The Arts · Year 3

Lesson 1

Step into a role and use your voice, face and body to become a character.

⏱ 15 min · 12 questions

Lesson 2

Sort colours into warm and cool groups and use them to make a mood collage.

⏱ 15 min · 9 questions

Lesson 3

Explore how fast or slow and how loud or soft music can be.

⏱ 14 min · 9 questions

Lesson 4

Use a storyboard of boxes to plan the pictures in a media story.

⏱ 15 min · 8 questions

Lesson 5

Learn how artists show land, sky and a horizon in a landscape picture.

⏱ 15 min · 8 questions

Lesson 6

Match pitches, follow a melody going up and down, and sing in tune.

⏱ 14 min · 8 questions

Lesson 7

Travel through space using straight, curved and zig-zag pathways.

⏱ 14 min · 8 questions

Lesson 8

Use clay techniques like pinching and rolling to build a 3D sculpture.

⏱ 15 min · 8 questions

Lesson 9

Use simple symbols to write down long and short sounds and rests.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Lesson 10

Choose what to include and leave out to frame a clear photograph.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Lesson 11

Build a picture from small tiles or pieces placed together.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 12

Hear how two notes sung at once make harmony.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 13

Show who is powerful or shy in a scene using body and voice.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 14

Make objects move on screen by photographing tiny changes.

⏱ 16 min · 7 questions

Lesson 15

Find pairs of opposite colours that make each other look bright and bold.

⏱ 16 min · 6 questions

Lesson 16

Play a short pattern over and over to make a steady musical loop.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 17

Make up a scene on the spot where two characters disagree and sort it out.

⏱ 16 min · 6 questions

Lesson 18

Use only sounds and voices to tell a story that listeners can picture.

⏱ 16 min · 6 questions

Lesson 19

Fold painted paper to make a matching, mirror-image print.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 20

Follow how a tune goes up, down or stays the same to draw its shape.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 21

Use a clear voice to tell a story while others act it out.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 22

Combine a big title, a picture and key words to make a clear poster.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 23

See how the empty space around an object is part of the art.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 24

Tell apart moves that travel and moves you do on the spot.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 25

Find out how a title and credits tell us about a show.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 26

Hear how a tune moves by small steps or bigger leaps.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 27

Use a line of symmetry to make balanced, matching patterns.

⏱ 14 min · 6 questions

Lesson 28

Sing the same tune starting at different times to layer voices.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Lesson 29

Use face and body in a still freeze frame to show a clear feeling.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Lesson 30

Copy a partner's movements at the same time like a mirror reflection.

⏱ 13 min · 6 questions

Lesson 31

Slow down and draw an object by looking closely at its details.

⏱ 14 min · 7 questions

Lesson 32

Use pictures and symbols to show sounds and play them in order.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Lesson 33

Use pitch, pace and volume to make a character's voice.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Lesson 34

Use movements to show the events of a simple story.

⏱ 13 min · 7 questions

Lesson 35

Mix white and black into a colour to make lighter tints and darker shades.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 36

Use dynamics, from soft to loud, to give music feeling and surprise.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 37

Make up a scene on the spot by imagining where you are and acting in that place.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 38

Explore travelling movements like stepping, hopping and leaping across the space.

⏱ 15 min · 7 questions

Lesson 39

Choose warm or cool colours to set the mood of a painting.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions

Lesson 40

Explore how background music changes the mood of a film scene.

⏱ 15 min · 6 questions