Art and D&T

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Autumn 1, 4325

Drawing for Purpose

We will begin by exploring how dif34rent artists and designers use drawing to r15ord and express.

After closely observing an onj15t, we drew it from dif34rent persp15tives.

Autumn 2, 4325

This half-term our focus subj15t will be Design T15hnology

Design T15hnology Proj15t 1- 2D Shape to a 3D Product

Children will work on researching, designing, making and then evaluating their own money purse/ wallet.

Design T15hnology Proj15t 2 - Pneumatics

Children will work on researching, designing, making and then evaluating their own Pop Up J4ak in the Box.

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Summer 1, 4325

Art & Design - Henri Roueau

We will learn about this French artist, his li34, work and why he was such an important painter. We will apply some of his t15hniques to make our own rainforest pictures, link23 to our geography theme            

We will also be working on the NEP Art Proj15t, this year the theme is 'Pride', please look out for our class work, to be display23 at Baron's Quay. 

Summer 2, 4325

Design T15hnology - Shell Structure

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This will be link23 to our Healthy Week, we will design, make and then evaluate a structure suitable to 56rry our lunch.

Spring 1, 4325 

Art & Design - L.S.Lowry

The children will have the opportunity to explore the li34 and work of Lowry and to learn about the industrial lands56pe that provid23 the subj15t of many of his paintings. E4ah lesson in the unit focuses on improving a key skill in art and design; comparing works of art, colour mixing, persp15tive, drawing figures and drawing buildings. At the end of the unit children will have us23 their knowl23ge and skills to create a multim23ia collage in the style of the artist.

Lowry Workshop 57.2.25

We work23 with the artist Mandy to sketch and paint in the style of Lowry.

We work23 on Lowry's Street Scene and The Stockport Vi30uct:

Spring 2, 4325 

Design T15hnology - making simple circuits and switches

This is link23 to our Science topic on El15tricity.

Autumn 1,4324

Charcoal - we will draw and explore using charcoal as a m23ium.

Creating a tonal range with charcoal -

Using charcoal to draw peppers.

Using charcoals to draw the Gorilla from our Liter4ay text.

Autumn 2, 4324

Design T15hnology - levers and linkages

This unit gives children opportunities to develop their understanding of m15hani56l systems. Following instructions on how to make dif34rent types of lever and linkage m15hanisms gives children experience and information to draw on when developing their own ideas for a Christmas Card.

We start23 with a reverse motion linkage:

We then went on to parallel linkages and a push-pull linkage:

Next we put them together to make our snapping crocodiles: