Subject: Art and design

Painting & mixed media: World in watercolour – Wet on dry and wet on wet

Teacher video: What is watercolour paint?

Teacher video: World in watercolour unit overview

This video provides an overview of the knowledge, skills and teaching approaches covered in the World in watercolour unit.

Transitioning to Kapow Primary Art and design

Planning for each year group to support staff and pupils to smoothly transition to the Art and design scheme.

Catch up units build a solid foundation of essential knowledge and skills before proceeding to our intended units and lessons for the year group.

Each of the catch-up units consists of selected lessons taken from a range of units in the previous year groups.

Vocabulary display: Art and design – Y3 Painting: Exploring texture with paint & collage

Vocabulary display: Art and design – Y1 Painting: Learning about paint & brush control

2026 Combined Art and D&T: Mixed-age long-term plan

This plan can be found here and is no longer available for download.

If you are using the pre-2026 version of our schemes, see here.

Please note: Schools must be subscribed to both subjects to access all units outlined in the plan.

Year 4 Pupil video: Tints and shades

Year 4 Pupil video: Still life

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