Art and Design
Early Years Foundation Stage – Expressive Arts and Design
The educational programme for expressive arts and design, set out in the EYFS Framework, is delivered in our preschool and reception classes in line with the Extend Nursery and Pre-school Curriculum and the Extend Reception Curriculum.
Key Stage 1 and 2 – Art and Design
We follow the national curriculum.
In Year 1, we teach art and design in line with our multi-academy trust’s ‘Extend Early Curriculum’.
We follow the ACCESS ART scheme of work in Year 2-6 to deliver a rich, broad, balanced, diverse and engaging art curriculum.
We alternate teaching art and design with teaching design and technology on a half termly basis and so follow the ‘split’ Access Art scheme.
In line with ACCESS ART guidance, in the terms when our focus is Design Technology, we do two 10-minute art exercises each week.
Art and Design Overview 2025-2025
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Year group |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Year 1
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Drawing Introducing a sketch book |
Painting watercolours |
Sculpture with dough and clay. Artist study – Diana Beltran-Herrera |
Drawing Observational drawing of living things |
Drawing and painting dragons and butterflies Evaluating and improving art |
Drawing Adding the finishing touches to a longitudinal tree study |
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Year 2
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Explore and Draw |
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Artist study Acrylic paints |
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Mark making and music |
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Year 3 |
Drawing like a caveman |
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Typography through the ages |
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Fruits and flowers in different forms
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Year 4 |
Make me a character |
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Character galleries |
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What’s in the egg? Painting and printing |
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Year 5 |
Supersized Jewellery |
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Can a sculpture really be flat? |
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Communal projects: Picnics and wave bowls |
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Year 6 |
Exploring set design and shadow puppets |
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Inky still life |
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Clay portraits and Manga stories |
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