Lesson video

Hello, my name's Miss Robson.

We are going to be looking at patterns and seeing if we can describe them.

Then, we're going to be going on a bit of a pattern hunt around your environment to see if you can find some patterns too.

Patterns are all around us.

They're usually repeating colours or shapes.

You can find them on your clothes.

For example, there's a pattern on this stripy sock.

You can find them in your house.

Here is a pillow that has a triangle pattern all over it.

Or you can find them in nature.

Quite often, you will see animals that have patterns, like a stripy zebra or a spotty cheetah.

Have a think now about a pattern that you've seen before.

It could be a stripy top that you like to wear, or maybe a picture of an animal that you've seen in a book.

On the screen now, I can see four patterns.

There are some stripy patterns, some wavy patterns, some shape patterns, and a spotty pattern.

We are going to think about how to describe these patterns.

In order to describe the patterns, we're going to need to be able to talk about the shapes that we can see and about the colours that we can see.

We're going to start by trying to describe this pattern that you can see on the screen now.

It's a repeating pattern, and it's a pattern using yellow and red.

The pattern goes yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow, red.

The next pattern is this curved stripy pattern.

It goes blue, red, blue, red, blue, red, blue, red.

The next pattern is this spotty pattern.

It uses the colours green and purple.

Can you have a go at describing this pattern? This pattern goes green, purple, green, purple, green, purple.

The last pattern we're going to try describing is this shape pattern.

It has red circles and yellow triangles.

Can you have a go at describing the pattern? It goes red circle, yellow triangle, red circle, yellow triangle.

Describing patterns like this is a good start, but when they start to get a bit trickier, and they start having more colours or more shapes in them, it's important to be able to describe what comes before and what comes after so that if we're looking at a section of the pattern, we can figure out what comes next.

So in this pattern, every red circle is followed by a yellow triangle.

Every yellow triangle has a red circle after it.

We're going to have a look at some more complex patterns, and we're going to have a go at describing them by talking about what comes before and what comes after different shapes and colours.

Here is a pattern that has pink stars, blue rectangles, and blue ovals.

After every pink star comes a blue rectangle.

Can you check that with your finger? Put your finger on the screen on a pink star, then just as if you were jumping on a number line, you jump onto the next shape and after it, should be a blue rectangle.

Check all of the pink stars to make sure that this is a repeating pattern, where after every pink star comes a blue rectangle.

That's right, they all have a blue rectangle after them.

What shape comes after a blue rectangle? Again, put your finger on the screen on the blue rectangle.

What shape comes next? After a blue rectangle is a blue oval.

What comes before the pink star? For this question, you might need to find a pink star that definitely has something before it.

Not the one at the very beginning of the pattern.

Put your finger on the pink star, but this time, find out what comes before the pink star.

Before the pink star is a blue oval.

Every time that there is a pink star, there is a blue oval before it and a blue rectangle after it.

In this next pattern, there is a purple circle and then two orange rectangles.

So after every purple circle are two orange rectangles.

After every two orange rectangles, there's a purple circle.

Your task for today is going to be to look at patterns like the one below and the one before that we just discussed, and you're going to have a go at describing what comes before and what comes after the different shapes or colours in the pattern.

You should also check with your parent or carer to see if it's okay for you to go on a pattern hunt around your environment.

I'm going to go on a pattern hunt around my environment too, and I can't wait to show you the different patterns that I find.

Now, it's your turn to have a go at describing what comes before and after different parts of patterns and going on a pattern hunt in your environment.

I can't wait to see what you find.

Pause the video now to complete your task.

When you're finished, press play.

Did you find any patterns in your environment? I found loads, and I can't wait to share them with you.

Let me show you what I found.

I found a pillow with a floral pattern on it.

This flower here was on the other pillow as well, so they repeated all of the flowers all over the fabric, but they weren't necessarily in an order.

I also found a tissue box with a pattern on it.

All the shapes are different sizes, and there are lots of different colours too, but it's definitely a pattern.

I found two characters that have patterned clothing.

This lady here is wearing a pink dress with white spots all over it, and I found a man wearing a stripy suit.

The stripes go white, black, white, black, white, black, so it is a repeating pattern.

If you have a look, you should be able to describe it too.

After every white stripe, there is a black stripe.

After every black stripe, there is a white stripe.

Did you find something that was stripy or spotty? Next, I found a tower that someone had built, and it's a repeating pattern too.

Have a look.

Red, blue, red, blue, red.

After every red block, there is a blue block.

After every blue block, there is a red block.

It's a repeating pattern.

I also found one more pattern that was made with blocks.

It's this one here.

It goes blue, orange, white, blue, orange, white, blue.

After every blue block comes an orange block.

Let's check.

Ready? Blue.

Next is orange.

After every orange block is a white block, after every orange block is a white block, and after every white block is a blue block.

After every white block is a blue block.

That one's a repeating pattern too.

Pause the video now and have a go at explaining the different patterns that you found in your environment.

What fantastic learning you've done today.

I hope you had as much fun as I did finding patterns in the environment and describing patterns.

Why not share the patterns that you found with us? If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Twitter by tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.

We can't wait to see what you've been up to.

Thanks again for joining me today.

See you next time.