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?
Primary school art worksheet to use at the end of a lesson as children start to finish their work. We refer to it as Free Draw, but it still provides guidance and structure whilst allowing the children to use their imagination.
Pupils fill in the circles with detailed drawings of items that are circular in shape, e.g. pizza, dough nut, eyeball, apple, etc. Sheets can be stuck into pupils sketch books and added to at each session as time allows.
The task is fun but encourages observation, lateral thinking and drawing skills. Suitable for all levels of ability.
Also useful in a unit on 2D shapes.
This colouring sheet makes an ideal title page when studying the Amazon or an early finishers activity.
Features drawings used in the Rainforest layers worksheet.
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A poster style, A4, colouring sheet, suitable for Mothers’ Day activities. Hand drawn sheet features the word ‘Mum’ surrounded by stylised flowers. Lots of interesting elements for holding attention.
Updated and expanded for 2025, The Year of the Snake, this Chinese lantern activity and colouring sheet bundle provides a versatile and flexible resource that can be used for years to come when studying the Chinese Lunar New Year.
This resource features A4 PDFs of detailed line drawings to engage and inspire students studying this topic. There are options for students to add their own artwork within 2 activities.
This resource contains:
Teachers notes - featuring ideas for using the resource and other helpful information.
12 ‘Happy New Year’ posters, each featuring a different zodiac animal insert.
‘Happy New Year’ poster with a blank insert space for students to draw in their own animal
12 ‘Year of the…’ posters, each featuring a different animal from the Chinese zodiac.
Chinese Lantern activity featuring a base lantern poster to colour and cut out to decorate the classroom. This is completed with the animal motif sheets.
Cut and colour animal motif sheets featuring all 12 zodiac animals. For choice and ease of printing these are supplied in 2 formats, 2 sheets each containing 6 different animal motif, and 12 sheets each containing 6 motifs of a single animal.
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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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Make your Christmas art count towards meeting your curriculum objectives with this fun and attractive Christmas stocking card.
Students will acquire and apply knowledge about using line forms to create patterns, whilst making a card to take home for families.
Created for Reception/Year1 students.
The resource contains all you need for the lesson except the art materials:
PDF stocking card template
PDF card insert. 3 varieties- Happy Christmas, Seasons Greetings, Blank
PDF ‘How To’ photo illustrated instructions for the activity
PowerPoint presentation introducing the activity and teaching about line and pattern
PDF teachers notes to accompany PPT presentation
PDF assessment sheet for possible objectives that are covered in this lesson
PDF Stocking colouring sheet, added activity
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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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Both Elements of Art- Colour lesson units, including PowerPoints and worksheets, brought together in one value bundle.
Providing all you need to cover ‘Colour’ as an element of art under the primary curriculum.
See individual resources for further details.
Let your students get hands on this Christmas, researching, designing and making their own working, eco-friendly, Christmas cracker.
This design/art unit introduces design criteria and the process of product development in a fun, seasonal activity.
This is not a colouring activity! This activity allows students to design and build a more eco-friendly, working, Christmas cracker. They will need to engage many skills including, measuring, analysis, construction techniques and annotation.
The resource includes:
PowerPoint presentation introducing the task. Looking at Design criteria and the steps students need to complete within the design process. It is a guide and starter for class discussion, specifically related to the activity.
PDF of PowerPoint slides which can be used as a handout or card set to remind students of the process the activity follows, handy if groups working at different speeds.
PDF of teachers notes relating to the PowerPoint slides. These notes are also on the PPT itself.
PDF of design worksheets. 3 worksheets, one each for recording, research, design and assessment.
PDF of teachers notes relating to the possible arrangement of lessons and objectives. It also contains a materials list and helpful hints and tips on research and cracker construction to aid design troubleshooting in class.
I used this activity with a mixed class of Yr3 and 4 students who loved it! They engaged fully with the design process and the chance to make a ‘real’ product.
This resource provides a deeper look at colour as part of the elements of art.
‘Combining Colour’ consists of a PowerPoint presentation which builds on the basic colour theory and language covered in ‘Colour 1’ to include contrasting/complementary and harmonious colours, tertiary colour wheel, warm and cool colours, and the effect of colour on situation, style and mood in a piece of artwork, accompanied by extensive teachers’ notes and multiple worksheets covering the application of this knowledge.
The resource can be delivered as a single or multiple lesson depending on ability and time.
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:
‘Combining Colour’ PowerPoint presentation covering colour theory in relation to how colours are used and work together. Includes, recap of knowledge in ‘Colour 1’, moving on to applying this knowledge through contrasting/complementary and harmonious colours, including tertiary colour mixing. Also covering the use of colour to create mood, atmosphere or style for a given situation, including, warm and cool colours.
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. Also included in this are suggestions for ways in which these activities can fulfil curriculum requirements and objectives.
Set of 6 worksheets covering activities for all ages and abilities in the primary age group.
• Combining colour – contrasting/complementary and harmonious colours – students use knowledge of contrasting/complementary and harmonious colours to fill in each of the identical patterns on the sheet.
2 sheets featuring different designs to colour. Choose which suits your lesson.
Leaves or striped pattern.
• Tertiary colour wheel – 12 segment colour wheel for students to complete with their own secondary and tertiary colour mixes. Primary and secondary segments are labelled to aid correct positioning of the mixes. Definitions included.
• Harmonious colour combinations – a sheet of 3 bars featuring 3 sections each for students to fill in with their choice of harmonious combinations. An ideal accompaniment to the tertiary colour mixing exercise or as a task on its own. Students are also asked to name their colours by hue to embed colour vocabulary.
• Colour in mood/situation – These sheets enable students to apply their colour knowledge to build on a basic tree drawing to create different situations, mood or atmosphere.
2 sheets:
1 featuring four identical tree pictures for students to complete as each of the four seasons.
1 featuring a single A4 tree for students to complete. This could be as a single season as instructed or other situations and moods, such as different weather conditions e.g. sunny, raining, cold, and stormy.
A pair of stocking templates to add interest to your Christmas writing activities and displays,
Will you be writing Christmas wish lists or describing the Christmas preparations?
The resource consists of 3 PDFs :
Blank and lined stocking templates - A4. Students can design their own stockings on the blank template and add their written work to the back on the lined one. (will print double sided if required) String the finished stockings across the class room for a festive display.
Lined stocking templates with blank/colour in border - A4 Choose from 3 different border designs, snowflakes, stars and stripes, or let students design their own to highlight their writing. Ideal for mounting on a wall display.
Christmas stocking colouring sheet for a bit of festive fun.
This detailed, hand drawn colouring/work sheet is ideal to use when celebrating the coronation of King Charles with your students.
PDF featuring the Orb, Sceptre and St. Edward’s Crown traditionally used in the coronation ceremony.
This resource is provided free of charge to allow access for all to celebrate this event.
Many more resources for curriculum based topics can be found in TheArtTA’s shop. If you have found this resource useful please take a look.
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A hand drawn colouring sheet featuring a cartoon style rocket, astronaut and views of earth and moon. This is suitable for colouring or as a writing prompt as required.
Use the decorated letters as inspiration to embellish your own ‘Happy Christmas’ to colour in.
Ideal seasonal early finisher activity, or for use on its own. Finished designs could be used to decorate Christmas cards.
Celebrate the Coronation of King Charles with this resource containing an activity for students to make and/or design a model paper crown, based on the Imperial State Crown.
An updated version of this highly popular resource created for the Queen’s Jubilee.
Various template options (plain and with lots of detail to colour) are included to enable teachers to adapt the activity to the resources they have available and the objectives of their art lesson.
More than just a colouring exercise suggestions for art curriculum objectives are included.
Suitable for a wide age range due to adaptability.
Use these crowns to allow students to exercise their design skills and decorate your classroom for the jubilee.
This activity is supplied free of charge to enable as many as possible to participate in the celebrations.
Many more resources for curriculum based topics can be found in TheArtTA’s shop. If you have found this resource useful please take a look.
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