Art and Design National Curriculum for key stage 2 Lesson and Plan written for year 3 and 4 Pupils will create a tessellating piece of work using inspiration from Escher. They will use geometric shapes in 2 simple or any other app that has shapes and fill tool colour options. Pupisl will repeat the 2d shapes and try to create an optical illusion of 3d piece of work. Lesson is differentiated 3 ways to suit the needs of different ability pupils in regards to using computing. Pupils will benefit from prior teaching and learning about the work of Escher and designing their own tessellation tiles. These lessons are available in the shop. Check you have suitable software like 2Simple or Googledraw before downloading this resource. This lesson can be differentiated for lower key stage pupils too. Many thanks for choosing this resource and I hope it saves you a lot of planning time.

This resource showing a range of collage techniques is suitable for all key stage 2. However, it was specifically written for a year 3 class. The resource shows the subject being studied - the architect Zaha Hadid who designed the Olympic London Aquatic Center. But this can be substituted to any other person or thing. The techniques include mosaic overlapping and layering cut work and tearing adding text and quotes positive and negative space The resources also indicates how to use digital media in art and design if this is an area of weakness in your curriculum,( CAD -computer aided design). Suitable for the national curriculum and art and design in KS2 and the objective - to use a range of media to create original pieces of work using inspiration and techniques learned from the masters (the greats). Remember these can be any artists or architects, designers, illustrators, of your choice including those from diverse and inclusive backgrounds. Thank you for choosing this resource.