National Curriculum Expectations for the end of Key Stage 2:
Children should be able to:
create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
talk about great artists, architects and designers in history.
At Gayton, by the end of Year4, the expectation is that children will be able to:
- begin to show facial expressions and body language in sketches
- draw simple objects and use marks and lines to show texture
- organise line, tone, shape and colour to represent movement
- explain why they have chosen materials to draw with
- create the colours they need with paint
- create mood in their paintings
- use stencils and paint to create an image
- use sketchbooks to express their feelings, e.g. likes and dislikes.
- use sketchbooks to adapt and improve ideas
- use more than one type of stitch
- join fabric together and add detail
- combine various materials with different visual and tactile qualities
- combine images with other media to produce art work.
- use IT programs to create a piece of work that includes their own work and the work of others
- sculpt and form recognisable shapes from clay
- experiment with different styles which artists have used
- explain art from other periods of history.
