My name is Wendy Hobbs and I am an artist who has spent several years working as an HLTA. I was responsible for the art provision across the whole school, covering the full primary range, working closely with teachers to provide PPA cover to blend with their teaching. I am currently home educating my Yr6 child and many of the worksheets have been developed as part of the work we are doing.
Are there any that would enhance your school or home classroom experience?
My name is Wendy Hobbs and I am an artist who has spent several years working as an HLTA. I was responsible for the art provision across the whole school, covering the full primary range, working closely with teachers to provide PPA cover to blend with their teaching. I am currently home educating my Yr6 child and many of the worksheets have been developed as part of the work we are doing.
Are there any that would enhance your school or home classroom experience?
Make it move!
This resource provides a unit of work for Design Technology. It combines Design, Art and Technology to enable students to produce a greeting card with moving parts for a chosen celebration.
The activity will be spread over several sessions, involving exploring and creating mechanisms in the form of sliders, single lever and linkages and then using this knowledge to design, plan and model their own card, before making a final finished card with moving parts.
This resource contains:
In PDF format
Slide and lever worksheets - black and white and colour options
design worksheet
analysis worksheet
printable photo instructions
learning objective printout
teachers notes
Power point presentation with notes
I have used this resource with primary classes from yr2 -yr6 very successfully
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A single lesson resource to introduce students to the concept of using line drawing techniques to add interest and variety to their artwork.
This resource pack contains:
PowerPoint presentation introducing the concept of ‘line’ and how this can be used within a piece of work. Contains opportunities for class discussion about the subject
Teachers notes to expand on the points in the presentation and aid class discussion and understanding
PDF handout of key information given in the presentation for student reference
Line drawing techniques worksheet. This can be completed alongside the presentation or afterwards
Teachers instruction sheet for completing the worksheet
The cover pictures contain a selection of the pages included
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The River’s Journey - Source to Sea worksheets are an ideal accompaniment to studying water courses.
The set consists of various, flexible worksheets that can be used to fit your teaching needs for this unit of work.
All images are hand drawn, black and white drawings for easy printing/photocopying for class use.
The River’s Journey contains the following down loadable PDFs
Rivers from Source to Sea - full page illustration of the course of an ideal river, featuring as many river features as is possible, from mountain top to sea. Highly adaptable to your lesson requirements, label or annotate features with as much or little information as suits your class needs, then colour in too. Print A3 for maximum writing space.
The River’s Journey - Worksheets featuring a written description of the rivers course and the features and processes it contains, which students can complete using the word list supplied.
This is provided in 5 separate documents to make it more adaptable to your needs:
Word only worksheet featuring whole river course and word list
Whole river course description split over 3 separate sheets, upper, middle and lower course, each featuring the appropriate section of the illustration and a complete word list.
Individual downloads for the above 3 illustrated worksheets with a reduced word list appropriate to that section of river course ( full list also included)
These can be used in conjunction with the full illustration or as stand alone activities.
Answers! Copy of the completed word only worksheet. Answers apply to all worksheets.
These worksheets were developed when homeschooling my yr6 child.
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This resource aims to present Shape and Form, as an element of art, to a primary school audience.
It can be used as a standalone lesson or part of a program of study.
This resources contains:
• PowerPoint presentation, explaining the definition and concept of shape and form in art and showing students how they can use art elements and techniques to achieve 3D effects in their artwork. There are opportunities for class discussion and participation within this, and many visual examples.
• PDF of teachers notes to accompany the PPT offering explanations and tips to hopefully make the lesson as effective as possible, even for those without an art background.
• PDF worksheet using the letter shapes from the word ‘Form’ to use and develop the knowledge and skills gained from the lesson to create form. Completed worksheet can be used for future reference and evidence of learning within the art curriculum.
• PDF teachers’ notes for worksheet listing materials needed and explaining the tasks involved to complete it.
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This resource aims to present Pattern, as an element of art, to a primary school audience.
Consisting of an updated PowerPoint presentation featuring many pictorial examples and opportunities for class discussion and participation, including a ‘guess the close up’ activity for natural patterns. There is then a worksheet to complete to demonstrate the pattern knowledge which has been gained.
It can be used as a stand alone lesson or part of a program of study, e.g. designing Roman mosaics.
Resources included:
PowerPoint presentation illustrating and explaining the different types of patterns that can be found.
A fun pattern based worksheet PDF to complete, using the knowledge they have acquired to create varied patterns. This can be added to art books for future student reference and evidence of study for this element of the curriculum.
PDF document of teachers notes for the PPT presentation, including explanations and discussion ideas to help make the presentation usable even by those who are not art experts.
PDF document of teachers notes for the worksheet including possible ideas for curriculum fulfilment/learning objectives.
I have used this resource successfully with classes from yr1 to yr6.
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This resource bundle aims to cover the whole of the Elements of Art requirement for the Primary curriculum.
Each resource can be used as a standalone lesson or as part of a program of study.
Resources featured in bundle:
• Elements of Art – Colour 1. An art starting point, from reception up, featuring colour wheels, primary colours, secondary colours, value, intensity, tints, shades and tones
• Elements of Art – Colour 2. Further students colour knowledge from Colour 1, contrasting, complimentary and harmonious colours, warm and cool and other colour effects.
• Elements of Art – Pattern. How to enhance your artwork with pattern in decoration and composition. Covering repeating, random, natural and manmade patterns with lots of examples.
• Elements of Art – Line. Defining and using line drawing techniques to add interest with texture, intensity and form.
• Elements of Art – Shape and Form. Defining and 2D shape and 3D form, regular, irregular, geometric and organic and how to use colour, line, space, and texture to achieve these in your artwork.
• Elements of Art – Space. Create depth in your work using various aspects of placement and perspective.
All resources in the bundle contain:
• PowerPoint presentation, explaining the language and terminology associated with the featured art element, and how students can use these in creating their own artwork and evaluating the work of others. All have many visual examples and opportunities for class discussion and participation.
• PDF of teachers notes to accompany the PPT offering explanations and tips to hopefully make the lesson as effective as possible, even for those without an art background.
• 1 or more PDF worksheets for students to complete to consolidate and develop the knowledge and skills gained from the lesson. Completed worksheets can be added to sketchbooks and used for future reference and evidence of learning within the art curriculum.
• PDF teachers’ notes for worksheets listing the materials needed and explaining the tasks involved to complete them, along with ideas for task extension and challenge.
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A set of 5 printable worksheets featuring Polar, Tropical, Temperate, Desert and Ocean biomes/ habitats, which students can fill in to describe their key features, as part of a study on habitat and environment.
Each sheet has separate spaces to record descriptions of the non living features of a biome, its animal life, plant life and where in the world it is found, including a small globe to visually represent this.
The sheets can be used individually for specific habitats or as a set to enable comparison of different habitats.
The hand drawn header shows a selection of living and non living features for each biome. These can provide information for the student but also provide a fun element as they spot and name different animals. The pictures are designed to be coloured in and so can provide a handy activity for early finishers.
These sheets provide an interesting way for students to record information within this topic and will hopefully provide a useful addition to your teaching.
A set of 8 printable page borders for use with activities during world oceans day or studying oceans as a topic.
These borders are created using hand drawn images of turtles, jelyfish and plastic bags.
Choice of borders to also support use with ocean pollution topics
The set consists of 2 designs:
Turtles and jellyfish
Turtles, jellyfish and plastic bags
Each of which is presented in 4 different ways, to suit use in a variety of activities:
Black and white line drawing, blank centre area
Black and white line drawing, lined centre area
Coloured image, watercolour effect, blank centre area
Coloured image, watercolour effect, lined centre area
These sheets would be ideal for written work produced within an oceans topic area, e.g. poems, that are to be displayed.
Why not use unlined sheets as a starter for children’s own interpretations in the central space?
The borders featuring line drawings can be coloured in by the pupils if desired.
Amazon Rainforest Habitat/Biome worksheet.
This resource features a base sheet with a line drawn illustration showing the different layers within the Amazon rainforest habitat/biome. This can be built on, using the additional sheets provided, by naming layers, sorting their characteristics and adding the appropriate Amazonian animals to each layer.
It provides a flexible worksheet that could be used over several sessions as needed.
It can also be used within different curriculum areas such as, habitats and biomes, environmental adaptations and evolution, and South America.
Various sizes and formats are provided to provide extra choice for group or individual use, personal preference or print budget :)
The illustrations can also be coloured in by students.
This resource includes:
The base worksheet, featuring an illustration of the layers within a cross section of the Amazon rainforest. The division of the four layers is marked on the worksheet. The worksheet is provided in three formats, A3, A4 and A3 with the A4 illustration to one side of the sheet.
Sheet showing the names of the rainforest layers and their characteristics, to cut out and stick to the base layer. There are four layers featured, Emergent, Canopy, Understorey and Forest Floor. There are also 19 individual definitions that can be sorted and attached to the correct forest layer. These definitions refer to the plant, animal and climate characteristics of each layer. This sheet is in A3 and A4 sizes.
Sheet of line drawn illustrations of rainforest animals. These are specifically animals which would be found in the Amazonian rainforest. The animals can be cut out, sorted and attached to the appropriate layers of the worksheet. All animals are named, from a variety of classification areas, and aim to highlight some of the adaptations which enable them to live in a particular layer of the forest. 24 animals in total. A3 and A4 sheets.
Information/answer sheet for teachers. This also provides additional information about the animals, which could be used in classroom discussions when placing animals and discussing their adaptations.
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This resource aims to present Space, as an element of art, to a primary school audience.
It can be used as a standalone lesson or part of a program of study.
This resources contains:
• PowerPoint presentation, explaining the definition and concept of Space in art and showing students how they can use art elements and techniques to achieve a sense of space and depth in their artwork. There are opportunities for class discussion and participation within this, and visual examples.
• PDF of teachers notes to accompany the PPT offering explanations and tips to hopefully make the lesson as effective as possible, even for those without an art background.
• 3 PDF worksheets to complete to consolidate and develop the knowledge and skills gained from the lesson. Completed worksheets can be used for future reference and evidence of learning within the art curriculum.
• PDF teachers’ notes for worksheets listing the materials needed and explaining the tasks involved to complete them, along with ideas for task extension and challenge.
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Featuring a Roman legionary, Roman villa/ Celtic roundhouse, Roman pottery, mosaics and a detailed title page for Roman topic books, this resource pack can be used to enhance your students’ study of the Romans in Britain. 7 easily adaptable topic based line drawings for use within a Roman study unit.
The original pictures are hand drawn to fit the elements that might be covered when studying the Romans and easy to print in black and white.
Vary their use depending on your lesson needs, from diagrams to annotate, borders for work, or detailed colouring sheets, as you learn about Roman life.
PDFs included in this pack:
Romans - Title page for topic books to colour in. Featuring many different elements of Roman life it is full of interest.
Mosaic border - use as a border for written work or add your own mosaic design in the centre panel.
Mosaic fish - detailed and mindful colouring sheet for individual colouring, or enlarge and complete as a collaborative activity.
Roman Legionary - Label and annotate the soldiers uniform or colour in for use in displays.
Pottery - What were Roman pots used for? identify and describe different types of Roman pottery. Two sheets, one with, one without lined areas for writing about uses etc.
Roman villa/Celtic roundhouse - Describe and contrast contrast the two building styles. Two sheets, one with, one without, lined areas for writing.
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This resource contains line drawn representations of plants which grow from seeds (generic bean plant) and bulbs (Daffodil), accompanied by and appropriate word list.
Contained in 5 separate PDF documents, you will find:
Plants that grow from bulbs - Line drawing of a Daffodil bulb in flower, to be annotated and a sheet containing a word list for reference or to cut out and add to the worksheet.
Plants that grow from seeds - Line drawing of a bean plant, with flowers and pods, to be annotated and a sheet containing a word list.
Plants that grow from seeds/bulbs - Both of the above drawings are combined on a single sheet for labeling and comparison. Word lists as above.
and 5. Definitions of the terms in the word lists for teacher use.
These easy to print, but accurately detailed drawings, can also be coloured in by students.
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This updated resource includes features hand drawn colouring sheets depicting animals featured in each of the areas of animal classification used in primary science: Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, Invertebrates, Reptiles and Fish. Ideal as visual discussion starters for this topic.
The pack includes:
6 Individual PDF colouring sheets, 1 for each animal classification group - Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, Invertebrates, Reptiles and Fish.
Teachers sheet featuring possible alternative uses for the resource within the teaching of this topic as well as a list of the animals featured in the drawings.
PDF featuring A5 versions of the sheets in which the animals are labeled for easy identification. Ideal as a classroom handout for research into the featured animals.
More than just a colouring sheet and great for engaging pupils in this topic.
An additional resource is also available featuring the colouring sheets as part of a worksheet for students to record work on this subject. This can be purchased separately or with the drawing sheets in the ‘Animal Classification Bundle’
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Remembrance Day colouring sheet featuring the text, ‘We will remember them.’ poppies and soldiers, for use with remembrance day activities or learning.
A worksheet pack for the lifecycle of a sunflower plant. (Alternative sheets are available for tomato and bean plants, or as a bundle of all three.)
This adaptable resource contains a PDF featuring the following 4 sheets:
• ‘Lifecycle of a plant’ worksheet featuring line drawings of each lifecycle stage. Ready for students to annotate themselves or add the key words provided.
• Titled ‘Lifecycle of a plant’ blank worksheet. Students can illustrate this themselves, or use the accompanying pictures and key words to complete.
• Line drawings of each stage of the plants lifecycle, suitable for ordering and adding to the blank worksheet. 2 sets of drawings per sheet
• Key words strip containing a variety of relevant terms to add to the lifecycle or use as reference. 4 sets per sheet.
The user can mix and match the elements they require, combining them to produce a unit most suited to their scheme of teaching and class needs.
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This resource provides a clear, line drawn diagram, of the structure of a flower for students to label and annotate.
There is also a sheet featuring key words and their definitions, for students to cut out, sort and add to the worksheet or use for reference.
In addition, a teachers answer sheet shows the correct matching of terms and definitions.
The resource can be adapted to class needs by choosing the appropriate terms and definitions.
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This resource offers a set of printable PDF documents featuring black and white line drawings of UK plants which are likely to be easily found on a school playing field, providing an ideal activity in your study of native plants.
The 6 plants featured are: Dandelion, Creeping Buttercup, Lawn Daisy, Greater Plantain, Yarrow and White Clover.
The drawings are provided in 5 different A4 formats, making the resource flexible and adding value in the classroom setting, these are:
• Sheet featuring all 6 plants for use as an ID sheet
• 2 sheets each featuring 3 of the 6 plants with a lined section beneath each - ideal for recording descriptions of the plant, colour etc., measurements or numbers found.
• 6 sheets each featuring 1 of the 6 plants with a lined section beneath each - ideal for recording descriptions or for creative writing about the plant featured.
• 6 individual sheets each featuring 1 plant - headings, display or colouring sheets
• 2 sheets each featuring either 1 or 3 blank picture spaces, with a lined section beneath, for students to draw and record their own plant observations.
The use of line drawings mean the sheets can also be used to colour in, recording the students’ observations of the plants, whilst being more printer friendly.
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This resource provides an introduction to colour as part of the elements of art.
‘Colour’ consists of a PowerPoint presentation explaining colour theory and language accompanied by extensive teachers notes and multiple worksheets which cover use of the material by a wide range of ages and abilities.
The resource can be delivered as a single or multiple lesson depending on ability and time available.
The completed worksheets can be added to students sketch books to provide useful reference for future study and evidence of learning.
The resource consists of:
‘Colour’ PowerPoint presentation covering the start of colour theory. Includes, colour language and terminology, hue, colour wheels, primary and secondary colours, colour value, tints, shades and tones, and colour intensity.
Pdf of teachers notes for each page/item of the presentation. This provides explanation and background information to enable the teacher, even if not an art expert, to understand and deliver the lesson.
Set of 5 worksheets covering activities for all ages and abilities in the primary age group.
• Colour flower – Use knowledge of Primary and Secondary colours to fill in each of the 6 petals on the flower. 2 sheets, one black outlined petals, one with petals the colour that need to be filled. Encourages colour mixing, matching and knowledge.
• Colour maths. – Sheet with coloured shapes that form maths style questions to establish secondary colour mixing knowledge. Fill in the blank shapes with the correct colour. Also includes outline colour names, e.g. red, to complete in the appropriate colour.
• Colour wheel – 6 segment colour wheel with definitions of primary and secondary colours for students to complete with their own colour mixing attempts.
• Colour Value – Students explore colour value by mixing their own graduated blocks of tints, tones and shades and assessing what is happening.
• Colour Value and Intensity – complete the sheet using 2 different paint mediums to fill in the words ‘value’ and ‘intensity’ to practice and understand the difference between value and intensity in colour language.
Pdf of teachers notes relating to the completion of the above worksheets. Also included in this are helpful tips and advice on colour mixing, and art equipment to facilitate this. There are also suggestions for ways in which these activities can fulfil curriculum requirements and objectives.
I have aimed to make this resource useful and usable to those who do not have much art expertise for themselves but wish to inspire art and understanding in their students. It is of course usable by experts too. The variety of worksheets and flexibility within them, makes this resource an adaptable and useful tool for covering the elements of art.
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