Art Academy - Under the Sea (Key Stage 1)

Under the Sea is an Art and Design unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 5-7. The unit introduces children to some key elements of the art and design curriculum including weaving, sculpture and creating diorama. 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
• Textiles
• Sculpture
• Collage

Children learn a range of different techniques and about some of the elements of art whilst creating different pieces of art within a common theme of Under the Sea. They learn about line, shape and colour whilst creating patterned finish using wax resist and other painting techniques. They use cut vegetables to create printed patterns on fish outlines as an introduction to printmaking. They are introduced to simple paper weaving using a fish template. They have the opportunity to create fish sculptures through modelling with a malleable material and also through assemblage techniques. Finally they bring their learning together from the unit to create ‘through the porthole’ diorama.

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.