A planning companion for KS1 Art & Design. Maps the pack to all four NC requirements, gives a broader suggested artist roster (with notes on diversity, age-appropriateness, and copyright when reproducing in the classroom), and offers a 6-lesson scheme using the pack’s resources.
Particularly useful is the section on the “no I can’t draw” rule and how to model risk-taking in your own classroom artwork, plus copyright guidance for displaying contemporary art in class.
A sorting game testing whether the child can match an example to the right art-vocabulary word. NC requirement Ar1/1.3 lists seven art-language terms (colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form, space) and this game drills five of them through fast-paced pictorial recognition.
Designed as a short, replayable warm-up before an art lesson.
A 7-slide tour of art-making and three real, famous artists whose work and techniques are commonly studied in KS1: Vincent van Gogh (sunflowers and swirly skies), Sonia Boyce (collage and mixed media, a British Royal Academy artist), and Wassily Kandinsky (colourful circles and shapes).
The pack does NOT reproduce the artists’ actual artworks — children are encouraged to look them up with a grown-up (in books or on age-appropriate art-museum websites) and then make their OWN art inspired by the techniques. This is how primary art is taught everywhere and keeps the pack copyright-safe.
A ten-question quiz testing the art language of NC requirement Ar1/1.3 plus knowledge of the three named artists (Van Gogh, Sonia Boyce, Kandinsky) from requirement Ar1/1.4.
Best taken after the e-learning lesson and worksheet. Half the questions test vocabulary; half test artist knowledge — including child-friendly trivia like “who painted the sunflowers?”
The vocabulary children need to discuss art at KS1 (all seven NC-named terms from Ar1/1.3) plus brief introductions to four real artists and one craft tradition.
Use as a five-minute lesson starter. Each artist card includes a child-friendly fact and the technique they’re known for, so children can connect a name to a making approach.
A short guide for parents and carers. KS1 Art is overwhelmingly about confidence, not skill — and the messages a child hears at home about their own art matter more than any worksheet.
Four practical ideas: how to comment on art without judging, the no-equipment art bank, the “look it up together” trick for artist study, and (most importantly) why “I can’t draw” is the most damaging thing a parent can ever say.
