Art Year 5

Our Year 5 art curriculum aims to deepen children’s mastery of different art and design techniques. They will build on their knowledge of substantive concepts and consider artistic style, colour theory, pattern and abstraction. They will further develop their knowledge of particular artists and designers including Hogarth, Mondrian, Breuer, Delaunay, Pollock, Rothko, and Begum. In particular the Year 5 curriculum aims to introduce the children to art from different religions and diverse cultures as well as different ways of making art, focussing on printmaking and photography.

Through the PKC, pupils in year 5, will deepen their knowledge of art from different religions and cultures and art made in a wide variety of different media. Through this they will develop their own skills in painting, drawing, 3D form, printmaking and photography. They will start to develop skills in the process of creating their own work: exploring, developing, planning and execution of a final design.

The PKC art Year 5 curriculum covers:

• Style in art
• Islamic art and architecture
• Art from Western Africa
• Chinese painting and ceramics
• Printmaking
• An introduction to photography

We equip our partner schools with the necessary resources to effectively teach the PKC Year 5 art curriculum. These resources include lesson plans, curriculum maps, subject overviews, and subject and unit rationales.

Alongside the above resources, we provide every PKC art teacher with:

• Art subject knowledge resources
• Knowledge organisers for each unit
• Assessment ideas including multiple-choice quizzes
• Access to CPD training and resources
• Key vocabulary and key people databases

To gain a better understanding of our art curriculum, we encourage all art subject leaders to attend our “Dive into Art” CPD series. These sessions include six pre-recorded videos followed by a live session with our curriculum team. By attending this session you will be able to apply our art curriculum with confidence in your school.