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Lesson 3: Printing with paint

Using building blocks and other everyday objects to create prints; painting and stamping their blocks to create patterns, pictures and letters and combining colours on the page, explaining the choices they make.
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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Arrange the children into pairs. Display slide 1 of the Presentation: 3, 2, 1. Ask the children to tell their partner three things they learnt about colour from the last lesson.

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Montem Academy, Slough
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In this unit

Assessment – Art and design Y1: Painting and mixed mediaLesson 1: Making coloursLesson 2: Painting with colour
Lesson 3: Printing with paint
Lesson 4: Exploring colour mixingLesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates
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