Art at Aberlour House

Art

Art Curriculum Overview
		Year 4	Year 5	Year 6	Year 7	Year 8
A U T U M N	Title	Weird and Wonderful	Animal Magic	Klimt Patterns	Making Your Mark	The Machine Age
	Focus	Monster book illustration	Experimentation with shape	Pattern-making and colour	Real life artist interpretations	Still life and abstraction
	Content	Researching and creating ideas for monsters	Responding to animals in art from other times	Mixed media experimentation	Experimental mark-making	Drawing from a still life arrangement
	Content	Making an illustrated book cover	Making a class totem	Designing a decorative textile piece	Diagnostic drawing course	Making a class abstract relief mural
S P R I N G	Title	Fruit Salad	Sewing the Sea	Totally Towers	Breaking Up the Landscape	Trail Making
	Focus	Making a 3-D bowl	Seascapes	Decorative ceramic clock	Landscape	Photographing & recording
	Content	Experimentation from fruit images	Recording from real life seascapes	Responding to world architecture	Investigating colour and Impressionism	Recording a journey from life
	Content	Decorative bowl construction	Experimenting with textiles techniques	Making a ceramic decorative tower	3-part landscape in mixed media	Producing a photomontage
S U M M E R	Title	Harbour Life	Patterns in Nature	Go Fish!	Symbols and Stories	Me, Myself and I
	Focus	Recording from real life	Repeat patterns	Recording as illustration	Narrative in art	Portraiture in the 20th century
	Content	Visit to harbour and experimentation	Experimenting with media	Observation studies of fish and seafood	Symbols and stories in Aboriginal art	Drawing faces
	Content	Mixed media painting	Making repeat printed patterns	Poster making	Symbolic representation of life story	The Fauvist and Expressionist portrait

All Aberlour students follow a course in art aimed at stimulating curiosity, interest and enjoyment in the subject. They are introduced to art and design from different times and places and are encouraged to develop an appreciation for the visual and tactile world. The students are provided with opportunities to use a wide range of materials and techniques including painting, ICT, printing, graphics, textiles, digital photography and ceramics. They are also guided to develop personal ideas within the themes by noting their thoughts and feelings. Students complete three projects every year and are assessed at the end of each, gathering their work in a portfolio and sketchbook to represent their progress.

Year 4/5 Sea Mural Years 4 and 5 Towers and Fruit