Curriculum
Primary Art & Design
Build a primary art curriculum where every child draws, paints and sculpts each year, and gets better at it as they go.
- 2 hours
- 7 modules
- 2 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Map drawing, painting and sculpture across every year group
- Plan progression in drawing and colour skills from year to year
- Value creative, experimental work alongside neat, controlled work
- Use De Bono's Thinking Hats to help children talk about art
- Assess art against year-group expectations without it feeling subjective
About this course
In a lot of primary classrooms the top marks in art go to the neatest work. That rewards good motor control, and the child who takes risks with colour or invents their own answer to the task can go unnoticed.
Here you'll plan art and design that values both. You'll map what each year group does, so every child meets drawing, painting and sculpture every year. Then you'll see how skills build from Year 4 to Year 6, starting with a child's shoe drawn from memory and then from life. De Bono's Thinking Hats get children talking about artworks, and clear expectations for each year group take the guesswork out of assessment.
The course is led by a practising artist who has spent years teaching in schools. If you've never trained in art, the step-by-step advice on demonstrating a technique to a class will help most.
- For teachers and teaching assistants. Primary. England only.
7 modules
Open in order
- 19 min
Purpose of study
- 17 min
Art curriculum intent
- 17 min
Art knowledge and skills
- 20 min
Progression of art knowledge and skills
- 19 min
Primary art pedagogy
- 17 min
Outstanding learning in art and design
- 16 min
Outstanding assessment in primary art and design