This year we will be studying the following theme in Art:
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ART
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Unit 1
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Unit 2
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Unit 3
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Year 1
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Cubism Self Portraits
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Yayoi Kusama / Printing
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Clay animals
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Year 2
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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Paper Art
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Super Sculptures
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Year 3
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Plant Art
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Warhol Pop Art
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Year 4
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Cartouche
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Indian Art / Henri Rousseau
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Sonia Delaunay / Pointillism
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Year 5
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Landscape Art
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Wassily Kandinsky
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Sculpting Vases
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Year 6
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Viking Longboat Sculptures
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Islamic Art
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Space Art
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Early Years
EYFS:
· Notice patterns with strong contrasts and be attracted by patterns resembling the human face.
· Starts making marks intentionally.
· Explores paint, using fingers and other parts of their body.
· Uses paint brushes and other tools to paint.
· Expresses ideas and feelings through mark making.
· Begins to give meaning to marks made.
· Explores using different materials.
· Use imagination as they consider what they can do with different materials.
· Make simple models which express their ideas.
· Create closed shapes with continuous lines and begin to use these shapes to represent objects.
· Draw with increasing complexity and detail, such as representing a face with circles and including detail.
· Use drawing to represent ideas like movement or loud noises.
· Show different emotions in their drawings and paintings, like happiness, sadness, fear etc.
· Explore colour and colour mixing.
Reception:
· Explore, use and refine a variety of artist effects to express their ideas and feelings.
· Return to and build on their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
· Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills.
· Painting: To know about the work of Kandinsky. Produce their own painting inspired by Kandinsky.
· Printing: To know about the work of Andy Warhol. Produce their own prints using repeated patterns
· Sculpture: To know about the work of Andy Goldsworhty. Produce their own sculpture using natural materials.
Year 1
In Year 1 the children learn:
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Self Portraits
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To use different kinds of sketching pencils and experiment with them
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To explore the different types of paints and the different effects they create
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To accurately place facial features and identify shapes in faces
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To create a self portrait
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Colour Creations
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To know the primary colours
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To know who Piet Mondrian is and create work in his style
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To mix primary colours to make secondary colours
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To know how to create light and dark shades of a colour
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To know who Kandinsky and create art work in his style
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Yayoi Kusama
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Experiment with different tools and materials to create polka dot patterns
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Use collage to recreate famous artwork developing cutting and sticking skills
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Create dot-based paintings selecting appropriate tools to produce dots of various sizes and colours
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Explore 3D form using by shaping clay using simple rolling and moulding techniques
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Year 2
In Year 2 the children learn:
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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To create imaginative portraits using objects and materials that represent people or ideas
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To use collage, sketching and painting to show texture, colour and pattern in artwork
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To know how artists like Arcimboldo used symbolism in their work
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To choose and combine materials to express ideas clearly
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To identify similarities and differences between my work and that of famous artists
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Paper Art
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To identify and describe various types of paper and their uses
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To create collages using paper
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To manipulate tissue paper to achieve specific artist effects
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To construct 3 dimensional forms using paper
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To create own paper sculptures
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Super Sculptures
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To create sculptures with a human form using various materials
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To design and create sculptures that incorporate ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ spaces
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To construct kinetic sculptures that incorporate movement
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To create sculptures using a variety of light, shape and colour
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Year 3
In Year 3 the children learn:
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Experiment with mixing paints to create tints and shades using colour to reflect mood and depth
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Develop skills in sketching and painting
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Use expressive lines to create a sense of movement
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Practise sketching from different perspectives
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Create expressive portraits in the style of Van Gogh
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Plant Art
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To create tints, shades and tones of colours
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To develop printing skills, creating designs using printing blocks
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To understand and create the illusion of depth in their artwork
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To develop observational skills to create detailed illustrations
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To create sculptures using clay adding or removing detail
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Warhol Pop Art Movement
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To create work inspired by Warhol
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To design their own Pop art using items from popular culture
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To evaluate their artwork and the artwork of others
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Year 4
In Year 4 the children learn:
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Indian Art
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Experiment with 2D and 3D decorative techniques
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Create intricate pattern designs focussing on symmetry
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Create stamps to create repeating patterns and textile designs
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Use coloured salt and symmetrical designs to make artwork
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Seurat and Pointillism
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To experiment with various methods to create Pointillist effects
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To mix primary, secondary and tertiary colours and identify complementary colour pairs using Pointillism
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To use Pointillism to create shading and blend colours in artwork
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To plan and create own Pointillist artwork
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Sonia Delaunay
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To recreate a portrait in the style of Sonia Delaunay
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To experiment with the art style Orphism
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To create a feeling of rhythm in art
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To design clothes inspired by Sonia Delaunay’s work
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To choose complementary and harmonious colours in artwork
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Year 5
In Year 5 the children learn:
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Landscape Art
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To explore perspective in landscape art, including identifying horizon lines, vanishing points and using construction lines to draw objects in perspective
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To experiment with various watercolour techniques to pain landscapes
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To create atmospheric perspective applying tints and shades with different mediums]
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To create abstract landscapes focussing on patterns
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Wassily Kandinsky
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To know about Wassily Kandinsky’s life and artistic development
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Explore ways to represent ideas, people, places and objects using lines, shapes, patterns and colours
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To sketch abstract versions by adapting them through shading grids
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To create abstract art inspired by Kandinsky using paints
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Sculpting Vases
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To use appropriate techniques and tools with modelling materials
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To add decorative features such as plaits, imprints and other embellishments
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To follow a design to make a vase out of clay
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To examine vase designs and use these as inspiration for their own
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To sketch designs and features to create a portfolio
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Year 6
In Year 6 the children learn:
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Talking Textiles
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To explore how stories can be communicated through art
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To experiment with textile techniques including stitching, layering, painting on fabric and quilting
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To create a textile artwork that tells a story following a design
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To evaluate work and reflect on what went well, what could be improved and suggesting alterations
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Islamic Art
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To investigate geometric and tessellating patterns
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To create geometric patterns including using negative space
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To use calligraphy as an art form using calligraphy tools
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To explore arabesque designs and create a motif through carving
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To design and create art featuring geometric patterns
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Space Art
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To explore the concepts of foreground, middle ground and background to create depth and balance
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To use sketchbooks to plan and test ideas
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To apply colour theory to create specific moods
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To develop blending and shading skills using soft pastels experimenting with techniques
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To use various painting tools and techniques to create texture and movement
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