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Lesson 2: Personality portraits

Exploring how words and phrases can communicate identity in self-portraits.
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1. Recap and recall

This activity revisits learning from Lesson 1: Exploring self-portraits to help the children recall key knowledge about symbolism.

Show the Presentation: Symbolism, showing three details from Frida Kahlo's self-portrait (a portrait an artist creates of themselves).

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In this unit

Assessment – Art and design Y5: Painting and mixed media: Expressive portraitsLesson 1: Exploring self-portraits
Lesson 2: Personality portraits
Lesson 3: Expressive paintingLesson 4: Painterly printmakingLesson 5: Magnificent mixed media
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 4 September 2026

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