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 Year 6, the expectation is that children will be able to:
- communicate emotions and a sense of self with accuracy and imagination
- explain why they have combined different tools to create drawings
- explain why they have chosen certain techniques
- explain what their own style is
- use a wide range of techniques in their work
- explain why they have chosen certain techniques
- overprint using different colours
- look carefully at the methods they use and decide on their effectiveness
- keep sketchbooks which contain detailed notes and quotes explaining items.
- compare methods to those of others and keep notes in sketch books
- combine graphics and text based research of commercial design
- adapt and refine designs to reflect its meaning and purpose
- create models on a range of scales
- create work which is open to interpretation by an audience
- include both tactile and visual elements
- justify the materials they have chosen
- combine pattern, tone and shape
- use software packages to create pieces of art
- plan and design a sculpture
- use tools to carve, add shape, texture and pattern,
- develop cutting and joining skills (wire/string and slips)
- record styles and qualities in their own work
- say what their work has been influenced by
- include technical aspects in their work
