Year 3 - Art and design
Creating a pattern using a square grid
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 use a square grid to create a repeated pattern.
Key Notes
- Grids are used in many types of art and design, such as mosaics, textiles, and digital art.
- A square grid helps create structured and repeating patterns by organising shapes and lines.
- Patterns can be made by repeating, rotating, or reflecting shapes.
- Sketching and planning within a grid helps to create accurate and consistent patterns.
Vocabulary To Learn
- reflection symmetry: one half of a shape is the reflection of the other half
- repeat/ repeating: to make or do again
- rotate/ rotating: turning around a centre
- line: a mark made by a moving point, such as a pencil or brush
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that patterns do not need a grid to be structured.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Grids are used in many types of art and design, such as mosaics, textiles, and digital art. A square grid helps create structured and repeating patterns by organising shapes and lines.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'reflection symmetry'
one half of a shape is the reflection of the other half.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think that patterns do not need a grid to be structured. Correction: While freehand patterns exist, grids help maintain consistency.
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