In this activity aimed at EYFS and SEND, pupils will have the opportunity to build faces on a fruit or vegetable. Learners will use their imaginations to create lots of different characters and facial expressions. This activity aims to promote the development of skills such as modelling, dexterity and creating narratives. It also provides children with the opportunity to learn about facial features in an interactive and tactile way.

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A collection of sources and imagery to explore Paddington Bear.

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Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children’s literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children’s book A Bear Called Paddington and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond, and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists.

Paddington is also animated in stop motion. Paddington himself is a puppet in a three-dimensional environment, whilst other characters are paper cut-outs. The final television special used a slightly different technique using 2D drawn fully animated characters. Wikipedia

Watch the episode below and ask children some questions about what they can see.

Questions to Prompt Conversation with EYFS

What do you like about Paddington?

What kind of bear do you think Paddington is?

What can you see in the background? How is the background different from the way Paddington is?

What is Paddington wearing? What things does he have around him?

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What is Form?

Form can be placed into two categories: implied form and actual form.

Implied Form can be found in a 2D artwork that gives the illusion of form through perspective, shape, tone, line and colour.

Real form is a 3D object that exists in space and time, such as architecture or a sculpture.

All forms are either geometric and organic, whether they are real (3D) or implied (2D). Geometric forms are mathematical objects including cubes, pyramids and spheres. Geometric forms appear man made and can suggest something solid, balanced and permanent. Whereas organic forms look natural. They are irregular and may seem flowing and unpredictable. – BBC

Discuss the artwork below to explore the different types of form.

Implied Form

Power Station by Phil Dean

Homage to Morandi by Jason Line

Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales) (1917) by Paul Klee. Original portrait painting from The Art Institute of Chicago.

Bomber Lair (1940) painting in high resolution by Paul Nash. Original from The Birmingham Museum. 

Tumbling Blocks Original public domain image from Smithsonian

Untitled (Bars and Blocks) Original public domain image from Smithsonian

Questions to Ask Children

Which artworks are made of organic forms? How do you know?

Can you see artworks with geometric forms? How can you tell?

Do any of the images have a combination of geometric and organic forms? Which ones?

Which style of work do you prefer and why?

Does this artwork look heavy or light and why?

How have artists given the illusion of form in this artwork?

Real Form

Paper Polar Bear Set by Nathan Ward

Bronze horse, Greek, Corinthian, 8th century BCE, MET Museum

Under Water: paper and movement in G.F Smith’s White Space by Nathan Ward

Lets Dance by Faith Bebbington 4 Close Up Of Newspaper Clothing

Wembley Lion (Cardboard) by Faith Bebbington

Aglow Liz West Nemozena 2018-9

Questions to Ask Children

What can you see in the sculpture?

Does the sculpture look heavy or light and why?

How does the light and shadow impact the sculpture?

With your finger in the air, draw the shapes you can see in the sculpture…

Which sculptures have geometric forms and which are organic? Which do you prefer?

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