The Arts · Year 3
34 interactive lessons to explore
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Role and Character in Drama
Step into a role and use your voice, face and body to become a character.
⏱ 15 min · 12 questions
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Warm and Cool Colours in Collage
Sort colours into warm and cool groups and use them to make a mood collage.
⏱ 15 min · 9 questions
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Tempo and Dynamics in Music
Explore how fast or slow and how loud or soft music can be.
⏱ 14 min · 9 questions
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Planning a Story with Storyboards
Use a storyboard of boxes to plan the pictures in a media story.
⏱ 15 min · 8 questions
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Painting a Landscape
Learn how artists show land, sky and a horizon in a landscape picture.
⏱ 15 min · 8 questions
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Singing in Tune and Following a Melody
Match pitches, follow a melody going up and down, and sing in tune.
⏱ 14 min · 8 questions
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Pathways and Directions in Dance
Travel through space using straight, curved and zig-zag pathways.
⏱ 14 min · 8 questions
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Shaping Clay Sculptures
Use clay techniques like pinching and rolling to build a 3D sculpture.
⏱ 15 min · 8 questions
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Writing Down Sounds: Music Symbols
Use simple symbols to write down long and short sounds and rests.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Framing a Photograph
Choose what to include and leave out to frame a clear photograph.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Making a Mosaic
Build a picture from small tiles or pieces placed together.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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Harmony: Singing Together
Hear how two notes sung at once make harmony.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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High and Low Status
Show who is powerful or shy in a scene using body and voice.
⏱ 15 min · 7 questions
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Stop-Motion Animation
Make objects move on screen by photographing tiny changes.
⏱ 16 min · 7 questions
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Colours That Pop Together
Find pairs of opposite colours that make each other look bright and bold.
⏱ 16 min · 6 questions
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Ostinato: Repeating Patterns
Play a short pattern over and over to make a steady musical loop.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Improvising a Problem Scene
Make up a scene on the spot where two characters disagree and sort it out.
⏱ 16 min · 6 questions
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Sound Stories for Radio
Use only sounds and voices to tell a story that listeners can picture.
⏱ 16 min · 6 questions
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Symmetry Printmaking
Fold painted paper to make a matching, mirror-image print.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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The Shape of a Melody
Follow how a tune goes up, down or stays the same to draw its shape.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Being the Narrator
Use a clear voice to tell a story while others act it out.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Designing a Poster
Combine a big title, a picture and key words to make a clear poster.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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Positive and Negative Space
See how the empty space around an object is part of the art.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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Travelling and Staying Moves
Tell apart moves that travel and moves you do on the spot.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Titles and Credits in Media
Find out how a title and credits tell us about a show.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Steps and Leaps in a Melody
Hear how a tune moves by small steps or bigger leaps.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Symmetry in Pattern Design
Use a line of symmetry to make balanced, matching patterns.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Singing in a Round
Sing the same tune starting at different times to layer voices.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Showing Emotions in a Freeze Frame
Use face and body in a still freeze frame to show a clear feeling.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Mirroring with a Partner
Copy a partner's movements at the same time like a mirror reflection.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Drawing What You Really See
Slow down and draw an object by looking closely at its details.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Reading a Picture Score
Use pictures and symbols to show sounds and play them in order.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Changing Your Voice for a Role
Use pitch, pace and volume to make a character's voice.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Telling a Story with Dance
Use movements to show the events of a simple story.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions