Blooming Lovely is an Art and Design unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 9-11. The unit deepens children’s understanding of drawing, painting and collage. The package provides the medium term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation) and a knowledge organiser. Any additional resources are provided as PDFs. Strands of Learning: Drawing Painting Collage Children use the central theme of flowers to undertake a range of activities to extend and consolidate knowledge and skills in drawing, painting and collage. They create flower paintings using both paint and pastel media and use these to deepen their understanding of colour theory. They make simple 3D flowers that are used to create collage. Towards the end of the unit they study the flower paintings of Georgia O’Keefe and are introduced to the work of Tom Yendell a prominent mouth and foot painter. This unit of work is part of the Art Academy Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.

Still Life is an Art and Design unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 9-11. The unit deepens children’s understanding of the Still Life genre within Art and Design. The package provides the medium term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation) and a knowledge organiser. Any additional resources are provided as PDFs. In addition, presentations are provided that provide knowledge about Still Life Strands of Learning: • Drawing • Painting Children learn about Still Life painting. This is delivered by considering some of the techniques that artists use when painting Still Life compositions. Children learn the techniques of; using shapes, overlapping to give depth, open or closed compositions and how value is used to create depth and the effect of light. Children are introduced to the work of the contemporary British artist Patrick Caulfield through his Still Life compositions. The unit completes with the children creating their own compositions. This unit of work is part of the Art Academy Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.

Art with Elmer is an Art and Design unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 5-7. Ideally it is scheduled in Year 1 and runs alongside reading the popular books about the patchwork elephant. The unit introduces children to some key elements of the art and design curriculum. The package provides the medium-term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation) and a knowledge organiser. Additional resources are provided as PDFs. Strands of Learning: • Drawing • Painting • Sculpture • Collage Children learn some essential knowledge about colour, primary and secondary colours. They also learn how to add black and white to colours to create tints and shades. They are introduced to abstract art and the art of Wassily Kandinsky, and they apply this knowledge when creating an abstract elephant. Children are also introduced to the techniques of collage and assemblage sculpture when creating elephant-inspired art. Finally, they bring their learning together to create a portrait of a patterned elephant. This unit of work is part of the Art Academy Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.

Pop Art is an Art and Design unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 5-7. It introduces children to this well-known art movement and some of its features and iconic artists. Learning within this unit of work focuses mainly on printmaking techniques. The package provides the medium-term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation) and a knowledge organiser. Additional resources are provided as PDFs. Strands of Learning: • Printmaking • Drawing • Painting Children learn a range of simple printmaking techniques including using their hands, stamps and stencils to create repeated images. They use these techniques to create pop-art inspired prints. As part of the unit of work they learn about the iconic work of the artist Romero Britto and through this are introduced to the genre of still life painting. In studying the art of Andy Warhol and Keith Haring they create multiple printed images in the style of pop art. This unit of work is part of the Art Academy Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.

Portraits is an Art and Design unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 7-9. The unit consolidates and deepens children’s understanding of portraiture as a key genre of fine art. The package provides the medium-term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation) and a knowledge organiser. An additional presentation that focuses on portraiture is also included. Strands of Learning: • Drawing • Painting • Sculpture Children undertake a range of drawing and painting activities to develop their understanding of portraiture. They learn the difference between portraits and self-portraits. They study the different facial features and how they are drawn from different viewpoints. Using the idea of different viewpoints allows them to develop their knowledge of the cubist style of Pablo Picasso. They study the portraits of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Amedo Modigliani. They complete the unit of work by creating a spoon portrait sculpture in the style of Amedo Modigliani. This unit of work is part of the Art Academy Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.