The Arts · Year 2
40 interactive lessons to explore
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Primary & Secondary Colours
Mix the three primary colours to create brand-new secondary colours.
⏱ 14 min · 11 questions
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Texture: How Things Feel
Explore rough, smooth, bumpy and soft textures and how artists show them.
⏱ 13 min · 8 questions
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Families of Instruments
Sort instruments into families by how they make their sound.
⏱ 14 min · 9 questions
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Time and Energy in Dance
Move fast or slow and with strong or gentle energy to create dances.
⏱ 13 min · 8 questions
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Giving Puppets Voices and Movement
Make a simple puppet talk and move to play a character.
⏱ 13 min · 8 questions
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Flipbooks: Making Pictures Move
Learn how flipping pages with small changes makes a moving picture.
⏱ 13 min · 8 questions
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Making Shapes with Your Body
Use your body to make wide, narrow, curved and twisted shapes in dance.
⏱ 13 min · 8 questions
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Stamp Prints
Use stamps to press the same shape again and again onto paper.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Pretend Play: Making It Up
Make up a pretend scene with a partner by adding ideas to each other.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Close-Up and Far-Away Photos
Discover how getting close or far changes what a photo shows.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Drawing a Still Life
Arrange real objects and draw what you see in front of you.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Long and Short Notes
Clap notes that last a long time or a short time.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Voices for Characters
Change your voice to play different characters in a story.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Leading and Following in Dance
Take turns leading a partner and following their moves.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Colours and Feelings
Discover how warm and cool colours can make a picture feel calm or cheerful.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Long and Short Sounds
Clap and play sounds that last a long time or just a quick short moment.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Hot-Seating a Character
Pretend to BE a character and answer questions about who you are.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Mirroring with a Partner
Copy your partner's moves at the same time like a reflection in a mirror.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Pattern Printing with Leaves
Print leaves to make a repeating pattern across your page.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Making a Frozen Picture
Freeze your body with others to make a still picture of a moment.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Dancing at High and Low Levels
Use high, middle and low levels to make your dance more interesting.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Stop-Motion with Toys
Take photos of a toy in tiny steps to make it look like it moves.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Sound a Story to Life
Use voices and body sounds to bring a story scene alive.
⏱ 15 min · 6 questions
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Loud and Soft Music
Learn how music can be loud or soft, and why it matters.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Mixing Secondary Colours
Mix two primary colours to make a brand new colour.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Moving in Different Directions
Dance forwards, backwards and sideways with control.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Overlapping Shapes for Depth
Place shapes in front of each other so some look closer than others.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Singing High and Low Notes
Match your voice to high and low notes and step a melody up and down.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Being the Narrator
Tell a story out loud as the narrator while actors show the actions.
⏱ 13 min · 6 questions
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Turning and Twisting Moves
Add turns and twists to your dance and control your balance.
⏱ 12 min · 6 questions
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Making Models from Clay
Roll, pinch and join clay to build a small 3D model.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Echo Singing and Copying
Listen to a short tune and sing it straight back as an echo.
⏱ 12 min · 7 questions
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Acting Out a Story
Retell a favourite story by acting the beginning, middle and end.
⏱ 13 min · 7 questions
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Making Body Statues
Freeze your body into wide, tall and twisted shapes.
⏱ 11 min · 7 questions
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Repeating Patterns in Design
Make a pattern by repeating shapes and colours in a regular order.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Tempo: Fast and Slow Music
Learn that tempo is how fast or slow music goes, and match movement to it.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Showing Feelings with Your Face and Body
Use your face and body, without words, to show happy, sad, scared and surprised.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Close-up and Far-away Photos
Discover how moving the camera close or far changes what a photo shows.
⏱ 14 min · 7 questions
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Rhythms with Found Sounds
Make rhythms using everyday objects as instruments.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions
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Making Characters with Masks
Use a simple mask and your body to become a character in a story.
⏱ 14 min · 6 questions