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

  • Castle Flags

    Castle Flags

    Explore and test different methods of printing shapes and patterns that can be used to make the design for a flag to fly on top of a castle

  • 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

  • City Patterns

    City Patterns

    Identify, describe and model some of the different patterns of shapes that can be seen on buildings and street furniture around a city location

  • Easter Decorations

    Easter Decorations

    Practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to produce decorations with matching patterns and shapes to celebrate Easter

  • Farm Prints

    Farm Prints

    Practise and demonstrate different techniques when printing a range of shapes and patterns that can reflect themes and ideas related to farming

  • Festive Cards

    Festive Cards

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

  • Fish Sculpture

    Fish Sculpture

    Select, combine and shape different materials to design and produce layered sculptures representing fish that live in the sea

  • Garden Flowers

    Garden Flowers

    Develop and refine skills in representing different types of flowers grown in a garden by using a range of painting techniques

  • Garden Sculpture

    Garden Sculpture

    Select and use different materials to mould and shape sculptures representing a range of artefacts that might be used in a family garden location

  • 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

  • Money Coin Sums

    Money Coin Sums

    Practise identifying, combining and recording sets of coins that can make matching sums that can be used when shopping for different products

  • Maths Number Assessment

    Maths Number Assessment

    Assess abilities in working with numbers to solve abstract and contextual problems when calculating sums, products and quotients using different techniques and methods

  • Animal Lists

    Animal Lists

    Investigate how to compile lists using commas to present information about some of the special animals that live in habitats around the world

  • English Spelling Assessment

    English Spelling Assessment

    Assess abilities in spelling different vocabulary words based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage One