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Introducing updates to our drawing units
Kapow Primary is thrilled to announce updates to the drawing curriculum for Years 1–6. The enhancements include a clearer and more structured progression of knowledge and skills, increased opportunities for skill reinforcement, broader exposure to diverse artists and new educational videos for teachers and pupils.
This updated unit introduces these exciting new elements while retaining selected aspects of the archived unit Drawing: I need space, which will remain in the archive area. It will remain permanently available but will not be updated in line with curriculum or website developments.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use various types of lines to emphasise emotion or draw attention.
- Describe how artists have shown emotion.
- Describe how artists have created an effective composition using a focal point and balance.
- Use colour and line to convey emotion or movement in their sketch.
- Design a print, considering the composition carefully.
- Use a combination of marks to create tone and depth.
- Describe how artists use tone to show depth in their artwork.
- Create an effective printing plate.
- Reflect and improve their sketchbook experiments and final work.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Expressing movement
Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line
Lesson 3: Showing depth through mark making
Lesson 4: Composition for printing
Lesson 5: Printing
Optional: Every picture tells a story
Key skills
Generating ideas:
- Developing ideas more
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Key knowledge
Making skills:
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Key vocabulary
background
composition
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Unit resources
Vocabulary display: Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making'.
Knowledge organiser: Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
- English: Spoken language.
- RSE: Mental wellbeing.
- British values: Mutual respect.
Build on the learning
Drawing: Expressing ideas
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