biography-work-booklets-distance-learning-12288876 Each section has a WAGOLL and then a space to complete their own, with a checklist using must/should/could. At the end there’s word banks for those that might need further support.

FORM: NEWSPAPER PURPOSE: TO INFORM AUDIENCE: PARENTS (VIA A NEWSLETTER) A 3 week unit (11 lessons plus hook) looking at chronological reports. The final outcome is a newsletter to parents informing them of a dragon attack on the school. The slides are designed so that there’s a WAGOLL for each extended writing task, and then a word bank slide to model writing on a WB or flipchart paper using this. Please note: All documents are in PowerPoint and the font used is Twinkl (available from Twinkl’s website if you have a subscription). If you do not use this font, there will be formatting issues. Starter activities are ‘back to basics’ - recapping KS1 objectives. The hook requires use of an augmented reality app in your own setting (I use action movie on Apple but others are available). There is so no planning session, as we plan to use the police report from the hook day. Most of the examples are orginal or adapted from NewsRound, however I have used this resource in my slides, which can be found for free on TES here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/newspaper-report-goldilocks-and-the-three-bears-11487237

Two week-long narrative work booklets to support children learning at home during the closures due to Covid-19. Children recap key features before children are tasked with planning and writing a narratives inspired by Oliver Jeffers ‘Lost and Found’ - one closely hugging the text, the other more open. Each section has a WAGOLL and then a space to complete their own, with a checklist using must/should/could. At the end there’s word banks for those that might need further support.

FORM: POETRY (CINQUAIN) PURPOSE: TO ENTERTAIN AUDIENCE: PARENTS (VIA PERFORMANCE POETRY RECITAL) A 1 week unit (4 lessons) looking at cinquains. The final outcome is a poem to be recited at a parental engagement event. Short and sweet, this is a good unit to revisit word classifications with. Please note: All documents are in PowerPoint and the font used is Twinkl (available from Twinkl’s website if you have a subscription). If you do not use this font, there will be formatting issues. Starter activities are ‘back to basics’ - recapping KS1 objectives.

This is a ‘50 things to do before you leave’ checklist which supports our enrichment curriculum. This is designed for an infant school but could be updated/edited to be for a primary. The font is ‘Ink Free’ which is standard on Microsoft word, and has been mocked up with a fictional school. Hopefully it’s helpful to anyone who has been tasked with the same.

A short narrative unit which followed on from a science unit looking at the human digestive system, so children had a great deal of knowledge about this to draw upon.