Art And Design Curriculum Map 2021

By the end of Year 6, Ashleigh children will be able to talk confidently about art using the correct art and design terminology. They will be able to critique art work, talking about artist choices, techniques and the medium used.  

 They will have acquired knowledge of a range of great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms. 

They will be able to produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences in their own sketchbook. Children will become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques. 

• Pupils will know the names of at least six great artists, architects and designers.
• Pupils will know and recognise a range of art movements and periods from history.
• Pupils will be able to critique, analyse and talk about art work, artists and art movements using specific and technical vocabulary.
• Pupils will know how to record their knowledge, thought processes, design and creativity in a sketchbook.
• Pupils will develop and refine their skills in a wide range of art & design techniques.
• Pupils will know how to use their skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art & design.
• Pupils will experience a range of media including: watercolour, acrylic, pencils, soft pastels, oil pastels, chalk and charcoal, collage, junk modelling, clay, mod rock, textile, print making, digital art, photography and sculpture.
• Pupils will visit an art gallery/museum to appreciate, critique and be influenced by great works of art.
• Pupils in KS2 will develop their use of a scrapbook to record their ideas.
• Pupils will host a whole school art exhibition.
• Pupils will create artwork for a specific purpose/whole school exhibition at least once a year.
• Pupils will be given the opportunity to meet and work with real artists, craft makers, designers or architects, either in school or visiting their studio/workshops/place of work.
• Pupils will be given the opportunity to exhibit their work in school and the wider community.