Art
Year 7 Long Term Plan
Term 1 (first and second half term)
Foundation course: The Elements of Art
Sketchbooks
Exploring and applying key skills and techniques: shape, colour, pattern, line,
texture, tone, form
Term 1 (Second half term)
Foundation course: The Elements of Art
Exploring and applying key skills and techniques: shape, colour, pattern, line,
texture, tone and form
Personal creative response applying key skills and techniques
Term 2 (First half term)
Art and Identity
Art history; the artist’s life story and relevance (or otherwise) to artwork;
developing skills of research and observation; expressing views and opinions
Various artists, craftspeople, designers, Ancient World- now
Research towards personal creative response
Term 2 (second half term)
Art and Identity
Art history; developing skills of research and observation; expressing views and
opinions
Various artists, craftspeople, designers, Ancient World- now
Informed personal creative response
Term 3 (First half term)
Art and Environment
Revisit key skills; drawing and painting from direct observation
The artist and landscape/environment
Term 3 (second half term)
Art and Environment
Revisit key skills; drawing and painting from direct observation
The artist and landscape/environment
Personal creative response
(Dependant on timings of exams and summer show)
Art
Year 8 Long Term Plan
Term 1 (first and second half term)
Theme: Contrast
Revisit and extend key skills: line, tone, perspective, colour
Still life drawings of bottles and jars from the art room
Research: Cubism; intercultural influences (East/West, Africa/Europe)
Term 1 (Second half term)
Theme: Contrast
Further development to produce an abstract personal response influenced by
subject matter, artists and themes
Term 2 (First half term)
Theme: Contrast
Printmaking and mixed media inspired by images of bicycles, birds, horses,
aeroplanes, trains, industry, machinery etc. and Futurism (Colour and
Texture)
Revisit and extend key skills: line, tone, pattern, colour, repetition, rhythm
Research stage
Term 2 (second half term)
Theme: Contrast
Printmaking and mixed media inspired by images of bicycles, birds, horses,
aeroplanes, trains, industry, machinery etc. and Futurism (Colour and
Texture)
Revisit and extend key skills: line, tone, pattern, colour, repetition, rhythm
Personal creative response, informed by research
Term 3 (First half term)
Theme: Contrast
Developing designs for murals using silhouettes of figures (dancers etc.), and
a patterned background representing Movement, influenced by further
abstract movements and artists from the 20th century
Revisit and extend key skills: line, tone, pattern, colour, repetition, rhythm
Research and personal creative response
Term 3 (second half term)
Theme: Contrast
Personal creative response, extended (see above)
Extension: revisit and extend key skills: line, tone, perspective
(Dependant on timings of exams and summer show)
Art
Year 9 Long Term Plan
Term 1 (first and second half term)
Theme: Design/Environment (People and Places)
Area of art history: 20thC-21st C art and design; conceptual approaches; other
where appropriate
Architecture, urban life, form and function, people and places; everyday life,
observation
Perspective, drawing, sketchbooks
Term 1 (Second half term)
Theme: Design/Environment
Area of art history: 20thC-21st C art and design; conceptual approaches; other
where appropriate
Architecture etc.: developing/applying research in design/mixed-media/other
Perspective, drawing, colour, tone, mixed-media/3D construction where
possible
Personal creative response
Term 2 (First half term)
Theme: Design/Environment
Area of art history: 20thC-21st C art and design; conceptual approaches; other
where appropriate
Architecture, conceptual (and other where appropriate) fashion design;
relationship between art and design; research
Colour, tone, mixed-media/3D, design, where possible
Personal/group creative response
Term 2 (second half term)
Theme: Design/Environment
Area of art history: 20thC-21st C art and design; conceptual approaches; other
where appropriate
Architecture, fashion design; relationship between art and design; research
Colour, tone, mixed-media/3D construction, design, where possible
Personal/group creative response
Term 3 (First half term)
Observations of People and Places/ Drawing Today
Area of art history: revisit themes: 21stC art and design, conceptual art, other
where appropriate
Drawing people/figures/character, drawing from life, different ‘types’ of
drawing, ‘expressive’ drawing, drawing today
Term 3 (second half term)
Revisit themes: 21stC art and design, conceptual art, people/places, drawing
Drawing people/figures/character, drawing from life, different ‘types’ of
drawing, ‘expressive’ drawing, drawing today
Develop ideas: personal creative response
(Dependant on timings of exams and summer show)