Remembrance Day Poppies

 Lesson Background: We learnt about what Remembrance Day is and why it is important. We read a picture book called "A Poppy is to Remember" by Heather Patterson and then made these lovely poppies, which were the idea of my colleague Mrs Hart.

Lesson Materials (per student):

1 small sheet black paper or card

1 lead pencil

5 red tissue paper petals (we had these pre-cut, but with older children I would have got them to cut them out)

1 gold pen (I shared 1 pen per table group)

1 black sticker dot

glue

Lesson Steps:

1. Draw 1 long tall stem with a lead pencil and then another next to it, curved over "like a candy cane".

2. Stick the petals around the tops of the first stem.

3. Place a black sticker dot inside the first poppy.

4. Rip a small shred of red tissue paper to place inside the second poppy, to look like a bud about to bloom.

5. Use the gold pen to draw some gold dots inside the black sticker dot and to trace over the stems.