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28/03/24

Some of our families are all set up for our Small Business Market! pic.twitter.com/RqtJJu9TmP

28/03/24

🐇🐰 The Easter Bunny is hopping its way around the academy today! 🐰🐇 pic.twitter.com/TJjJRpzvse

28/03/24

🐣🐇 We had an egg-cellent Easter bonnet parade today! What lovely bonnets! 🐇🐣 pic.twitter.com/O2lDo9SGQR

27/03/24

Some of our families are all set up for our Small Business Market! pic.twitter.com/RqtJJu9TmP

27/03/24

🐇🐰 The Easter Bunny is hopping its way around the academy today! 🐰🐇 pic.twitter.com/TJjJRpzvse

27/03/24

🐣🐇 We had an egg-cellent Easter bonnet parade today! What lovely bonnets! 🐇🐣 pic.twitter.com/O2lDo9SGQR

26/03/24

🐇🐣 We look forward to seeing all our families at our Easter Fun Day events tomorrow! 🐣🐇 You can also enter into our Easter raffle! pic.twitter.com/fNRcU0VqBV

25/03/24

Wonka-tastic! A fab fun workshop during the Easter break to take place - see details on MCAS and on posters displayed on the school notice boards. Email teacher/choreographer Sian to reserve a space! 💃🏽🕺🏽 pic.twitter.com/WtsWUoCBka

20/03/24

🐇 🐣 Don’t forget to hop on by for our Easter Fun Day 🐣🐇 pic.twitter.com/2JmC1jJvet

20/03/24

The whole academy took part in online sign language lessons as part of British Sign Language Week. The week is organised by the British Deaf Association and the pupils were excited to share what they had learnt. pic.twitter.com/AksWvcCcN0

20/03/24

The whole academy took part in online sign language lessons as part of British Sign Language Week. The week is organised by the British Deaf Association and the pupils were excited to share what they had learnt. pic.twitter.com/AksWvcCcN0

20/03/24

🐇 🐣 Don’t forget to hop on by for our Easter Fun Day 🐣🐇 pic.twitter.com/2JmC1jJvet

18/03/24

Don’t forget to let us know if you can join us for our Quiz Night! It is adults only but friends and family are welcome! There will be a range of general knowledge questions and some fun ones about our academy 📝🤓https://t.co/sNHI5N6h5T

18/03/24

Year 1 had a visit from the police which was very exciting. The children were able to ask questions and some even sat inside the police car! 👮‍♀️🚔 pic.twitter.com/yQuRmwW7cW

15/03/24

Don’t forget to let us know if you can join us for our Quiz Night! It is adults only but friends and family are welcome! There will be a range of general knowledge questions and some fun ones about our academy 📝🤓https://t.co/sNHI5N6h5T

14/03/24

Don’t forget to let us know if you can join us for our Quiz Night! It is adults only but friends and family are welcome! There will be a range of general knowledge questions and some fun ones about our academy 📝🤓https://t.co/sNHI5N6h5T

14/03/24

Year 1 had a visit from the police which was very exciting. The children were able to ask questions and some even sat inside the police car! 👮‍♀️🚔 pic.twitter.com/yQuRmwW7cW

13/03/24

Year 1 had a visit from the police which was very exciting. The children were able to ask questions and some even sat inside the police car! 👮‍♀️🚔 pic.twitter.com/yQuRmwW7cW

12/03/24

Don’t forget to let us know if you can join us for our Quiz Night! It is adults only but friends and family are welcome! There will be a range of general knowledge questions and some fun ones about our academy 📝🤓https://t.co/sNHI5N6h5T

08/03/24

Check out these wonderful stories from a parent author and illustrator in our community! The children were able to enjoy an assembly for World Book Day to hear how he creates his content. Find out more about James’ wonderful characters here:https://t.co/imzWCnPieV pic.twitter.com/wamj2WIczy

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Art and Design

At Harris Primary Academy Purley Way, we are committed to providing all children with the learning opportunities to engage in art and design. We believe in a broad and balanced curriculum.  The quality of art and design is seen as a key contributor to the provision of the spiritual, moral, social and cultural values of our academy.

We believe that visual arts enable children to become visually literate and allow children of this academy to imagine and express themselves artistically and creatively. We believe it is important to equip children with the knowledge, experience and skills to create pieces of art that is both inspiring and engaging. Art and design can signpost career pathway to creative, cultural and heritage industries as well as a creative subject. Visual arts form a part of creative industries that are expected to continue to expand. We want every child to have these opportunities and to become more inquisitive about the world and their environment. We want them to see and use their imagination and understanding and express visually how arts have shaped our history, how it is currently viewed and how it will shape their future.

HF Curriculum Lead - Sam French

Units to include key artworks and artists 

Year Group 

Autumn 1 

Autumn 2 

Spring 1 

Spring 2 

Summer 1 

Summer 2  

Reception 

Senses 

Line and colour  

The elements  

Exploring materials  

Patterns and shapes  

Language and art  

Year 1 

Drawing  

Basics of drawing 

Aboriginal dot paintings 

Using symbols 

Collage/textiles 

Abdoulaye Konaté 

Sculpture 

Phyllida Barlow 

Text Art 

Cardboard relief - design tags looking at letter form – relate it to the theme of identity   

Frida Kahlo painting 

self-portraits 

Year 2 

Drawing  

Basics of drawing  

Painting  

Georgia O’Keeffe 

Collage 

Paul Klee 

Sculpting 

Andy Goldsworthy  

Printing  

Collagraphy  

Instillation  

Yayoi Kusama and/or Ai Weiwei 

Year 3  

Drawing 

Cave drawings 

Albrecht Durer 

Visual texture  

Environmental Art  

Olafur Eliasson 

Pompeii 

Mosaic 

William Morris 

Designs with natural forms 

Sculpture  

Louise Bourgeois 

Year 4  

Fernand Leger: Drawing and painting 

Rosenquist pop art: Drawing, collage and colouring 

Matisse: Collage 

Benin Empire: Cardboard relief sculpture 

Impressionism: Painting en plein air 

Hokusai: Printing famous landmarks 

Year 5  

Maria Sibylla Merian  

Scientific illustration  

Henry Moore 

Family unit sculptures 

Sonia Boyce 

pastel drawings and photographic collages 

Grayson Perry 

ceramic vases, tapestries and maps 

Willem Kalf 

Still life painting  

Banksy Graffiti and Street Art 

 

Year 6  

Antoni Gaudi 

Architecture and design 

Chris Ofili  

Conceptual art 

Sarah Eisenlohr 

Human impact collage  

Gustav Klimt 

Mixed media 

Michelle Reader 

Figurative junk sculpture 

Elizabeth Catlett 

Printing portraits  

 

Resources:  

The National Society for Education in Art and Design (nsead) www.nsead.org 

www.twinkl.co.uk 

www.tate.org.uk 

www.nationalgallery.org.uk/learning/teachers-and-schools 

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