First Level: Art & Design

E & O: Inspired by a range of stimuli, I can express and communicate my ideas, thoughts and feelings through activities within art and design (EXA 1-05a)

End of Level Benchmarks

Shares thoughts and feelings by expressing personal views in response to the work of at least one artist and one designer.

Shares views and listens appropriately to views of others, suggesting what works well and what could be improved in their own and others’ work, using some art and design vocabulary.

When creating images and objects to express ideas, thoughts and feelings:

  • chooses and uses technology and a range of media;
  • shows understanding of basic colour theory, for example, which secondary colours are made from mixing primary colours;
  • shows some understanding of the qualities and limitations of selected media, for example, uses pencil instead of a large brush to make fine marks, uses chalk instead of pencil to fill larger spaces;
  • shows understanding of the concept of scale, for example, represents mountains as bigger than people.

Interdisciplinary links

LIT 1-02a, LIT 1-09a
TCH 1-01a, TCH 1-04b, TCH 1-09a, TCH 1-10a, TCH 1-11a, TCH 1-12a
SCN 1-12b, SCN 1-15a