Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall (Original scheme)

Children work on a collaborative class piece of prehistoric inspired art, creating hand prints onto a textured background.

Learning objective

  • To apply painting skills when creating a collaborative artwork

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Might need support to accurately paint around their hand and be reminded not to use too much paint. 

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should experiment with manipulating their handprints to make patterns or complex arrangements.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Paul Carney,  
Art and Design specialist
Paul has 22 years experience of teaching art as a specialist subject in both Primary and Secondary schools. He is a council member with the National Society for Education and his expertise has led him to deliver CPD for leading…
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