Birkbeck Art Map 2016-2017 Nursery Autumn 1 Autumn2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Why did Humpty Dumpty fall off the wall? Why don t my baby clothes fit me anymore? How do the wheels on the bus go round and round? Reception Who can help me? How far away is space? Where do the bears go in winter? Year 1 Would my grandparents have played with my toys when they were my age? Who was famous when my grandparents were young? Is it safe to go in the water? Down in the jungle, what do I see? Where on Earth would Beegu live? or Why can t a meerkat/ penguin live in the North Pole/ desert? Would Jack s bean really Who lives on Old grow? MacDonald s farm? Should Goldilocks and the What would a super hero Big Bad Wolf say sorry? do at school? Where did and do the wheels on the bus go? Which birds and plants would The Gruffalo find in our local park? drawings of toys 3d art moving toys Colour mixing painting and printing landscapes Collage (textiles) Weaving (textiles) spider webs Placement art (sculpture) focus artist Andy Goldsworthy Year 2 Would a dinosaur make a good pet? Could you be a superhuman? 3d clay Dinosaur eggs Drawing human body/ self portrait Sketch Is fire good or bad? Linked to What did Samuel Pepys tell us about the Great Fire of London? Textiles / collage Why do we love to be at the seaside? Why was Grace Darling so brave? Colour mixing Sketch Painting Seascapes focus artist Hakusai Year 3 What makes the Earth angry? What do rocks tell us about how the earth was formed? Hot and cold / colour wheel (colour mixing) Collage volcano picture (textiles) What was life like for Ug? monochrome prints cave paintings Year 4 Why were the Romans so powerful? Why should gunpowder, treason and plot never be forgotten? Sound and electricity Collage Roman mosaics Firework pictures Has Greece always been in the news? Why do people choose to holiday in the Mediterranean? Textiles - Greek masks Painting Mediterranean scenes focus artist Thomas McKnight Why couldn t we survive without water? Linked to Why is the River Thames so important? Painting/ colour mixing Water Focus artist: Monet Sculpture Sphinx/canopic jars Who is more powerful Iron Man or the Green Lantern? 3d models of the Iron man What are the wonders of Ancient Egypt? Textiles Sewing name in hieroglyphics Can we grow a superfruit? Drawing close observations of fruit and vegetables pencils and pastels What happens to the food we eat? Drawing (close observational drawing of a human body) Year 5 Were the Anglo Saxons really smashing? Could you be the next CSI investigator? Could human beings ever live in on the moon? Can you feel the force? Why should the rainforest be important to us all? Who were the Mayans and what have we learnt from them? Do all animals start life as an egg?
Year 6 3d art jewellery Were the Vikings always victorious and vicious? 3d art Building the London eye (architect focus) What would a journey through your body be like? Linke with Will you ever see the water you drink again? intricate Norse art overlaying Painting Mixing Focus artist: David Hardy 3d sculpture of body (modroc) Collage Rainforest When was Britain s finest hour? Sketches which convey emotion - in charcoal Focus artist - Henry Moore Shelter drawings or Warscapes Paul Nash Mayan art How can you light up your life? Drawing Self portraits Have we always looked like this? Digital art Skills progression Year 1 Drawing Painting Colour Mixing Textiles 3D Collage Knowledge Sketch - print -Add texture able to - onto paper and sort fabric and by using tools collect say what they communicate able to name textiles using a use it to weave -Make and sort a variety of like and dislike something all the main variety of so as to create kinds materials. about a about they objects a piece of of shapes? painting and themselves in use, including -Cut and tear paper (sponges, fruit, material that - Cut, roll and what the the shade. and card for collages their drawing etc). they like. coil materials painting is/is -add moods to -design their such as clay, Placement art (focus not about. their drawings Mixing primary own printing Weaving spider dough or artist Andy -ask sensible -Draw lines of to block webs plasticine Goldsworthy) questions make -print a about a piece thicknesses shades repeating of art pattern drawing of a toy - select the correct brush for the size of area to be painted. - paint a picture of something they can see -Communicate something about themselves - name the primary and secondary Paintings of landscapes Patterns clay/plasticene models linked to Traction Man Photographs with captions
Year 2 able to create tones using light and dark. They show pattern and texture. Self portrait know to add black to make a colour darker and white to make it lighter. -mix and make brown -mix and make other secondary Seascapes (focus artist Hakusai) Red and yellow = orange Tint add white Tone add black seascapes able to use pressing, rolling, rubbing and stamping in their prints. glue and sew fabrics together. use a slip to join two pieces of clay together. Dinosaur eggs discuss why chosen their materials/pattern. talk about how colour, pattern and shape are used. -Begin to demonstrate their ideas through photographs and in -set out their ideas, using annotation in -keep notes in as to how changed their work Year 3 Drawing Painting Colour Mixing Textiles 3D Collage Knowledge Sketch produce a set water make use more than use templates experiment make notes of sketches, down paints to discuss printing blocks one type of and cut and using about the with written create a contrasting and use them stitch to join attach and montages techniques explanations, background and similar to create their materials and materials used and before scene which using a own two colour add texture. accurately to Volcano picture compare the producing their they then add colour wheel prints give them a 3D work of final piece. to, creating a selecting their Greek masks effect. -Facial foreground. own as artists. expressions necessary 3d Iron Man drawing of fruit, vegetables and flowers Mediterranean scenes (focus artist Thomas McKnight) Looking at and creating a colour wheel Monochrome prints Cave paintings -use to express feelings about a subject and to describe likes and dislikes -make notes in about techniques used by artists -suggest improvements to their work by keeping notes in
Year 4 able to explain why materials to create tone, mood and feeling. -Reflections drawing of human body use correct and techniques to convey a particular mood. -water (focus artist Claude Monet) Create all the they need Water make an accurate print design and block which they use to print onto a variety of materials. Firework pictures Running stitch, cross stitch, back stitch, appliqué and embroidery. Bookmark showing name in hieroglyphics use tools and their hands accurately to develop the required shape or form Clay sphinx / canopic jars arrange pieces of ceramic to create a particular image, pattern or effect. Roman Mosaics Over time children are given the opportunity to explore and experiment with techniques used by artists and use them in their own work. -use to express their feelings about various subjects and outline likes and dislikes -produce a montage all about themselves -use to adapt and improve their original ideas -keep notes about the purpose of their work in Year 5 Year 6 Drawing Painting Colour Mixing Textiles 3D Collage Knowledge Sketch choose Create all the -keep notes in from a range of able to discuss they consider their work in life demonstrate demonstrate given tools and their personal need create layers intended effect size as well as an understanding of the styles and as to how select style. of prints using pattern, tone and and audience miniature. techniques they might shape and explain techniques to when selecting that have develop their for their choices within produce a piece Space scapes and combining Jewellery influenced and work further effect. of work in a (focus artist elements for informed their -use given or their David Hardy) London Eye work. to own style. Mayan art compare and Rainforest collage discuss ideas with Self portraits others create sketches which communicate emotions and a sense of self with accuracy and imagination. Explain why combined tools to create their drawings. explain what their own style is. use a wide range of techniques in explain why painting techniques. Mixed media Create all the they need Mixed media piece overprint using. look very carefully at the methods they use and make decisions about the effectiveness of their printing create models on a range of scales. create work which is open to interpretation by the audience. Modroc models of body in action include both visual and tactile elements in Modroc models of body in action justify the materials chosen combine pattern, tone and shape. Mixed media piece make a record about the styles and qualities in They can say what their work is influenced by. They can include technical - contain detailed notes, and quotes explaining about items -they compare their methods to those of others and keep notes in their sketch -they combine graphics and text based research of commercial design, for example
Explain why drawing techniques. Drawings which convey emotion (Focus artist Henry Moore air raid shelters, or Paul Nash, warscapes) piece methods. Norse art overlaying aspects in their work, e.g. architectural design. magazines etc., to influence the layout of. -they adapt and refine their work to reflect its meaning and purpose.