Autumn 1

Children to paint buildings of Chadderton in the style of Pier 

• Explore mark-making using thick brushes, sponges and foam.
• Develop increasing control when using brushes.
•  Experiment with colour and develop opinions about them.
• Name the Primary colours and know that these colours cannot be made by mixing others.
• Purposefully select colours to use in my own work.
• Explore the effect on paint by adding water, glue, sand or sawdust.

Spring 2

During Spring 2 Year 1 are working on their collage skills, they will be: 

• Using a combination of materials that have been cut, torn and glued.

• Select resources, sort and use according to specific qualities, e.g. warm, cold, shiny, smooth.

• Cut multiple shapes with scissors and arrange/ stick these on a surface with a purpose.

• Begin to use key vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in this strand: collage, squares, gaps, mosaic, features, cut, place, arrange.

Summer 1

Our Summer 1 unit of work is to create a piece of art using printing techniques. Throughout the half term we will:

• Copy an original print. 

• Create patterns by printing with a wider range of materials, e.g.sponges, vegetables or fruit. - Print using multiple block colours onto paper and textiles.  

• Observe the effect of coloured ink on coloured paper etc. 

• Create a printing block and a repeating pattern. 

• Begin to use key vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge and understanding: colour, shape, printing, printmaking, woodcut, relief printing, objects.