Art Year 6
What are the aims of the Year 6 art curriculum?
Our Year 6 art curriculum aims to deepen children’s mastery of art and design techniques as well as their enthusiasm and skill in looking, thinking and talking about art. They will develop their understanding of different movements in art (such as the renaissance, Victorian art in England, impressionism in France and modernism) and how these relate to each other. They will study a wide variety of artists including Ghiberti, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Cezanne, Morris, Degas, Gauguin, Hepworth, Freud, Bowling, and Himid. Their study of these artists will allow them to consider the different, and sometimes difficult, issues which art can raise, such as beauty, the value of realism and identity.
What can teachers expect from our Year 6 art curriculum?
Through the PKC, pupils in year 6, will deepen their knowledge of the development of art over time and how different schools and movements relate to each other. As a part of this study they will continue to develop their own skills in painting, drawing, 3D form and collage, working increasingly independently in exploring, developing, planning and executing a final design.
The PKC art Year 6 curriculum covers:
- Art in the Italian Renaissance
- Renaissance architecture and sculpture
- Victorian art and architecture
- William Morris
- Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Art in the 20th century: Modernism and Beyond
Teaching resources for Year 6 art
We equip our partner schools with the necessary resources to effectively teach the PKC Year 6 art curriculum. These resources include lesson plans, curriculum maps, subject overviews, and subject and unit rationales.
Alongside the above resources, we provide every PKC art teacher with:
- Art subject knowledge resources
- Knowledge organisers for each unit
- Assessment ideas including multiple-choice quizzes
- Access to CPD training and resources
- Key vocabulary and key people databases
To access teaching resources for art in Year 6, sign up to the PKC
Sign upSupport we provide for art subject leaders
To gain a better understanding of our art curriculum, we encourage all art subject leaders to attend our “Dive into Art” CPD series. These sessions include six pre-recorded videos followed by a live session with our curriculum team. By attending this session you will be able to apply our art curriculum with confidence in your school.