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    Year 5 Art Curriculum
    Children will be taught various artistic techniques and will create artworks using a multitude of methods. The completed artworks will include: paper cutting, typography, character illustrations and portrait drawings. They will be taught…
     
    • Experiment with graded pencils and other implements to achieve variation in tone
    • Use view finders to develop close observation skills
    • Use recycled, natural and man-made materials to create sculptures
    • Develop skills in using clay, including slabs, coils and slips
    • Produce intricate patterns and textures in a malleable media
     

    Cautionary Tales

    • The children are inspired by the work of German expressionists – August Macke, Kirchner. Alongside Edvard Munch to investigate how mood, and feelings are depicted though line and print.
     

    Symbolism

    • Children focus on symbolism found within the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Odilon Redon, Paul Gauguin
    • Children design and create their symbol in relief using mod rock and card.
     

    Dale Chihuly

    • Children select colours to represent sea forms and create a collaborative piece from created out of plastic bottles
    • This will lead to a collaborative hanging sculpture using recycled materials
     

    Environmental Art

    • Artists that use plastics: Alejandro Durán: Washed Up & Shoots, Max Liboion: Sea Globes, Sue Lipscombe: Bristol Whales, Calder Kamin, Plastic Planet
    • Children focus on the creation and reduction of plastic waste and how it impacts on the planet discuss how artists have made comment on this in their art and what is the impact
    • Children design and create a 2D/3D artwork commenting on our impact on the environment
     

    Art Exhibition

    • Use sketchbooks to explore and develop ideas based on the theme of ‘depicting a narrative in art,’ using Symbolism as a stimulus for creativity