Year 2 – Art and Design

YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in KS1

YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' Art Vocabulary KS1

YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Exploring and Developing Ideas

Exploring and Developing Ideas - Core Skills

Children can:
a Work from observation and known objects
b Use imagination to form simple images from given
starting points or a description
c Collect ideas in a sketchbook
d Work with different materials

YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Drawing & Painting

Drawing & Painting - Core Skills

Children can:
a Begin to control lines to create simple drawings
from observations.
b Use thick felt-tip pens/chalks/charcoal/wax crayon/pastel.
c Learn to hold drawing and painting tools correctly.
d Mix primary colours to make secondary colours.
e Recognise warm and cool colours.
f Explore the relationship between mood and mark
making/colour

YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Sculpture

Sculpture - Core Skills

Children can:
a use a variety of natural, recycled and manufactured
materials for sculpting, e.g. clay, straw and card;
b use a variety of techniques, e.g. rolling, cutting, pinching;
c use a variety of shapes, including lines and texture;
d use key vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge and
understanding in this strand: sculpture, statue, model, work,
work of art, 3D, land art, sculptor, carving, sculpture,
installation, shapes, materials, pyramid, abstract,
geometric.

YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Textiles, Collage & Printing

Textiles, Collage & Printing - Core Skills

Children can:
a Investigate a range of textures using rubbings
b Develop collages, based on simple shapes in different
papers and materials.
c Weave using recycled materials
d Simple batik work.
e Simple printmaking techniques

YEAR 2 - Examples of 'Expected' in the core skill of - Work of Other Artists

Work of Other Artists - Core Skills

Children can:
a Describe the artwork of artists such as Paul Klee, Georgia O’Keefe and Picasso,  Matisse.
b Use work of artists such as Niki de Saint Phalle (sculpture) to create
own pieces.
c Key artists-Niki Okundayo and Clare Youngs. printmaking, exploring
texture and pattern in nature.
d Consider specific works such as Andy Goldsworthy’s ‘Stone circles’.
e Explore work from different cultures e.g. Chinese origami, indigenous Art.

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