Art
| Year group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Nursery | introduction to primary colours. Manipulating dough Exploring line and shpe | Folding, sticking and tearing (introduction to collage). clay skills | mixing paint using a range of tools | Drawing skills: lines, zig-zags, spirals, straight lines and curvy lines | Clay skills | creating patterns |
| Reception | Drawing human form. Developing painting skills | Digital art and print making | refining drawing skills. Revision of colour mixing. clay skills | Patterns and print making | collage work | making models |
| Year 1 | Basic colour theory. Use of colour in art work | Portraits, drawing and developing collage | Printing using motifs | Relief and mural making. Artist study: James Rizzi | ||
| Year 2 | Hues, colour in art work, block printing | Still life, development of sketching skills, colour composition, subject matter and texture | Sculptural forms Artist study: Yayoi Kusama | |||
| Year 3 | Contrasting and complementing colours. Colour families | Prehistoric pots - Bell Beaker wear. Extending clay skills | Printing and clay sculpture. Development of drawing techniques | Genre of botanic art. Sketching and colour studies. Use of watercolour | ||
| Year 4 | Warm and cool colours, water colour techniques Aboriginal art | Landscapes, atmospheric perspective and line work | Drawing animals, exploring line work and making block prints. Clay sculpture | Motifs in Islamic art | ||
| Year 5 | Landscape study. Tints, tones and shades | Light, lines and shadows. Picasso and Rembrandt study. | Mixed media. Collage | Expressionism Continuous line drawing and large scale drawing.
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| Year 6 | Colour and style.Revision of expressionism, impressionism and Fauvism movements | Distortion and abstraction. Cubism and Orphism | Inuit art, craft and traditions of Inuit culture. Printing and sculpture. Artist study: Kenojauak Ashevak | Significant black artists - Trailblazers and Barrier Breakers | Nature and natural world focus | |
We value Art and Design as an important part of the children’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum. Art and Design provides children with the opportunity to develop and extend skills and knowledge, and an opportunity to express their individual interests, thoughts and ideas. Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation. We want our children to use the local area as inspiration, to learn from other cultures and to respect diversity. We have carefully selected a wide range of artists, craft makers and designers for children to study. Children will develop their understanding of the visual language of art with effective teaching and considered sequences of lessons and experiences. Understanding of the visual elements of art and design will be developed by providing a curriculum which will enable children to reach their full potential. Implementation The skills and knowledge that the children will learn throughout each art topic are mapped across each year group, beginning in Early Years, and are progressive throughout the school.
Art in Action - year 1 portraits
