Year 3 - Art and design
Create a kaleidoscope pattern
Perfect Patterns: drawing and design
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Unit Summary
Pupils will create a range of art outcomes based on the theme of patterns. They will look at patterns in the natural world and investigate how pattern and decoration forms a fundamental part of art making. They will make a pattern motif and use it to create their own repeat pattern.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to design a symmetrical kaleidoscope pattern by repeating and rotating shapes.
Key Notes
- Kaleidoscope patterns are found in nature, art, and design, such as in stained glass and textiles.
- Kaleidoscope patterns are made by repeating and reflecting shapes to create symmetry.
- Rotation and reflection are key techniques used to form kaleidoscope designs.
- Shapes, lines, and colours can be arranged to create a visually striking and balanced pattern.
Vocabulary To Learn
- kaleidoscope: toys that produce different coloured patterns when you look through them
- repeat / repeating: to make or do again
- reflect / reflecting: to show the image of somebody/something on the surface of something
- rotate / rotating: turning around a centre point
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All kaleidoscope patterns are circular.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Kaleidoscope patterns are found in nature, art, and design, such as in stained glass and textiles. Kaleidoscope patterns are made by repeating and reflecting shapes to create symmetry.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'kaleidoscope'
toys that produce different coloured patterns when you look through them.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All kaleidoscope patterns are circular. Correction: Remind pupils that while many have a circular appearance, kaleidoscope patterns can also be based on squares, triangles, and other geometric grids.
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