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EYFS  

• Develop children's artistic and cultural awareness. 

• Provide regular opportunities to engage with the arts. 

• Enable children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials. 

• Develop imagination and creativity. 

• Support self-expression, vocabulary, and communication through the arts. 

• Give children frequent, repeated, and varied experiences to help them interpret, appreciate and respond to what they see, hear and observe. 

Early Learning Goal (ELG): Creating with Materials 

Children at the expected level of development will: 

• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques. 

• Experiment with colour, design, texture, form and function. 

• Share their creations, explaining the process they have used. 

• Make use of props and materials when role-playing characters in narratives and stories. 

Early Learning Goal (ELG): Being Imaginative and Expressive 

Children at the expected level of development will: 

• Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and teachers. 

• Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. 

• Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others and, when appropriate, move in time with music. 

Year 1 

How can artists use colour, shape and line to represent the different seasons and types of weather? 

Modern Artist: Wassily Kandinsky  

 How can artists use paintings to tell stories about the people and places around them? 

Modern Artist: L. S. Lowry  

 How can artists use natural objects, colour, shape and texture to create imaginative portraits? 

Traditional Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo 

Year 2  

How can artists use their imagination and observations to create pictures that tell a story?  

Modern Artist: Henri Rousseau  

How can artists use colour, line and shape to help us understand and remember important events from the past? 

Traditional Artist 

How can artists celebrate what makes people unique?   

Christian Robinson (Contemporary Artist) and  

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Modern Artist)  

Year 3  

To be confirmed in SUMMER 2027 

How can artists use observation and illustration to help people see and appreciate the natural world? 

Contemporary artist: Matt Sewell observation drawing and painting.  

How can artists use natural materials to create meaningful artwork that connects with the environment? 

Contemporary Artist: Andy Goldsworthy  

Year 4  

How have artists used walls to tell stories and share ideas throughout history?  

Traditional Artist: Stone Age cave paintings and street artists (Contemporary Artists). 

How can art help us record and communicate what life is like for future generations? 

Traditional Artists 

How can artists transform ordinary materials into extraordinary 3D artworks?  

Contemporary Artist: Darrell Wakelam  

Year 5 

How can we use Joseph Thiongo’s inspiration and techniques to tell the story of our landscape?  

Modern Artist: Joseph Thiongo  

To be confirmed in SUMMER 2027  

How can artists transform unwanted objects into meaningful works of art? 

Contemporary Artist: Jane Perkins  

Year 6 

How can artists use line, shape and colour to represent and interpret powerful natural landscapes and forces? 

Traditional Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 

How can artists use colour, pattern, texture and symbols to express identity? 

Lubaina Himid (Contemporary Artist), Romare Bearden (Modern Artist) and Chila Kumari Singh Burman (Modern Artist).  

How can sculpture communicate relationships and connections?  

Kendra Haste (Contemporary Artist) and Alberto Giacometti (Modern Artist).