ART
Year 1
Information
Surface pattern
Objectives
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To investigate the qualities of natural and manufactured materials
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To create a collage that combines different surface textures, including some
generated with ICT
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To introduce specific vocabulary to describe textures and materials
Prior learning
To benefit from this lesson, children should:
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have looked at the properties and textures of a range of natural and
manufactured materials;
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be familiar with the cut, paste and repeat options in the selected software.
Vocabulary
natural, manufactured, texture, pattern
Resources
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data projector or interactive whiteboard linked to a laptop
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ICT suite or set of laptops
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digital camera
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suitable painting and drawing software into which digital pictures can be imported (in
this Example, QX3 TM Plus)
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samples of patterned materials, threads, wools, lace, satin, natural and
manufactured materials that can be used to make collages
ICT skills needed by teachers
To teach this unit, teachers need to know how to:
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use the selected software.
Preparation for this lesson
In a previous lesson, get children to create collages of materials that have different
patterns and different surface qualities. Use a digital camera to take photographs
of the collages.
You may wish to use the Internet to find information on artists’ work that relates to
the project.
Before the lesson, set up the selected software and digital photographs of collages
on the shared area of the network or on the computers that the children are to use.
Prepare the software on your own computer.
Prepare a set of help cards, or prompts and diagrams, to help children to
remember what to do when they are using the software.
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Lesson extract
Starter
Discuss with the class the ways in which they have created a collage based on
natural and manufactured materials. Explain how they can use the digital
photographs of their collage to create a repeating pattern on the computer.
Open a blank page in the software you are using. Use the paintbrush to make
some marks on the screen. Show children how to cut out a shape and paste it
somewhere else on the page.
Demonstrate how to use the repeat tool to create a repeating pattern.
Show the children how to use the undo command if they are not happy with the
position of part of their pattern.
Finally, show the children how to save their image.
Main activity
Organise the class to work in pairs or small groups at the computers. Show the
pairs where their digital photographs are stored.
Open a collage and demonstrate how the same tools as you used in the starter can
be used to cut out a section from a collage and repeat it several times. Ask children
to open their photograph and to cut and paste different sections several times to
create an interesting design on the screen.
Remind them how to use the undo command if they are not happy with the position
of their cut section or if they have made a mistake.
Ask children to save their images.
Now demonstrate how to use the symmetry or mirror tool to create a symmetrical
pattern from one section of their collage. Ask children to choose an interesting part
of their design to create their own symmetrical pattern.
Ask children to save their images.
Print both images.
Plenary
Bring the whole class together. Ask children to describe the tools that they used
and how these tools differ from using traditional mark-making tools.
Open one or two of the children’s images so that the whole class can look at them
on the large screen. Ask children to compare and contrast their digital prints with
their traditional collage.
Next steps
Add a section of one of the computer printouts to the traditional collage.
Notes
Links to QCA schemes of work
The lesson links to:
QCA Art and Design Unit 1B: Investigating materials
QCA Science Unit 1C: Sorting and using materials
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Context of this lesson
This lesson comes at the end of a sequence of lessons on surface pattern. It
focuses on using the cut, paste and repeat tools to create a pattern that will be
printed and added to children’s traditional collages.
Subject links
Links can be made to classifying activities in mathematics and science, and to work
on repeating patterns in mathematics.
Why use ICT?
The advantages of using ICT are as follows.
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ICT allows teachers to project enlarged visual images for whole-class
demonstration and discussion.
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ICT allows children to draft and present pictures and patterns in an attractive
format. Their work can be saved, and refined or added to later.
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