Art & Design

Year 3

In Year 3 children will learn:

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• to use a sketchbook for experimenting and planning and use these skills and effects in a final piece of work

• to explore complementary colours, colour as tone, warm and cold colours

• to create work in response to natural and manmade objects

• to plan a sculpture

• to explain what he/ she likes and dislikes about their work

• about artists in history

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Year 4

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In Year 4 children will learn:

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• to use a sketchbook for collecting ideas and developing work

• to draw objects with correct proportions 

• to create different effects by using tools and techniques

• to experiment with creating mood, feeling, movement and areas of interest

• to print on fabric

• to adapt and improve work using skills taught

• to use technical terms to articulate how to make improvements to work

• to describe some of the key ideas, techniques and working practices of artists, architects and designers

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Year 5

In Year 5 children will learn:

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• to develop ideas and explain choices for the materials and techniques used

• to investigate and use unfamiliar materials and techniques

• to represent things seen, remembered or imagined in three dimensions using lines, tone and shading

• to mix colours to express mood, divide foreground from background or demonstrate tones

• to develop skills in using clay

• to add a range of collage materials to a background

• to return to work and use a wide range of materials

• to research various artists, architects and designers and discuss their processes and explain how these were used in the finished product to evaluate work

Year 6

In Year 6 children will learn:

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• to select ideas and develop these through research

• to refine learnt techniques

• to adapt final work following feedback

• to begin to develop an awareness of composition, scale and proportion

• to use simple perspective in their work using a single focal point and horizon

• to use techniques, colours, tones and effects in an appropriate way to represent things seen

• to produce intricate patterns and textures in a malleable media

• to use and explain choices for different techniques, colours and textures in sculptures/ textiles

• to create intricate printing patterns by simplifying and modifying sketchbook designs

• to follow a design brief

• to describe the work and ideas of various artists, architects and designers, using appropriate vocabulary and referring to historical and cultural contexts

• to justify preferences towards different styles and artists