Art & Design

At Shaw Wood Academy, we follow the National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2. We value art and design as an integral part of a child’s education, to deliver them with a broad and balanced curriculum. We believe that art and design provides children with the opportunities to express themselves creatively, and use their imagination over a wide range of art forms.

Our intent is that our high-quality art and design curriculum engages, inspires and challenges pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art and craft. It is important to the development of pupils’ well-being, their appreciation of the world and understanding and empathy of others. Opportunities to practise art and design techniques when using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space are embedded across the art curriculum through the use of individual sketchbooks.

We aim to give all children the confidence to express themselves using a range of media. Our curriculum provides children with an opportunity to experience drawing, painting and sculpting, whilst exploring different artists and their styles. The children will be able to take inspiration from these key artists and create their own artwork in their individual style.

Over the year we alternate the teaching of Art with D&T.

	Curriculum overview 2024-2025 Art and DT Please see the Art curriculum below highlighted in green.
Year 1	Paint Kandinsky	Mechanisms- levers and sliders (moving picture)	Draw Sketching shells- pencil and crayon	Food- A healthy picnic (preparing fruit and veg)	Structures- free standing structures (castles)
Year 2	Paint Yayoi Kusama	Textiles Finger puppets	Draw Still life- pencils	Mechanisms Wheels and axels	Sculpture
Year 3	Paint Van Gogh	Mechanisms- levers and linkages	Draw Mining-charcoal	Food- Healthy and varied diet (pizza)	Frame structure-Earthquake resistant house
Year 4	Paint Lowry	Shell structures- Christmas gift box	Draw- Self portrait	Textiles Design a soft toy	Sculpture
Year 5	Draw- Human body	Mechanical systems Motorised vehicles- pulleys, gears and electrical system	Paint Hockney	Textiles Design and make a pencil case	Sculpture
Year 6	Draw- Human body in motion	Electrical systems Fairground ride	Paint Banksy		Food- celebrating culture and seasonality

	Curriculum overview 2025-2026 Art and DT
Year 1	Draw Sketching shells- pencil and crayon	Mechanisms- levers and sliders (moving picture)	Paint Kandinsky	Food- A healthy picnic (preparing fruit and veg)	Structures- free standing structures (castles)
Year 2	Draw Still life- pencils	Textiles Finger puppets	Paint Yayoi Kusama	Mechanisms Wheels and axels	Sculpture
Year 3	Food- Healthy and varied diet (pizza)	Mechanisms- levers and linkages (poster about a volcano or earthquake)	Draw Mining-charcoal	Frame structure-Earthquake resistant house	Paint Van Gogh
Year 4	Draw- Self portrait	Shell structures- Christmas gift box	Paint Lowry	Textiles Design a soft toy	Sculpture
Year 5	Draw- Human body	Mechanical systems Motorised vehicles- pulleys, gears and electrical system	Paint Hockney	Textiles Design and make a pencil case	Sculpture
Year 6	Draw- Human body in motion	Electrical systems Fairground ride	Paint Banksy		Food- celebrating culture and seasonality