Craft and design: Photo opportunity

Children explore creative photographic techniques, creating new images through photomontage, understanding photorealistic self-portraits, and applying digital photography to art design, enhancing their skills in composition and editing. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Photomontage

  • To apply an understanding of composition to create an effective photomontage advertising poster.

Lesson 2: Macro photography

  • To apply an understanding of abstract art through photography.

Lesson 3: Digital art

  • To demonstrate an understanding of design choices using digital photography techniques.

Lesson 4: Recreating paintings

  • To apply an understanding of photography to design and recreate a famous painting.

Lesson 5: Photorealistic self-portraits

  • To demonstrate observation and proportion to create art in a photorealistic style.

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

  • Colour:

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Key vocabulary

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arrangement

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Unit resources

Assessment – Art and design Y6: Craft and design

Assessment resources for this unit. Use

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Knowledge organiser

A visual summary of the key

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Key vocabulary

A display version of the key

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Subject resources

Art and design: Long-term plans

A suggested order for teaching Art

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National curriculum mapping

This document maps the National curriculum

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Assessment

A spreadsheet for recording teacher assessments

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Key vocabulary

This document lists the new vocabulary

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Equipment list

A checklist of art equipment required

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Art and design – List of artists

This document lists the artists studied

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