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A three-page introduction to the three art-making techniques named in the KS1 NC: drawing, painting and sculpture. Each page is a structured try-it-yourself project the child can do at home or in class.

Page 1 builds drawing vocabulary (thick, thin, curly, zigzag lines) through a “draw five different lines” exercise. Page 2 introduces colour mixing — the three primary colours making three secondary colours. Page 3 is a hands-on sculpture challenge using only kitchen items (foil, pasta, paper). The worksheet is the START of the activity, not the activity itself.

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 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 five-page personal sketchbook designed to be a child’s very first art journal. Each page is a project: self-portrait (drawing), colour mixing test (painting), found-object sculpture (3D), a “Kandinsky-style” colourful-shapes page (artist inspiration), and a final reflection page where they describe their favourite piece of their own work.

This activity book directly supports KS1 NC Ar1/1.1 (use materials creatively to design and make) and the practice habit of “keep a sketchbook” recommended throughout the primary art curriculum.

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.