Lesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates
Using a paper plate, children recreate their own designs of Clarice Cliffs ‘Circle Tree’ plate, using bright colours to paint circles and finishing by using black paint and a straw to blow a tree design.New statutory RSHE guidance is here. We’re creating our brand new RSE & PSHE scheme ready for September 2026. Learn more
Learning objective
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Arrange the children into pairs. Display each slide of the Presentation: Green fingers (Recap and recall) in turn and ask the children to tell their partner if the images have more blue or yellow in them. Ask them to also discuss which shade of green shown in the numbered circles best matches the green of the images. Encourage the children to think about what they can remember about the hue/shade.
Invite a child to click on one of the numbered circles to reveal the matching colour.
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Simon is a teacher, cartoonist and artist. He uses his 25 years of experience to teach art in schools and has his own workshop business ‘Scartoons’ in which children create comic characters and strips. Simon is a member of The Cartoonists Club of Great Britain and has used his artistic talents to paint murals as well as designing and painting the scenery for several successful musical productions in Stoke-on-Trent. Simon’s cartoon book, “Dad, Seriously” was published in 2016 and reached no.8 on the Amazon Bestseller list for its category.
Simon designed our free lesson on painting willow patterns inspired by the history of ‘chinoiserie’ pottery as well as many other classes in our Art & Design subject.
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