Art and Design Teaching Resources

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in art and design for Key Stage One covering sketching and drawing, painting techniques, use of colour shades, sculpture models, shape printing and artwork by significant artists

  • Christmas Models

    Christmas Models

    Practise using a range of materials and art techniques to create models of different decorations that can be used to celebrate Christmas

  • Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Investigate how to use different modelling techniques when shaping and combining materials to create Christmas tree ornaments

  • Festive Cards

    Festive Cards

    Investigate how to combine and shape different materials to produce a range of festive cards to celebrate the Christmas season

  • L S Lowry

    L S Lowry

    Explore and replicate the painting style and techniques used by a famous British artist by creating a scene of the school playground to match artwork by L S Lowry

  • Rain Views

    Rain Views

    Practise different techniques of painting scenes depicting a specific type of rain to simulate natural phenomena in a range of different landscapes

  • Traditional Fables

    Traditional Fables

    Explore and model the events and characters that feature in traditional tales written as fables to teach the reader a moral lesson

  • The Dove and the Ant

    The Dove and the Ant

    Plan and write a story with animals as the central characters based on a fable read by the class which is used to teach the reader a moral lesson about life

  • Town and Country Mouse

    Town and Country Mouse

    Dramatise and retell a traditional story with animal characters that has been written as a fable to teach the reader a moral lesson related to the story narrative

  • The Hare and the Tortoise

    The Hare and the Tortoise

    Select and change some of the main characters in a retelling of a traditional fable story to illustrate how the narrative events might alter