Year 6 Art and design: Make my voice heard

Exploring art with a message, children look at the famous ‘Guernica’ by Picasso and the confronting works of Käthe Kollwitz and through the mediums of graffiti, drawing, painting and sculpture, pupils create their own artworks that speak to the viewer

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This unit has now been replaced by the Year 6 unit Sculpture and 3D: Making memories. Kapow no longer updates these lessons, and they may not reflect the national curriculum or current guidance. They remain a permanent part of your subscription and will continue to be available for reference and use. We recommend that you explore the new versions of the lessons.

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Lesson 1: Graffiti artists’ tag (Original scheme)

Children express their personality, transforming their names into graffiti tags, using block lettering, serifs contrasting colours and shadow

Lesson 2: Käthe Kollwitz (Original scheme)

After viewing the emotive works of Käthe Kollwitz, children draw their own portraits using a series of lines and experiment with 'halo' and 'chiaroscuro' techniques.

Lesson 3: Guernica 1 – Pablo Picasso (Original scheme)

Having learned about the symbolism used in Picasso's ‘Guernica’, children plan their own composition based upon this famous piece, using symbols reflective of the First World War and plotting contrasting areas of black and white.

Lesson 4: Guernica 2 – Pablo Picasso (Original scheme)

Continuing with their 'Guernica' inspired compositions from last lesson, children apply paint in tones of black, white and grey, standing back from their work at regular intervals to ensure that they maintain balance in their piece.

Lesson 5: Clay sculpture

Children turn their Käthe Kollwitz inspired drawings from Lesson 2 into sculptures fit for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, being aware of the message their sculpture portrays through its expression and looking at sculptors such as Mark Wallinger

Assess your pupils

Assessment resources for use at the start of the unit to assess where pupils are in their learning and at the end of the unit to assess progress. Go to assessment resources