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The Superpower of Looking

An innovative primary school resource focused on visual literacy.

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The competition for 15 to 18-year-olds in partnership with Paul Mellon Centre.

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Primary school resources

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  • Watching the weather

    Caitlin Foy 'First Snow' 1993. © the copyright holder.. Photo credit: Art in Healthcare

    Caitlin Foy 'First Snow' 1993
    Lesson plan

    Watching the weather

    • KS1 (ENG)
      KS1 (NI)
      CfE L1 (SCO)
      KS1 (WAL)
  • Superpower Still Life 4: Pumpkin

    Pumpkin (2018). © Yayoi Kusama. Photo credit: Yayoi Kusama / Ota Fine Arts / Victoria Miro

    Pumpkin (2018)
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    Superpower Still Life 4: Pumpkin

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
  • Investigate 2D shapes
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    Investigate 2D shapes

    • KS1 (ENG)
      KS1 (NI)
      CfE L1 (SCO)
      KS1 (WAL)
  • Lorna Graves and sculpture in relief

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    Lorna Graves and sculpture in relief

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      SEND (ENG)
      SEND (NI)
      ASN (SCO)
      SEND (WAL)

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  • An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
    Sciences
  • Holloway Prison Brooch
    Women's suffrage
  • Pandora's Box
    Myths and fables
  • George Eliot's Hand
    Literature
  • A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula
    Insects
  • Margaret, Domestic Manager
    Healthcare
  • Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)
    Civil unrest
  • Hampstead Heath (Figures and Dogs amongst Trees)
    Dogs
  • Barbara Hepworth
    Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
  • Draped Reclining Woman
    Henry Moore (1898–1986)
  • Rose Return
    Bridget Riley (b.1931)
  • White Sand, Red Millet, Many Flowers
    Anish Kapoor (b.1954)
  • Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993), RA
    Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
  • Woman
    Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915)
  • Susie and the Wash Basin
    Laura Knight (1877–1970)
  • Still Life
    Abstraction
  • La falaise à Fécamp, France
    Impressionism
  • Marilyn Diptych
    Pop Art
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
    Surrealism
  • Prometheus
    Carving
  • Ophelia
    Pre‐Raphaelitism
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Sculptors' techniques

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  • Sculptors' techniques: Erin Dickson
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    Sculptors' techniques: Erin Dickson

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)
  • Sculptors' techniques: Brian Fell
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    Sculptors' techniques: Brian Fell

    • KS2 (ENG)
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      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)
  • Sculptors' techniques: Dawn Rowland
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    Sculptors' techniques: Dawn Rowland

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
      KS2 (WAL)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)
  • Sculptors' techniques: Susan Cutts
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    Sculptors' techniques: Susan Cutts

    • KS2 (ENG)
      KS2 (NI)
      CfE L2 (SCO)
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      KS4 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      KS4 (NI)
      CfE L4 (SCO)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
      KS4 (WAL)

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