Art, Design, DT, Food and Nutrition
We follow a two-year sequence from Year 1 to Year 6:
2025/2026 (and 2027/2028)
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | |
Autumn 1 | Portraits | 3D-Clay | 3D-Clay | Printing | Printing | Food technology | Food technology |
Autumn 2 | Printing | Food Technology | Food Technology | 3D-Metal | 3D-Metal | Printing | Printing |
Spring 1 | 3D-Clay | Printing | Printing | Electrical systems | Electrical systems | Structures | Structures |
Spring 2 | Structures. Choose between: – Chairs for 3 bears – Picture Frames and holders – Let’s get building and using construction kits | Mechanical Systems: Axles and wheels | Mechanical Systems: Axles and wheels | Food technology | Food technology | 3D-Clay | 3D-Clay |
Summer 1 | Food Technology: Fantastic fruits | Portraits including mixed media | Portraits including photography/digital | Portraits including mixed media | Portraits including photography/digital | Portraits including mixed media | Portraits including photography/digital |
Summer 2 | Mechanical Systems: Let's look at vehicles | Structures | Structures | Structures | Structures | Electrical systems - Monitoring and control | Electrical systems - Monitoring and control |
2026/27 (and 2028/2029)
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | |
Autumn 1 | Self-portrait | Painting | Painting | Textiles - batik | Textiles - batik | Food technology | Food technology |
Autumn 2 | Painting | Mechanical Systems: Sliders and levers | Mechanical Systems: Sliders and levers | Painting | Painting | Collage | Collage |
Spring 1 | Collage | Collage | Collage | Mechanical Systems: Pneumatics | Mechanical Systems: Pneumatics | Painting | Painting |
Spring 2 | Food Technology: Fantastic Fruits | Food Technology | Food Technology | Collage | Collage | Mechanical Systems: Cams | Mechanical Systems: Cams |
Summer 1 | Textiles D&T units: Let's look at hats 3 bears' picnic blanket | Portraits including mixed media | Portraits including photography/digital | Portraits including mixed media | Portraits including photography/digital | Portraits including mixed media | Portraits including photography/digital |
Summer 2 | Mechanical Systems: Hinges and catches | Textiles - weaving | Textiles - weaving | Food technology | Food technology | Textiles - birds D&T input: Using CAD Matisse | Textiles - birds D&T input: Using CAD Matisse |
KS3 Art and Design
In Years 7 and 8 we teach Art and Design on rotation.
Year 7 (a 10 week rotation)
- Fundamentals of drawing (pencil and pen and ink) based on Natural Forms inspired by Jim Dine
- paint outcome in the style of Angie Lewin
- Sculpture (clay) in the style of Heather Wright. The sculpture here is taken from their painting so inspired by Angie Lewin.
Year 8 (a 10 week rotation)
Contemporary British Black Art: students will study Chris Ofili’s piece: ‘No Woman No Cry’ and the African inspired pattern work of Yinka Shonibare.
- Students will develop and create their own mixed media piece influenced by the 2 artists. Techniques will include wax resist, batik, dot decoration, creating silhouettes.
- Comparative analysis with African art and the work of Sonia Boyce.
Year 9
Term 1 – drawing skills focussing on the theme of still life, inspired by the work of Giorgio Morandi and Roy Lichtenstein.
Term 2 – painting and sculpture inspired by Pop Artists Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.
Term 3 – photography, painting and digital drawing inspired by the landscapes of Claude Monet, Andre Derain and Lui Ferreyra.
KS3 Fitness and Nutrition Overview
At KS3, the food technology elements of the National Curriculum for DT are taught within Fitness and Nutrition.