The Duston School
Art
Art Curriculum
At The Duston School, we believe that every child at has the potential to be an artist. Across their primary years, children explore and learn about the role that Art and Design plays in their own and the lives of others, in contemporary life and in different times and cultures. Our aim is that children enjoy Art lessons and are confident to explore their creativity and imagination.
The Primary Knowledge Curriculum is used to plan the Art curriculum. The curriculum is knowledge rich with knowledge, in the realm of Art, meaning knowledge not only of artists, designers, architects and their work, but of the artistic concepts that relate to their work shown in different types and styles of art, how these relate to each other in a historical context and how this affects the children’s own use of materials and development of skills. The curriculum is designed to enable children to learn by making connections between the work of artists, architects and designers (which they study critically) and their own work, which they evaluate and relate back to the works they have studied.
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Curriculum Map and Key Knowledge Goals |
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EYFS |
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All About Me Primary colours The work of Miro and self-portraits |
Transport – Past and present Colour changes Pissarro’s season paintings |
Space Exploring line. Jackson Pollock. Hundertwasser spirals |
Growing and Changing Van Gogh Lowry “matchstick” people |
King and Queens Animals Rousseau Ink and wax |
Stories from the Past People Degas’ ballerinas “Miro-like” people |
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Key Stage 1 |
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Year 1 |
Colour Primary & Secondary colours Tints and shades Monet |
Line Line in art Miro Klee
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Architecture Features of buildings Building with a purpose |
Style in Art Paint in different styles Van Gogh Starry Night
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Paintings of Children Colour matching Art depicting children Cubism |
Sculpture Sculpture Degas Little Dancer Aged Fourteen |
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Year 2 |
Colour and Shape Geometric shapes Organic shapes Shades and tints
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Colour, Shape and Texture Matisse Complementary colours Feelings in art |
Portraits and Self-portraits Self-portrait Portraits Colour Representations
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Landscape & Symmetry Landscape painting Turner Brushstrokes Symmetry |
History Painting Myths in art Story telling Picasso Minotaur
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Murals and Tapestry Paintings on walls or ceilings Michelangelo Tapestry |
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Lower Key Stage 2 |
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Year 3 |
Line Sketchbooks Lines Weight Printing |
Still Life & Form Still life Tone and form Cross Hatching |
Art of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptians Bust Papyrus |
Anglo Saxon Art Anglo Saxons Interlaced Illuminated letters. Bayeux Tapestry |
Architecture Architecture Parthenon Symmetry Gaudi |
Modern Architecture Modern Traditional Function Inspiration |
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Year 4 |
Light Form and drama Caravaggio Vermeer Tone Acrylic paint
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Space Illusion Three dimensions Foreground, middle ground and background Depth |
Design Depth Matisse Cut outs Expressionism Emotion
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Monuments of Ancient Rome Roman monuments Pantheon Colosseum Arches |
Byzantine Monuments Constantine the Great Constantinople Hagia Sophia |
Needlework, Embroidery and Weaving Needlework Embroidery Sewing Cross-stitch |
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Upper Key Stage 2 |
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Year 5 |
Style in Art Rococo Comparing styles Abstract
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Islamic Art and Architecture Islamic art Architecture Calligraphy Geometric Vegetal Taj Mahal |
Art from Western Africa Bamana people Chiwara ceremony Benin Plaques
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Chinese Painting and Ceramics Chinese calligraphy Ming ware |
Print Making Printing Screen-print Relief print Intaglio |
One Picture Investigate pictures Local community. Media |
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Year 6 |
Art in the Italian Renaissance Renaissance Italy Leonardo da Vinci Anatomical drawings Painting techniques |
Renaissance Architecture and Sculpture Brunelleschi’s Florence Cathedral. Ghiberti Gates of Paradise. Donatello
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Victorian Art & Architecture Victorian architecture Houses of Parliament Local environment
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William Morris William Morris Victorian designer Wallpapers Arts and Crafts movement
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Impressionism Impressionists France Van Gogh Gauguin were Post-impressionist |
Art in the 20th Century Provoke debate Picasso Cubism Abstract art. Himid Race and identity |
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Luminara Education Trust
Berrywood Road, Duston
Northampton,
NN5 6XA