Key Skills that run through the Art Curriculum....

• Record and explore ideas from first-hand observation, experience and imagination 

• Explore the differences and similarities within the work of artists, craftspeople and designers in different times and cultures 

• Use a variety of drawing tools; pencils, crayons, pastels, felt tips, charcoal, ball point pens and chalk

• Begin to explore the use of line, shape, pattern and colour in drawing 

• Paint with different brush sizes and types for an intended effect 

• Mix and match paint colours to artefacts and objects 

• Mix secondary colours – shades and tones 

• Manipulate malleable materials in a variety of ways (play dough, salt dough and clay) – rolling, kneading and shaping 

• Explore shape and form, designing and making products 

• Experiment with constructing and joining recycled, natural and man-made materials