AUTUMN 1
YEAR 4
LINKED TO GEOGRAPHY TOPIC: DO YOU LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE? (Southport Study)
To create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and
revisit ideas.
FIELDTRIP to beach, children sketch beach scenes ARTISTS: Seascape painting by British
Artist John Morris
Marine Paintings by British Artist Richard DACK
 to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing
Children can complete a study of sketching shells(boxes in art room) link with line, tone, shade
Type in British artists that paint sea shells on google search.
This unit can be linked to Unit 4c on journeys. (http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/art/ks1-2/resources/#3)
They produce a mixed-media work, combining drawing, painting, collage and print-making techniques
AUTUMN 1
YEAR 5
LINKS WITH GEOGRAPHY TOPIC: WHAT IS IT LIKE IN THE AMAZON?
 to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting
and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
Children will the rainforest and look at its wide eco system of animals/flaura and forna. They
will sketch one of these in detail using pencils then reproduce this in charcoal or paint.
Children can move on to making 3D Rainforest dioramas
AUTUMN 2
YEAR 3
LINKS WITH HISTORY TOPIC: WHAT WAS NEW ABOUT THE STONE AGE?
 to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting
and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
Children study early “mark makers” and look at how they relayed the world to each other.
Look at :
http://arthistoryworlds.org/a-lesson-plan-for-cave-paintings/
a FABULOUS site for cave drawings.
Children use sketch books to compare life then and now using the same style stick drawings. Children should be
encouraged to draw with a variety of implements such as cocktail sticks/tooth brushes/pencils / sticks etc.
Look on pinterest for some excellent examples.
Hand printing
See website http://timetravellerkids.co.uk/fun-stuff/free-projects/stone-age-craft-projects-for-kids/ for
some great stone age art e.g. make a Neolithic pot (CLAY) Make a stone age necklace, make stone age paint, make
a cake henge, make Neolithic stone balls.
AUTUMN 2
YEAR 6
LINKS WITH HISTORY TOPIC: WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER THE MAYA?
 Children will be taught about great artists, architects and designers in history. Children to
study Maya buildings and to find
Out how they were built using only basic tools and shells. Children will build their own temple using a
variety of materials.
They will first sketch their design, edit it and work out what materials they will need in order to produce this
temple.
SPRING 1
YEAR 4
LINKS WITH HISTORY TOPIC: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE ROMANS CAME?
 Children will be taught about great artists, architects and designers in history. Children will
look at Roman buildings and learn about their features.( the arch, the dome and the vault, as well
as the use of concrete)Roman engineers designed and built some of the greatest public buildings in
the history of architecture, including temples, basilicas, amphitheatres, triumphal arches, monuments, and public
baths. Roman architects designed numerous aqueducts, drainage systems, and bridges, as well as a vast network
of roads, while planners developed a series of urban blueprints, based on army camps, to help create new towns
from scratch.
Some interesting lesson ideas on http://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/124006-easy-roman-architecture-projectsaqueduct-model-roads-columns/
SPRING 1
YEAR 5
LINKS WITH HISTORY TOPIC: WOULD THE VIKINGS DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY?
Children will be taught to: create sketch books to record their observations and use them to
review and revisit ideas  to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing,
painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
Children will study, design, draw a Viking ship. Ships will be painted, made into 3D models.
Children can be introduced to skeldeboards. (Shields)
Children can also study images of Vikings online and produce sketches in
their sketch books.
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Pupils should be taught:
 to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
 to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
 about great artists, architects and designers in history.