Art and design: Key stage 2

Developing shading skills and drawing techniques to create botanical-inspired digital drawings.

(6 lessons)

This unit explores prehistoric art, recreating the style of cave artists using charcoal and natural pigments. Pupils experiment with colour mixing, and creating large-scale artworks, enhancing both artistic skills and historical knowledge. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(5 lessons)

Transforming 2D card shapes into 3D structures and sculptures; exploring abstract shapes and space, developing skills in constructing 3D objects, and understanding the difference between 2D and 3D art. Exploring how shapes and negative spaces can be represented by three dimensional forms. Manipulating a range of materials, children learn ways to join and create free-standing structures inspired by the work of Anthony Caro. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(5 lessons)

This unit focuses on exploring and creating Ancient Egyptian art, guiding pupils in understanding and applying the styles, patterns, and techniques of Ancient Egyptian art through lessons that include designing scrolls, making paper, and creating contemporary responses using zines. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(5 lessons)

Exploring tone, texture and proportion to create realistic drawings.

(6 lessons)

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(5 lessons)

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(5 lessons)

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(5 lessons)

Exploring mark making for showing depth, emotion and movement.

(6 lessons)

This unit offers pupils opportunities to develop skills in creating interesting portrait drawings using words, experimenting with materials and techniques, and constructing self-portraits that represent aspects of themselves. This comprehensive unit enhances their understanding and application of art vocabulary and encourages thoughtful decisions in their artwork composition. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(5 lessons)

Exploring how artists use space, scale and materials to create installation art that conveys ideas, transforms spaces and shapes the viewer’s experience.

(5 lessons)

This unit focuses on architecture, guiding pupils through observational drawing, printmaking, and building design. It encourages children to explore architectural elements, analyse Hundertwasser's work, and create meaningful monuments, enhancing their understanding of composition, design, and art appreciation. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(5 lessons)

Exploring how artists express ideas and how they use scale to do so.

(6 lessons)

This unit focuses on understanding narratives and descriptive language in art, exploring meanings behind paintings, and developing personal interpretations and abstract art pieces based on selected artists. Lessons explore creative expression, analysis, and evaluation skills in art, catering to upper Key Stage 2 pupils.Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(7 lessons)

This unit teaches pupils to create expressive sculptures and reflect on artistic decisions. Children learn to represent memories through art, using various materials and techniques, and develop skills in planning, creating, and evaluating 3D sculptures. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(5 lessons)

Children explore creative photographic techniques, creating new images through photomontage, understanding photorealistic self-portraits, and applying digital photography to art design, enhancing their skills in composition and editing. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(5 lessons)