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ART CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
| GRADE/YEAR |
KEY AREAS OF STUDY |
| KG1/Reception |
NOTE: ALL UNITS OF WORK ARE DIVIDED INTO 3 MAIN AREAS. 1 EXPLORING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS. 2 INVESTIGATING AND MAKING. 3 EVALUATING AND DEVELOPING WORK. Familiarity with materials and development of fine motor skills. |
| KG2/Year1 |
SELF PORTRAIT- investigate range of drawing materials, mixing and using colour in a painting. INVESTIGATING MATERIALS- natural/man-made, weaving, colour and texture in textiles. SCULPTURE- shape, form, texture, sensory qualities, kinds of sculpture, arranging materials for relief collages. |
| Grade1/Year2 |
PICTURE THIS- recording observations using a variety of methods including photography and collage, illustrators. MOTHER NATURE-DESIGNER- explore line, shape, colour and texture in natural forms as a basis for textile design/collage/applique. CAN BUILDINGS SPEAK?- prints/rubbings of shapes/patterns, relief sculpture. |
| Grade2/Year3 |
PORTRAYING RELATIONSHIPS- composition skills to make double portraits of themselves and their relationship with another person. INVESTIGATING PATTERN- patterns in textiles from different times and cultures, stencilling. CAN WE CHANGE PLACES?- use shape, form, colour, pattern to make a maquette of a sculpture using ideas, methods and approaches of others. |
| Grade3/Year4 |
VIEWPOINTS- creating atmosphere from different viewpoints, printmaking, ideas, methods, approaches. TAKE A SEAT- exploration of the design of chairs. Examples of the past and other cultures as inspiration for own designs. JOURNEYS- communication using signs, symbols and metaphors using mixed media techniques- drawing, painting, collage, print-make |
| Grade4/Year5 |
OBJECTS AND MEANING- select, arrange and present objects in still-life, study of colour, tone and composition. CONTAINERS- develop own vessel design and build a 3D form, using cultural stimuli and work of different ceramists. TALKING TEXTILES- make a 2/3D textile work based on a familiar story/legend/myth using a range of techniques/materials to create pattern/texture. |
| Grade5/Year6 |
PEOPLE IN ACTION- exploration of conveying movement using different methods/techniques. WHAT A PERFORMANCE- investigation of headwear/costume from different times/cultures. A SENSE OF PLACE- exploration of rural/urban landscape for 2D work using shape, form, space, colour, texture, pattern in paint. Study ideas/methods/approaches of landscape artists. |
| Grade 6/Year 7 |
SELF IMAGE- explore personal identity and create images from observation, memory and imagination using traditional materials and digital media. WHAT'S IN A BUILDING?- explore ideas, feelings about buildings and spaces, make a design for sculpture in clay or paper. RECREATING LANDSCAPES- explore landscape for 2 and 3 dimensional work. Study artists who use the environment as inspiration and construct a textile based work. |
| Grade 7/Year 8 |
OBJECTS AND VIEWPOINTS- explore familiar objects from different viewpoints and abstracting qualities, cubism, still life. ANIMATING ART- explore the use of the moving image through films, cartoons, abstract expressionism, pop-art of the '60's. SHARED VIEW- study art work from different times and cultures and work together to make a temporary, site-specific work. |
| Grade 8/Year 9 |
LIFE EVENTS- image making of an event in students' own lives, manipulation of visual qualities to evoke strong reactions and represent ideas, 18th/19th century paintings connecting with the present visual culture. CHANGE YOUR STYLE- synthesise own ideas from contemporary design to make a new, creative form of textile, ceramic, 3D or body adornment. \Influence of art on fashion and design. PERSONAL PLACES, PUBLIC PLACES- explore public art in own area, research how ideas, values and beliefs have been represented, making a mural or 3D form for a public area. |
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