Lesson 5: Photo collage

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Learning objective

To create a photo collage.

Success criteria

I can organise photos on a page.
I can

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National curriculum

Computing

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Cross-curricular links

Art

Pupils should be taught:

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: 3, 2, 1 and arrange the children into pairs.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should focus on arranging the photos in a simple way; could plan the layout on a whiteboard.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should add extra text to explain each part of the story; could add further decoration, such as shapes.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising that a collage means several

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Vocabulary definitions

collage

A picture made from lots of photographs, images or text.
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To copy or move information or pictures from the internet.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y1: Digital imagery

Lesson 1: Planning a photo story

Lesson 2: Taking photos

Lesson 3: Editing photos

Lesson 4: Searching for images

Lesson 5: Photo collage

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Sway Grantham

Computing specialist

Sway Grantham (@SwayGrantham) is a Primary School Teacher, a CAS Master Teacher and Specialist Leader in Education for Primary ICT. She also has a BCS Certificate in Computer Science Teaching (Primary). She has written several curricula and conducted research into the impact of 1:1…

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Last update: 16th January, 2026

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Learning objective

Success criteria

National curriculum

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Extended-mode explainer videos

Adaptive teaching

Assessing progress and understanding

Vocabulary definitions

collage

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In this unit

Sway Grantham

Computing specialist

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