Nursery
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Pupil Artwork
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Subject Overview
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Progression Map

Nursery

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Andy Warhol

Exploring portraits

Discipline: Painting, collage, drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, space

Van Gogh

Exploring colour and shape

Discipline: Drawing

Formal Elements Focus: shape, colour, space

Spring 1Spring 2

Piet Mondrian

Discipline: Printing, collage, painting

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

Melanie Hava

Discipline: Wax relief

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

Summer 1Summer 2

Walter Mason

Discipline: Pattern and paint

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

Georgia O’Keefe

Discipline: Collage

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

All Nursery subjects Next Nursery Subject - Design Technology

 

Reception

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Julian Ope

Self-portraits

Discipline: Painting, collage, drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, line, space, colour

Pieter Bruegel

Discipline: Painting

Formal Elements Focus: Colour

Spring 1Spring 2

Beatriz Milhazes

Discipline: Printing, collage, painting

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

Henri Rousseau

Discipline: collage

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

Summer 1Summer 2

Esher

Discipline: Printing / patterns

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

Henri Matisse

Discipline: Drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, line, space

All Reception subjects Next Reception Subject - Design Technology

Year 1

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line and shape

Andy Goldsworthy 

Manipulating natural materials 

Discipline: Sculpture

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, texture, space

Spring 1Spring 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Jeff Koons

Exploring Scale through sculpture 

Discipline: Sculpture

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, texture, space

Summer 1Summer 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Romero Britto

Blocking colour 

Discipline: Mixed media (painting drawing, textiles, batik)

Formal Elements Focus: Colour, shape, pattern

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - Design Technology

Year 2

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Lucy McLauchlan

Accuracy of line to form pattern 

Discipline: Drawing / Painting

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape, pattern, space

Spring 1Spring 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Roy Lichtenstein

Word study

Discipline: Painting – mixed media

Formal Elements Focus: Colour

Summer 1Summer 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Esther Mahlangu

Symmetry through pattern

Discipline: Drawing, painting

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape, pattern, colour

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - Design Technology

Year 3

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Wayne Thiebaud

observational studies

Discipline: Drawing (pastels)

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, form, tone

Spring 1Spring 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Katsushika Hokusai

Manipulating line

Discipline: Printing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape, pattern

Summer 1Summer 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Leonid Afremov

Introducing complementing colours

Discipline: Painting/drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Colour, form, space, tone

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - Design Technology

Year 4

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Barbara Hepworth 

Creating organic forms

Discipline: Sculpture

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, form, line, space

Spring 1Spring 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

GustaveCaillebotte

Perspective drawing skills

Discipline: Pencil drawings

Formal Elements Focus: Space, line, shape

Summer 1Summer 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Paul Cezanne 

Discipline: Observational drawing studies

Discipline: Painting

Formal Elements Focus: Form, colour

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - Design Technology

Year 5

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Banksy

Exploring negative spaces

Discipline: Printing/Painting

Formal Elements Focus: Space, line, colour

Spring 1Spring 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Pablo Picasso 

Study of shape and colour

Discipline: Drawing, painting

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, line, colour

Summer 1Summer 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Faith Ringgold 

Manipulating textiles & sewing skills

Discipline: Textiles

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, colour, space

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - Design Technology

Year 6

Autumn 1Autumn 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Damien Hirst 

observational study

Discipline: Drawing, sculpture

Formal Elements Focus: shape, texture, pattern

Spring 1Spring 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Karl Blossfeldt

Creating contrast

Discipline: Photography/sculpture

Formal Elements Focus: Space, line, tone, colour

Summer 1Summer 2

Foundational Drawing Skills

Discipline: Observational drawing

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape and tone

Portraiture – various artists

Composition - alternative materials

Discipline: Painting, materials

Formal Elements Focus: Line, shape, space, colour

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - Design Technology

Year 7

Autumn Term

Unit Title: Me, Myself and I

Discipline: Drawing with pencil and mixed media 

Artist/Genre: Varied through exploration of formal elements

Formal Elements Focus: Line, Tone, Form, Texture, Colour, Space, Shape

Spring Term

Unit Title: Alice in Wonderland

Discipline: Photomontage and Water-colour

Artist/Genre: Surrealism /Joe Castro

Formal Elements Focus: Colour, Tone, Space

Summer Term

Unit Tile: Pop Art

Discipline: Drawing and colour theory

Artist/Genre: Craig and Karl 

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, Colour, Form 

All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - Design Technology

Year 8

Autumn Term

Unit Title: Drawing with Threads

Discipline: Textiles 

Neka Jones

Formal Elements Focus: Texture, Colour, Line, Pattern

Spring Term

Unit Title: Funny Faces 

Discipline: Textiles and Printing

Brian Froud 

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, Form, Space, Texture

Summer Term

Unit Title: Comic Covers

Discipline: Illustration and Graphic Design 

Peach Mokomo/Ken Lashley 

Formal Elements Focus: Form, Space, Colour

All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - Design Technology

Year 9

Autumn Term

Unit Title: Found Papers
Realism 
Discipline: Drawing with biro
Mark Powell
 

Formal Elements Focus: Line, Form, Tone, Texture  

Spring Term

Unit Title: Surreal Landscapes 
Discipline: Painting with water-colours 
Surrealism/ Dali 
 

Formal Elements Focus: Space, Colour, Form, Line, Texture

Summer Term

Unit Title: Pop Illustration 
Discipline: Mixed Media
Hattie Stewart
 

Formal Elements Focus: Shape, Line, Colour

All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - Design Technology

Year 10

Autumn Term
Unit Title: Identity
Discipline: Drawing and Painting 
Artists: Iain MacArthur/Patricia Ariel/Mark Powell
(other artists will be used based on individual student outcomes)
Portfolio 60% - AO1: Develop, AO2: Refine, AO3: Record
Spring Term
Unit Title: Identity
Discipline: Drawing and Painting 
Artists: Iain MacArthur/Patricia Ariel/Mark Powell
(other artists will be used based on individual student outcomes)
Portfolio 60% - AO1: Develop, AO2: Refine, AO3: Record
Summer Term
Unit Title: Identity
Discipline: Drawing and Painting 
Artists: Iain MacArthur/Patricia Ariel/Mark Powell
(other artists will be used based on individual student outcomes)
Portfolio 60% - A04: Personal Response

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - Design Technology

Year 11

Autumn 1Autumn 2
Portfolios are refined further, and the focus will be tailored to meet the needs of the individuals. Portfolios are refined further with a focus on AO4
Spring Term

Externally set task paper is released in January by OCR. 

10 hour exam at the end of this unit the focus for which is AO4. 

Summer Term
Fine Art course completed

All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - Design Technology

Artist study
Artist Study
Skills study
Skills Study
Recording from observation
Recording from Observation
Developing a final piece
Developing a Final Piece
Refining and Evaluating
Refining and Evaluating
Collaborative art projects
Collaborative Art Projects
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