Freemantle Academy Curriculum Map 2022 – 2023

Curriculum Themes linked to the Freemantle Reading Spine

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Nursery

Marvellous Me

Picasso -

playdough faces

Artist Appreciation

Materials

Frida Kahlo –

Self-portrait

Artist Appreciation

Painting

Drawing

Let’s Celebrate

Van Gogh –

Starry night foil painting

Artist appreciation

Materials

Painting

Jackson Pollock –

Firework painting

Artist appreciation

Painting

Once upon a Fairy Tale

Georges Seurat -

Pointilism – creating fairy tale characters.

Artist Appreciation

Painting

Drawing

Adventurous Explorers

Roy Lichtenstein –

Bubble wrap painting (basic Benday dots)

Artist Appreciation

Painting

Materials

Kandinsky –

Circles -Overlaying of shapes to create artwork.

Artist Appreciation

Materials

Amazing Animals

Britto –

Coco dreams – use of patterns within printed images.

Artist Appreciation

Painting

Materials

Drawing

Paul Klee –

Fish magic

Artist appreciation

Materials

Painting

Matisse –

The snail

Artist Appreciation

Materials

Digital Art

The Great Outdoors

Andy Goldsworthy –

Use of natural objects to create arrangements.

Artist Appreciation

Materials

Reception

Magical Me

Frida Kahlo –

Self-portrait

Artist Appreciation

Painting

Drawing

Alexander Calder-

Pipe cleaner sculptures of me

Artist appreciation

materials

All that glitters

Van Gogh –

Starry night

Artist appreciation

Painting

Drawing

Once upon a time, long ago…

Picasso -

playdough faces

Artist Appreciation

Materials

Fideli Sundqvist –

Paper Art inspired – Chinese New Year dragons

Artist Appreciation

Materials

Ticket to ride

Adam Frezza and Terri Chiao –

Paper mache inspired hot air balloons.

Artist appreciation

Materials

Painting

Our Wonderful World

Van Gogh (What can the pupils  remember about Van Gogh?) -

Sunflowers

Artist Appreciation

Drawing

Painting

Digital Art

Pirate Adventure

Claude Monet –

Water pictures – (pupils  to choose favourie media)

Digital Art

Painting

Materials

Year 1

Superheroes

Weaving

Artist - Anni Albers

Autumn Magic

Collage

Artist – Ben Giles

Toys

Drawing – Drawing skills based – drawing shapes

Time Detectives

Printing

Artist – Ann Ridges

I know how to grow

DT

Adventures and Journeys

Painting

Artist – Henri Rousseau

Year 2

City Life

Painting

Artist – James Rizzi

Amazing Africa

Textiles

Artist – Yinka Shonibare

A world of Water

Drawing

Artist – Dawid Hockney

What a wonderful world

Sculpture

Artist – Andy Goldsworthy

Explore Wonderland

Digital Art

Artist – David Mcleod

Fabulous Friends and Families

DT

Year 3

Iron Age and Stone Age

Painting

Artist – JMW Turner (Landscapes)

Food, Glorious Food

Printing

Artist – Andy Warhol

Away from home

Drawing- Drawing skills based- drawing 3D shapes

Mysterious Forces

DT

Great Explorers

Textiles

Artist – Judith Scott

Romans

Collage

Artist – Eduardo Paolozzi

Year 4

In and Out

Drawing- Drawing skills based- drawing 3D shapes

Festivals/

Celebrations

Sculpture

Artist – Damien Hirst

Natural Disasters

Digital Art

Artist – katsushika Hokusai (The Great Wave)

Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening

DT

Vikings and Saxons – Invasions!

DT

Go with the Flow

Painting

Artist – Claude Monet – Water Lillies

Year 5

Is there anyone out there?

Painting

Artist – Alma Tomas

WW1

DT

Chinese Dynasty

Drawing- Drawing skills based- Drawing figures

Unfortunate Events

Printing

Artist – Edvard Munch

Crime and Punishment

Textiles

Artist – Billie Zangewa

That’s life

DT

Year 6

Survival

Sculpture

Artist – Nick Mackman

WW2

Digital Art

WW2 – Propaganda Posters

Artist – James Montgomery Flagg

The Industrial Revolution

Drawing

Drawing- Drawing skills based- Drawing figures

Ancient Greeks

DT

The Human body

Collage

Artist – Fred Tomaselli

Save the Rainforest/end of an era

Painting

Artist – Henri Rousseau