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I am a beautiful bird

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Carnival of the Animals Exotic Birds

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Objectives

Art and Design

  • Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.
  • Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

English

  • Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas.

Lesson Planning

In this introductory session children will let the music Aviary conjure up images of exotic birds. They will cast a magic spell and create their own colourful bird.

Teaching Outcomes
Use their imagination to draw and decorate an exotic bird. To use patterns, shapes and colours in their bird designs.
Use descriptive language to develop their bird designs.

Children will:

  • Use their imagination to draw and decorate an exotic bird.
  • Use patterns, shapes and colours in their bird designs.
  • Use descriptive language to develop their bird designs.

Provided Resources

  • I am a beautiful bird poem
  • How to create an exotic bird instructions including template

You Will Need

  • A stick decorated with ribbons

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