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.
My First Sketchbook is a five-page Years 1–2 art activity book mapped to the DfE National Curriculum for Art & Design. Children explore line and mark-making, mix primary colours to create new ones, turn flat shapes into solid sculptural forms, build a textured sculpture from playdough or junk modelling, and evaluate their own finished work like a real artist. A handful of quick art-vocabulary questions are auto-marked on screen; the rest of the book is hands-on, creative and printable, with a full answer key. Includes teacher, parent and pupil notes and is fully SEND-friendly with high-contrast and large-text modes.
