KS1 & KS2 art and design curriculum

Pupils awareness of their technical ability is increasing at this age. This unit encourages them to apply the skills that they have acquired for imaginative purposes, and to draw on their own cultural heritage and experiences. It introduces new ceramics techniques, extending their skills and knowledge.

1. Drawing: observe and draw cakes using charcoal
2. Sketching and designing a celebration cake
3. Experimenting with clay for a cake sculpture
4. Experiment with coil and pinch pot techniques
5. Build a clay celebration cake
6. Ceramics: finalising a cake inspired creation

• Have had hands-on experience working with clay, including basic techniques such as rolling, pinching, joining, and simple surface decoration
• Understand that clay can be shaped, dried, and sometimes fired to become hard and permanent
• Be able to work responsibly and successfully contribute to group work
• Have had some prior experience of joining and forming card and paper to create three-dimensional forms