At Early Years, the key knowledge progression document takes reference from the following documentation: Early Years Framework, Development Matters and Birth to 5 Matters.

At key stage 1, the key knowledge progression document takes full account of the national curriculum’s requirements and groups these into the following strands:

• Use colour, pattern, texture, line, form, space and shape

• Drawing (including using different materials)

• Painting (including using different materials)

• Sculpture (including using different materials)

• Range of artists, craft makers and designers

These strands have been chosen as they reflect the National Curriculum content and enable progression to be shown across all the year groups (with the exception of using sketchbooks which starts at KS2 in the NC).

At key stage 2, the key knowledge progression document takes full account of the national curriculum’s requirements and groups these into the following strands:

• Use colour, pattern, texture, line, form, space and shape

• Drawing (including using different materials)

• Painting (including using different materials)

• Sculpture (including using different materials)

• Using sketchbooks

• Study of great artists, architects and designers

These strands have been chosen as they reflect the National Curriculum content and enable progression to be shown across all the year groups (with the exception of using sketchbooks which starts at KS2 in the NC).

Skills are dependent on specific knowledge. Skill is the capacity to perform and in order to perform a deep body of knowledge needs to be acquired and retained. These knowledge statements should be what pupils retain for ever. In other words, this knowledge is within their long-term memory and will be retained.

When considering pupils’ improvement in subject specific vocabulary, pupils could be provided with a knowledge organiser which contains the relevant words used for art for their age group.