Year 4 - Art and design
Printing symbols: banners and identity
Clothes and culture: wearable art
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Unit Summary
Made in collaboration with October Gallery this unit brings together diverse visual languages from across time and place, encouraging children to see wearable art not simply as adornment, but as a powerful form of communication, one that celebrates identity, and gives voice to stories that matter.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to design and print a symbol on fabric to show your identity.
Key Notes
- Symbols can show identity, ideas and values.
- Artists can use mono-printing to design and print a symbol on fabric.
- Banners use images, colour and words to share a message.
Vocabulary To Learn
- symbol: an object, shape, or image that stands for or represents an idea or meaning
- print/printing: a way of making a copy of something
- banner: a flag with a design or writing on it that represents an organisation or a movement
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Symbols are just pictures - they don't really mean anything.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Symbols can show identity, ideas and values. Artists can use mono-printing to design and print a symbol on fabric.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'symbol'
an object, shape, or image that stands for or represents an idea or meaning.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Symbols are just pictures - they don't really mean anything. Correction: Remind pupils that symbols are pictures with power. People use them to show who they are, what they believe in, or what they want to change. On banners, every shape and colour can tell a story.
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