Sports Shape and Pattern

In this series of lessons, pupils recognise, describe and classify 2D shapes according to their properties. They identify repeating pattern and symmetry in sports-related designs and investigate tessellation. At the end of the unit, pupils produce a final design for a new logo, bag, flag or shoe tread using one or more elements of shape pattern.

Lesson 1 - Discovering 2D Shapes

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Pupils recognise and describe 2D shapes and explore repeated shape patterns used for footwear tread. They then collect data on different shapes and display the results in a simple bar graph.
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Lesson 2 - Repeating Patterns

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Pupils explore repeated shape patterns - continuing sequences and then creating their own repeating patterns.
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Lesson 3 - Let's Tessellate!

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Pupils create tessellating patterns with a range of 2D shapes and describe the patterns.
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Lesson 4 - Introducing Symmetry

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Pupils look at symmetrical patterns using colour, in single rows then in grids. They create their own symmetrical patterns.
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Lesson 5 - Sorting Flags

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Pupils look for shapes, pattern and lines of reflective symmetry in flags, then sort the flags into groups by symmetrical or other properties.
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Lesson 6 - Designing with Shape and Pattern

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Pupils create a design for a footwear tread, a t-shirt logo, a flag or a sports bag, drawing on their knowledge of 2D shapes and pattern. This final session is an open-ended, creative one, drawing on the skills and concepts gained in previous lessons (repeating pattern, symmetry and tessellation). It could be expanded into a series of lessons, stretching into art and design.
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Unit Objectives

To recognise, describe 2D shapes
To identify shapes from pictures
To answer a question by recording information in lists and tables
To represent the data as a bar graph to show results
To visualise and name 2D shapes and describe their features
To use 2D shapes to make patterns and pictures
To describe simple patterns and relationships involving shapes
To identify shapes in different positions and orientations
To sort, make and describe shapes
To use 2D shapes to make patterns and pictures, referring to the shapes’ properties
To recognise and use whole, half and quarter turns
To describe simple patterns
To identify reflective symmetry in patterns
To recognise 2D shapes (in different positions and orientations) and describe their features
To sort shapes, according to a chosen simple criterion
To sort and describe shapes, referring to their properties
To identify reflective symmetry in patterns and 2D shapes
To draw lines of symmetry in shapes
To recognise 2D shapes and describe their features
To create simple patterns from 2D shapes
To identify shapes from pictures of them in different positions and orientations
To create and describe shape patterns