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Art and Design Technology

 Art and Design Technology Curriculum 

 

Each year group is given a artist, designer and artisan to study. Between these studies year groups will be building up their drawing skills in portraits, landscapes and illustrators.  They will also be given the key teaching points for their year group.  This is to be seen as the minimum amount to cover and it is expected that teachers use their creativity to expand the children’s art experience.

 

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

 

Artist

Drawing Skills

Artisan

Drawing Skills

Designers

Drawing skills

Year 1

Munch

(pastels)

Noses

Canal Artist

(roses and castles)

Flowers

Fashion

(Costume)

Illustrator

 

e.g.

David Mckee-Elmer

Emily Gravett

Quintin Blake

Beatrix Potter

Dick Bruna-Miffy

Dr Seuss

Eric Hill

Mick Inkpen

Year 2

Van Gough

(oil pastels)

Mouths

Dyer/weaver

 

Trees

Graphic Design

Year 3

Seurat

(pointillism)

Eyes

Sculpture (pottery)

Skies

Fashion

(clothing- Walsall Leather museum)

Year 4

Monet

(oil paint)

Eyes/nose eyebrows

Jewellery

(Staffordshire hoard/ Birmingham Jewellery Quarter)

Buildings

Interior design

Year 5

Warhol

(printing)

Ears

Graffiti/ Graffito

(inscriptions)

Rivers/ pathways/ roads

Industrial design

Year 6

Paul Kenton

(pen and ink)

Whole face

Sculpture

(tine man/ Wire)

Landscape

Motion design

 

Timetable

KS2 are timetabled for at least 1.5 hrs of Art per week and KS1 are timetabled for 4 hrs every 2 weeks.   Early years will continue to fit the art into their normal timetable.

 

Display

Work should be displayed in class where possible.  At the end of the year, each child will put their best piece of work into the school art exhibition during sports week.  As the children get older, they will be encouraged to become more involved in the mounting and presentation of their work.

 

Assessment and records

An electronic record will be kept of individuals work on 2simple and examples of class work recorded in the school art book.  From an early age children should give and receive constructive criticism of their work.  Work should be judged against the ‘wilf’ that was set for each piece of work.  At the end of the year, children will be graded as to whether they are  Emerging, Expected or Exceeding the expectations for their year group.

A bank of art resources will be built up over time to help in making this judgment and will be re-evaluated each year.

Art Showcase 2019

Design and Technology:

 

All classes are expected to complete a minimum of 3 specific  ‘design and make’ activities throughout the year as a minimum.

 

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 1

Mechanisms

Sliders and levers

Structures

Freestanding structures

Food

Preparing fruit and vegetables

Year 2

Mechanisms

Wheels and axles

Textiles

Templates and joining techniques

Food

Preparing fruit and vegetables

Year 3

Structures

Shell structures (including computer aided design)

Food

Healthy and varied diet

Textiles

2D shape to 3D product

Year 4

Electrical Systems

Simple circuits and switches (including programming and control)

Food

Healthy and varied diet

Mechanical Systems

Levers and linkages

Year 5

Food

Celebrating culture and seasonality

Mechanical Systems

Pulleys or gears

Structures

Frame structures

Year 6

Food

Celebrating culture and seasonality

Electrical Systems

More complex switches and circuits (including programming, monitoring and control)

Textiles

Combing different fabric shapes (including computer aided design)

The 3 topics can be taught in any order at the teachers discretion however for ease of resourcing we have grouped year groups together. Skills acquired within DT should be applied across all areas of the curriculum.

 

D&T WOW Work!