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DISTANCE LEARNING

Canvas and Stretcher

Key Stage 2 and 3 Maths
Capel Family The Capel's Garden
Explore the rule which tells you whether a pattern of paths can be walked along without going on any path twice through looking at the portrait of the Capel Family.
Children of Charles I Lining up time
Quite a few portraits show several people standing or sitting in a line. Work out how many different ways this could be done and why the artist chose a certain arrangement.
William Jones William Jones and Circles
Explore pi in relation to circles and the work of the mathematician William Jones.
William Hogarth William Hogarth's self-portrait
Explore the
Fibonacci series in relation to balance and proportion in a self-portrait by William Hogarth.



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