Art and Design - Key Knowledge and Skills
Early Years Autumn CL & PD Nursery Skills and Knowledge
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Pays attention to more than one thing at a time Use a wider range of vocabulary Understand a question or instruction that has two parts Understand why questions Use talk to organise themselves Use large muscle movements to paint and make marks Use one handed tools and equipment Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils Show a preference for a dominant hand
Early Years Spring CL, PD & EAD ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
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Communication and Language, Physical Development ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Use longer sentences of four or six words Pays attention to more than one thing at a time Use a wider range of vocabulary Understand why questions Use one handed tool and equipment Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils Show a preference for a dominant hand Explore colour and colour mixing Show different emotions in their drawings and paintings Draw with increasing complexity and detail
Pays attention to more than one thing at a time Use a wider range of vocabulary Understand a question or instruction that has two parts Understand why questions Use talk to organise themselves Use large muscle movements to paint and make marks Use one handed tools and equipment Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils Show a preference for a dominant hand Explore different materials freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make. Develop their own ideas and then decide which materials to use to express them. Join different materials and explore different textures. Create closed shapes with continuous lines, and begin to use these shapes to represent objects. Draw with increasing complexity and detail, such as representing a face with a circle and including details. Use drawing to represent ideas like movement or loud noises. Show different emotions in their drawings and paintings, like happiness, sadness, fear etc. Explore colour and colour mixing
Early Years Summer EAD ● ● ● ● ●
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Communication and Language, Physical Development ● ● ● ● ● ●
Use new vocabulary through the day Ask questions to find out more Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well formed sentences Use talk to work out problems and organise thinking and activities Develop their small motor skills so they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.
Explore different materials freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make. Develop their own ideas and then decide which materials to use to express them. Join different materials and explore different textures. Create closed shapes with continuous lines, and begin to use these shapes to represent objects. Draw with increasing complexity and detail, such as representing a face with a circle and including details. Use drawing to represent ideas like movement or loud noises. Show different emotions in their drawings and paintings, like happiness, sadness, fear etc. Explore colour and colour mixing
Expressive Arts and Design ●
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Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary. Offer explanations for why things might happen. Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paintbrushes. Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.