Our approach
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11

Primary Intent

Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge students, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.

At Ark Globe Primary, we want our students to be able to think critically and develop a rigorous understanding of art and design. Our aim is to help our students to know how art reflects and shapes our history, and contributes to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation. By developing their understanding and appreciation of Art within society and the world around them, our students will therefore value and understand Art’s importance.

We believe it is fundamental that our students discover ‘Art’ through a wide knowledge of forms and movements, therefore we explicitly teach students about Art movements and those artists who excelled within them. We do not believe that students should ‘be seen to be’ appreciating certain pictures or artists but rather to compare, contrast and study the exceptional elements of a wide range of pictures, artists and styles. They need to form their own views, when evaluating art and artists. By teaching them to appreciate that art for the sake of art, as opposed to ‘this is what great art is’ we believe we can nourish a deep and meaningful love of art and the wider world around them.
 

Secondary & Sixth Form Intent

Our Art and Design curriculum prepares our students for university and to be leaders in their community by:

  1. Enabling students to express ideas, emotions and key concepts through a a variety of visual medium in Art and Design.
  2. Giving students the skills to develop their ideal and interpretation of the world, through the medium of Art & Design.  
  3. Exposing students to the key Artistic Movements and Cultural event by visiting Museums, Exhibitions and Conceptual installations which are shaping the every changing world of visual and digital Art, thus preparing students to thrive and develop their creativity.

So that students have the tools to create individual innovate works expressing their concept of Art and Design and to be able to have the confidence to critically analyse their own creative process and that of others.

Year 1

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Famous London Landmarks Clay Teddy Bears
Spring 1 Spring 2
Pipe Cleaner Bicycles Recyclable Rockets
Summer 1 Summer 2
The Story of the Sunflower Georgia O'Keeffe

All Year 1 subjects 

Year 2

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Han Holbein Tudor Houses/Samuel Pepys
Spring 1 Spring 2
Papier Mache Continents and Globes Stamp Making: Plants
Summer 1 Summer 2
Henri Matisse African Animals

All Year 2 subjects

Year 3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Paper Torn Skeletons Cave Drawings
Spring 1 Spring 2
Vincent Van Gogh Leonardo da Rossi
Summer 1 Summer 2
Andy Goldsworthy Greek Tragedy Masks

All Year 3 subjects 

Year 4

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Roman Art Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio
Spring 1 Spring 2
Rainforest Animals and Leaves 3D Musical Instruments
Summer 1 Summer 2
Ancient Mayan Art Varjak Paw work

All Year 4 subjects 

Year 5

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Runes, Illuminated Writing Viking Shields
Spring 1 Spring 2
Volcanoes Cogs and Wheels
Summer 1 Summer 2
Islamic Patterns and Tessellation William Morris

All Year 5 subjects 

Year 6

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Ancient Egyptian Art David Hockney
Spring 1 Spring 2
Henry Moore WWII Propaganda
Summer 1 Summer 2
Decorative Maps Skellig

All Year 6 subjects 

Year 7

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

The Formal Elements of Art  

Shape, Line, Tone. 

The Formal Elements of Art  

Colour, Pattern, Formal Elements – focus on Form (3D Model/Relief)
Spring 1 Spring 2

Skylines 

Working in the style of an artist.  

Designing a print 

Skylines 

Creating a print 

Experimenting with colour
Summer 1 Summer 2

Hero & Villain 

Caricature 

Portions 

Hero & Villain 

Landscape/character design 

All Year 7 subjects

Year 8

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Pattern & Texture 

Drawing using the formal elements.  

Pattern & Texture 

Expanding on drawing using tone, pattern and texture.  

Drawing from observation.
Spring 1 Spring 2

Journeys 

Aboriginal Art 

Exploring paint mixing

Journeys 

Personal journeys 

Printmaking 
Summer 1 Summer 2

Festivals & Carnivals 

Learning about different types of festivals and carnivals.  

Painting the shrine

Festivals & Carnivals 

Focus – Day of the Dead Festival  

Exploring 3D model making

All Year 8 subjects 

Year 9

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Hybrid Animals  

Learning how to draw animals.  

How to work using the style of artists.  

How to create work using collage and mixed media

Hybrid Animals  

How to create an interesting design.  

Bio Mimicry – look at animal features and form 

How to apply pattern and texture.  

How to enlarge a design
Spring 1 Spring 2

Portraiture & Emotion 

How to draw features in proportion  

How to apply tone to drawings to make them look realistic 

Portraiture & Emotion 

The grid technique 

Colour symbolism
Summer 1 Summer 2

The Forth Plinth 

The difference between public and private space.  

Designing and building a sculpture 

The Forth Plinth 

Annotated sketches 

Specification to design appealing products 

Products against a specification – key areas to meet the brief 

All Year 9 subjects

Year 10

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

LANDSCAPES (EDEXCEL)

  • Mind map 
  • Use of artist’s style through line, shape and colour. 
  • 4 artists of focus.

LANDSCAPES (EDEXCEL) 

Manhole design. 

Shared with ARK Network
X2 Observational drawings using line/tone/colour. 
Spring 1 Spring 2

LANDSCAPES (EDEXCEL) 

  • Template drawing of cardboard final piece. Experiments working in 3D. 
  • Final Outcome

LANDSCAPES (EDEXCEL) 

  • Demonstrating how to work in 3D to create a final piece (Manhole Cover). 
  • Final Outcome
Summer 1 Summer 2

LANDSCAPES (EDEXCEL) 

  • Designing and creating a final piece using clay 
  • Step by step how I made my final piece. 

LANDSCAPES (EDEXCEL) 

  • Refinement and glazing of 3D final ceramic piece. 
  • Evaluations of final piece. 

All Year 10 subjects 

Year 11

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

FORCE (EDEXCEL) 

Force mind map 

Forceful sculpture, design and model making 

FORCE (EDEXCEL) 

EXAM 10 - HOUR PRACTICAL: FORCEFUL SCULPTURE. 

Observational drawings completed in DEAD time.  

Artists research related to forceful sculpture.
Spring 1 Spring 2

FORCE (EDEXCEL)

Evaluation after exam piece and including body of work that makes up the final grade prior to submission.  

EXTERNALLY SET ASSIGNMENT: UNIT 2 

TBC but likely to be based on title page/mind map for the new project.  
Summer 1 Summer 2

Formative: EXTERNALLY SET ASSIGNMENT: UNIT 2 

Formative Diagnostic:   TBC but likely to be based on initial plans for the externally set exam, drawn and annotated into sketchbook.

Summative: EXTERNALLY SET ASSIGNMENT: UNIT 2 

Summative: EXTERNALLY SET: 10 Hour exam based on a topic TBC by the exam board. 

All Year 11 subjects