Year 6 Art and design: Photography

Through developing their photography skills, children cover useful artistic concepts in a new context, looking at: composition, colour, light, abstract images and underlying messages. Familiarising themselves with new photography artists, children gain a new perspective on the way they look at the people and objects around them, capturing and presenting images in different ways.

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Please note

This unit has now been replaced by the Year 6 unit Craft and design: Photo opportunity. Kapow no longer updates these lessons, and they may not reflect the national curriculum or current guidance. They remain a permanent part of your subscription and will continue to be available for reference and use. We recommend that you explore the new versions of the lessons.

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Lesson 1: Photomontage (Original scheme)

Pupils are shown the work of different photomontage artists to see the effects that can be created before then crafting their own

Lesson 2: Truisms

After exploring the idea of truisms, children create their own piece of art by matching a truism with powerful photography to mirror its message

Learning Objective

To use text and image together to create meaningful and powerful photo posters

Lesson 3: Macro photography (Original scheme)

Focusing on the work of Edward Weston, children observe the abstract-looking images created through macro photography

Lesson 4: Self-portraits (Original scheme)

By looking at the many different examples of self-portraits over time, children use photography to create their own

Lesson 5: Expressions in photography (Original scheme)

Looking at 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch, children recreate the image adding an expressive photo self portrait to a background created in another medium

Assess your pupils

Assessment resources for use at the start of the unit to assess where pupils are in their learning and at the end of the unit to assess progress. Go to assessment resources