Teacher guide · Creative Lab · Harder · about 30 min

🚩 Design a Flag or Logo

Pupils practise creativity and confidence through "Design a Flag or Logo": Invent a place, then give it a symbol.

Lesson guide

1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 🚩 mission title and read the opening: "Name your made-up place and describe it in one line.". Take three quick guesses.
2. Model · 5 min
Think aloud through the first step together. Use Pixel the Fox's line as your prompt: "Nice! That's an idea nobody else had."
3. Do · 10 min
Pairs work through the 3 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"
4. Discuss · 10 min
Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.
5. Reflect · 5 min
Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used creativity today.

What was the hardest choice in "Design a Flag or Logo", and why?
Name your made-up place and describe it in one line — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Describe your flag: shapes, colours, and why — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Where could you use creativity outside school this week?
If you did this again, what would you change?

Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.

Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.

National Curriculum: English: composition — planning and drafting ideas (KS1/KS2)
National Curriculum: Design & Technology: generate, develop and communicate ideas
PSHE: Health & wellbeing: self-concept, strengths and interests

Pupil sheet

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

1. Name your made-up place and describe it in one line.
2. Match each colour to what it could mean.
Blue → ________________
Green → ________________
Gold → ________________
Red → ________________
3. Describe your flag: shapes, colours, and why.