Carlton Hill Primary School
Art
Art Curriculum Overview
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Year Group |
Autumn Term
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Spring Term
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Summer Term
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Reception
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Across the year children in Reception are provided opportunities to explore the mediums of Drawing/Painting/Printing/Collage/Sculpture/Textiles
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Year 1 |
Sculpture Topic: Geography/maths Artist: Paul Klee Children make a collage of their local area. Drawing Topic: Geography/maths Artist: Frank Bowling Children take their pen for a journey. Using zig zags and curves. Children to practice mixing colours. |
Painting Topic: science animals Artist: Emily Kame Kngwarreye Children make art inspired by Emily Kame Kngwarreye using an animal template they draw around.
Whole School Art Project - Drawing/Painting/Sculpture
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Painting Topic: Local geography Artist - Serena Sussex
Painting seascapes
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Year 2 |
Drawing Topic: Victorians Artist: Augustin Eduarte Children to draw and colour all the things they love on A4 white paper.
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Painting Topic: Animals Artist: Tracey Keller Children given outline of an animal, they use watercolours and acrylic paint to create their painting.
Whole School Art Project - Drawing/Painting/Sculpture
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Sculpture Topic: China (Geog) Artist: Zohra Opoku Children to use different media/textures to create a collage based on Chinese tapestry inspired by Zohra.
Drawing Topic: Victorians Artist: Augustin Eduarte Draw their side profile on black paper. Cut out and stick on top of things they love. (Connected to AUT 1) |
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Year 3 |
Sculpture Topic: plants (sci) Artist: Senaka Senanayake, Maria Sybilla Merian Children to create ‘pollination in a vase’ collage. Drawing Topic: Stone Age (Hist) Artist: Wifredo Lam, Alexis Gorodine Children to create a Stone Age drawing using different medias.
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Sculpture Topic: Human body (sci) Artist: Alberto Giacometti, Louise Bourgeois Children to create a tin foil sculpture of a human and an animal. Drawing Topic: Human body (sci) Artist: Keith Haring Using black and white photographs taken of the children, draw the bodies using thick lines before cutting and sticking into the original photo.
Whole School Art Project - Drawing/Painting/Sculpture |
Painting Topic: Ancient Egypt Artist: Ancient Egyptian Artwork Children to paint a portrait of an Egyptian god/goddess using acrylic paint
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Year 4 |
Painting Topic: Romans (Hist) Artist: Kenhinde Wiley
Children to create paintings of Boudicca from the written description. |
Sculpture Topic: Eco Warriors (Sci&Eng) Artist: Phyllida Barlow Children to create sculptures using recycled materials
Whole School Art Project - Drawing/Painting/Sculpture
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Drawing Topic: Greeks (Hist) Artist: Saskia Janssen Children to draw their own Greek pots with their own choice of design
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Year 5 |
Drawing Topic: Viking longboats (Hist) Children use sketching techniques to draw Viking longboats Sculpture
Topic: Natural sea-find beach sculptures (Geog) Artist: Courtney Mattison Children use clay and mixed media to create coral sculptures Painting Topic: Space (Sci) Children use watercolour techniques to paint planets |
Painting Topic: Vikings (Hist) Artist: Yinka Shonibare Children make painting inspired by Viking painting at sunset Painting Topic: English biography Artist: Yinka Shonibare Children paint/print repeated patterns on textile
Whole School Art Project - Drawing/Painting/Sculpture |
Drawing Topic: Local structures (Hist) Children use sketching techniques to draw local Brighton buildings - Royal Pavilion/ West Pier/ Brighton Pier
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Year 6 |
Painting Topic: The blitz (Hist) Artist: Henry Moore Children create a painting inspired by Henry Moore’s shelter drawings, using texture and shape to convey emotion and realism. Sculpture Topic: book - Number the Stars (Eng) Artist: Käthe Kollwitz Children sculpt a small figure or relief inspired by a character or moment from Number the Stars, focusing on emotion through shape and texture. Drawing Topic: Rugby (PE) Artist: LeRoy Neiman Children create a dynamic drawing of a rugby scene, capturing movement and proportion through expressive line and shape.
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Painting Topic: Buddhism (RE) Artist: Tibetan Mandala Artists Children design and refine their own mandala using printing or digital tools, combining motifs and purposeful colour choices. Sculpture Topic: States of matter (Sci) Artist: Ruth Asawa Children create a wire or mixed-media sculpture representing a state of matter, using shape and texture to show scientific understanding. Drawing Topic: Percentages (Maths) Artist: Piet Mondrian Children create an abstract drawing inspired by Mondrian, using shapes and colour to represent percentage data artistically.
Whole School Art Project -
Drawing/Painting/Sculpture |
Painting Topic: South American countries and culture (Geog) Artist: Beatriz Milhazes Children create a mixed-media painting inspired by Beatriz Milhazes, using South American patterns and colours. Sculpture Topic: Brazil (Geog) Artist: Ernesto Neto Children create a collaborative sculpture installation inspired by Brazilian landscapes or culture, using shape, texture, and colour. Drawing Topic: Survival for Beginners by Colin Towell (Eng) Artist: Shaun Tan Children create a detailed drawing of a survival scene or tool inspired by the book, using texture and shape for realism.
Year 6 Legacy Project (focus on different skills each time) |
Art Rationale
“You can’t use up creativity. The more the you use, the more you have.” –Maya Angelou
Art in our own words
At Carlton Hill Primary School Art is about equipping all children to think creatively and innovatively. We encourage children to develop self-expression whilst building critical thinking skills, enabling them to interpret the world around us.
We say: ‘Art is a way of freely exploring the world around us through looking, drawing, playing and making.’
Our pupils work independently and collaboratively on art projects. We encourage them to discover their ‘voice’, reflecting on their own art and the impact of artists in our culture and history.
We teach children determination and resilience - that it is ok to not always get things right the first time and to have the courage to start again. Children experiment with different art mediums and develop sketchbook skills, enabling children to review and edit their learning.
We use a range of materials and opportunities in the curriculum to teach proficiency in key techniques such as drawing, painting, sculpture and other craft and design.
How is our Art Curriculum organised?
In the teaching of our Art curriculum, we aspire to showcase a broad range of art experiences and artists from different genres and the curriculum is taught in a flexible way throughout the school. Children are taught skills discretely as well as through a cross curricular focus. E.g. As part of Year 2 History study on Victorians, children learn about the silhouette portrait artist ‘Auguste Eduoarte’. They develop skills in experimenting with brush strokes of different thickness and create an ombre wash background to explore adding tones of shade to their own self-portraits.
Children progress through carefully mapped skills across the year groups and as they build upon these their work becomes more complex. In KS1 children learn to draw lines of varying thickness and add dots/lines to create pattern. In KS2 children rehearse these skills and also learn to use shading to show light and shadow effects and develop further techniques to show texture e.g. cross hatching.
Opportunities are planned across the curriculum to allow children to experience all areas of art (Drawing, Painting, Printing, Collage, Sculpture, Textiles) Children demonstrate their learning through practical exploration, sketchbook work and finished pieces e.g. whole school project exhibition displays.
How does our Art curriculum support pupils with SEND?
In our art curriculum, we're all about making sure everyone feels included, especially students with SEND. We don't follow a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, we tailor our teaching to meet the unique needs of each student. We believe in a hands-on, interactive way of learning, similar to how we teach other subjects. When we plan art lessons, we think about how to break down barriers and give specific support where it's needed.
Teaching art to students with SEND isn't about having a fixed method. It's about understanding each student - what they're good at, what challenges they face, and what interests them. In our art classes, we're committed to embracing neurodiversity, celebrating the creativity of students with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other neurological differences. We know these students might learn differently, so we use a variety of creative methods, like visuals and interactive activities, to make sure everyone can participate.
What is the impact of our Art curriculum?
We are able to assess our Art Curriculum in the following ways:
Evidence
Throughout the year children’s learning is tracked through the use of photographic evidence e.g. developing stages of projects, finished pieces, and sketchbook work and an art portfolio is collated by the Subject Leader to show progression in skills across the year groups. This enables the teacher and subject leader to celebrate, review and reference learning against the skills and make adjustments to future planning/support if needed.
Pupil self-assessment
Our pupils are given opportunities at the beginning and end of units to assess their knowledge and skills, e.g. ‘Exhibition celebrations’ (Whole School Community Art Project) provide a rich opportunity for children to showcase their art and review their own and others work.
Pupil voice
All of our subject leaders are given time to listen to pupils from across the school and discuss their given subjects. Our pupils experience great delight and pride in developing their individual expression in this subject – this delight and pride is one that we hope will motivate them to become individual creative artists and innovators of the future.
What are the inspirations for our Art curriculum?
Our curriculum draws on ideas from AccessArt a leading provider of artist-led and artist-inspired teaching and learning resources. We are also fortunate to have received the skills and expertise of local artist and teacher Suzie Poyntz in the planning of our whole school art projects.
What are the key milestones in Art?
These key milestones are a snapshot to support teachers when assessing children’s learning.
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Early Years (EYFS) |
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Expressive Arts and Design (Exploring and Using Media and Materials) Children safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, naming primary colours, design, texture, form and function. Expressive Arts and Design (Being Imaginative) They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role play and stories. |
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Key Stage 1 |
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By the end of Year 1, children should have started to:
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By the end of Year 2, children should be able to:
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Key Stage 2 |
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By the end of Year 3 and 4, children should be able to:
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By the end of Year 5 and 6 children should be able to:
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