Art
At Whitley Abbey we use Access Art Planning Resources for our art curriculum. There are 6 Units per year group www.accessart.org.uk
Our Art subject leader is Miss Johnson
Here is our Access Art curriculum overview for each year group.
Year 1
Autumn Term 1:
Discovering Charcoal / Drawing Like a Caveman
Autumn Term 2:
Wax Resist Autumn Leaves / Squiggle Drawing
Spring Term 1:
Drawing Spirals / Drawing Spiral Snails
Spring Term 2:
Drawing Feathers / Making Sculptural Birds
Summer Term 1:
Plasticine Print Making
Summer Term 2:
Making Magic Spells
Year 2
Autumn Term 1:
Making Sketchbooks / Making Boats Which Float
Autumn Term 2:
Colour Wheel / Mini Beast Collage
Spring Term 1:
Drawing Cartoon Characters / Making Money
Spring Term 2:
Making Animal Masks
Summer Term 1:
Houses from Around the World / Be An Architect
Summer Term 2:
Mono Printing with Carbon Copy Paper / Dressing Up As Fossils
Year 3
Autumn Term 1:
Quentin Blake’s Drawings as Inspiration / Sculptural Characters Inspired by Dahl and Blake
Autumn Term 2:
Making Drawings Move / Making Articulated Beasts
Spring Term 1:
A Cheerful Orchestra
Spring Term 2:
Typography for Children
Summer Term 1: 3d Visual Map Making
Summer Term 2: Fruit Inspired Clay Tiles / Drawing & Making Flowers
Year 4
Autumn Term 1: Illustrating the Jabberwocky
Autumn Term 2: Quick Clay Figurative Sketches / Making a Pocket Gallery
Spring Term 1: Dragons & Birds in Eggs / Wax Resist with Coloured Inks
Spring Term 2: Drawing with Scissors Inspired by Matisse
Summer Term 1: Drawing Nests / Building Nests
Summer Term 2: Thoughtful Mark Making / Birds in Trees
Year 5
Autumn Term 1: Sketchbook exploration / Supersized Jewellery
Autumn Term 2: Show Me What You See / Sculptures with Personality
Spring Term 1: Inspired by Miro: Automatic Drawing, Collage and Sculpture
Spring Term 2: Flat Yet Sculptural: Drawing, Collage, Sculpture
Summer Term 1:
Making a Festival Feast / Communal Picnic Drawing
Summer Term 2:
How Does The Sculpture Balance?
Year 6
Autumn Term 1:
Sketchbook exploration / Supersized Jewellery
Autumn Term 2:
Show Me What You See / Sculptures with Personality
Spring Term 1:
Inspired by Miro: Automatic Drawing, Collage and Sculpture
Spring Term 2:
Flat Yet Sculptural: Drawing, Collage, Sculpture
Summer Term 1:
Making a Festival Feast / Communal Picnic Drawing
Summer Term 2:
How Does The Sculpture Balance?