Primary Theme: rainforest

Lesson 2: One picture, four views

Exploring how drawing can develop ideas for pattern design, children draw one rainforest animal from four different perspectives.

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Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Amazing Amazon animals

Using a range of adjectives to describe different rainforest creatures.

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  5. Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Amazing Amazon animals

Lesson 3: Creating patterns

Learning about the craftsman William Morris and using this as inspiration alongside sketchbook work; experimenting with batik as a textile technique to develop a pattern.

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Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Animal anatomy

Describing various animals by learning a Spanish song about body parts.

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Lesson 4: Repeating patterns

Understanding how pattern designers work in the creative industries and learning how to create a repeating pattern.

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Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Which rainforest animal am I?

Using descriptive language to create a fact file about an Amazon animal.

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  5. Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Which rainforest animal am I?

Lesson 5: Fabric design

Learning how fabric is printed by craftspeople and on an industrial scale. Evaluating batik and surface pattern techniques and considering how fabric is used differently.

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Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Amazon explorers

Creating an explorer’s podcast to discover the animals of the rainforest.

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  5. Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Amazon explorers

Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Campaigning for action

Presenting adverts using correct pronunciation and tone of voice to convey emotion. This lesson is part of the mixed-age scheme.

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  5. Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Campaigning for action
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