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  7. Lesson 1: Animation explored

Learning objective

  • To understand what animation is.

Success criteria

  • I understand and can explain what animation means.
  • I can
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Use
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Cross-curricular links

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, check that the children can recall: Decomposition is breaking something down into smaller chunks. An animation is made up of a sequence of photographs. Small changes in frames will create a smoother looking animation. Which software creates simple animations and some of its features (e.g. onion skinning).

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the Activity: Thaumatrope template animation as it requires only two images.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could add two objects or characters to their zoetrope or flipbook design.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating a toy with

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Vocabulary definitions

  • animation

    Pictures or photographs in a sequence to give the illusion of movement.

  • flipbook

    A book that shows a moving picture when you flip its pages quickly.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y5: Animation Stop Motion Studio

Lesson 1: Animation explored

Lesson 2: Exploring stop-motion

Lesson 3: Planning my stop-motion project

Lesson 4: Stop motion creation

Lesson 5: Editing my stop-motion project

Originally created by:

Sarah Vaughan

Computing specialist

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Sarah has 13 years of experience teaching in a primary school and leading computing.   She now works as a Subject Matter Expert for the NCCE across the East Midlands. In this role, she supports primary schools with bespoke training to develop and…
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team

Last update: 19th December, 2025

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