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Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

Cycle A-Expressive Arts Cycle B-Expressive Arts

Acorns Topic: Authors -Eric Carle WMS 1 Topic: Fairy tales WMS 1
The Hungry Caterpillar Exploring the expressive arts is Jack and the Beanstalk Exploring the expressive arts is
Draw me a star essential to developing artistic essential to developing artistic
skills and knowledge and it enables skills and knowledge and it enables
Cornerstones link: Orchestra
learners to become curious and learners to become curious and
Cornerstones link: Pop up
creative individuals. creative individuals.
Focus: Music-Performing,
Focus: Art-experimentation, PS1 improvising and composing, PS1
design, produce and creative I can explore and experiment with a listening and appreciation I can explore and experiment with a
response variety of creative techniques, variety of creative techniques,
materials, processes, resources, tools materials, processes, resources, tools
and technologies
Dance-performing, choreography, and technologies
appreciation of styles
Locality links: I can ask questions to discover how I can ask questions to discover how
creative work is made. Locality links: creative work is made.
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Taliesin Art Gallery
I am beginning to explore ideas, I am beginning to explore ideas,
Welsh Artists: feelings and moods in a variety of feelings and moods in a variety of
Kyffin Williams-landscapes creative work. Welsh Artists: creative work.
Cefyn Burgess-collages Tom Jones-pop, rock, show tunes,
Josef Harman-Miners WMS 2 country, dance WMS 2
Nina Morgan-Print making Responding and reflecting, both as Duffy-pop Responding and reflecting, both as
Ceri Richards-Painter artist and audience, is a fundamental Aled Jones-classical artist and audience, is a fundamental
Rhiannon Roberts part of learning in the expressive Stereophonics-rock part of learning in the expressive
Mary Lloyd Jones-painter and arts. Shirley Bassey-pop arts.

print maker Bronwen Lewis


PS1 PS1
British Artists : I can listen to and respond to views
Sophie Evans-West End I can listen to and respond to views
Martin Parr-Photographer about my own creative work and that of about my own creative work and that of
others. Possible Activities: others.

Possible Activities: Music


I am beginning to compare my own I am beginning to compare my own
creative work to the creative work of  Experience actual/virtual creative work to the creative work of
Art others. venues-local/national/inter others.
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

national arts events and


I am beginning to talk about my moods I am beginning to talk about my moods
 Experience actual/virtual festivals
and emotions and use these to impact and emotions and use these to impact
venues-local/national/inter upon my creative work.  Exploring different styles upon my creative work.
national arts events and and genres of music-
festivals WMS 3 listening and appreciation-
 Exploring work of Welsh Creating combines skills and moods and emotions which
WMS 3
artists which reflect knowledge, drawing on the senses, arise Creating combines skills and
inspiration and imagination.  Explore musical elements-
Welsh culture, traditions knowledge, drawing on the senses,
& history pitch, tempo, dynamics inspiration and imagination.
PS1
 Reflect on artwork-moods I can communicate my ideas, feelings  Create own musical
and emotions which arise and memories in my creative work. compositions-performing, PS1
I can communicate my ideas, feelings
 Reflect on own artwork improvising and composing
and memories in my creative work.
and others in class- I can imitate established artistic e.g. vocal-singing,
techniques in the creation of my own instrumental-musical
identifying how to improve I can imitate established artistic
work.
 Explore line, shape, instruments-acoustic techniques in the creation of my own
texture , colour, pattern, work.
I am beginning to design my own
tone & shading creative work.
 Create own art /crafts - I am beginning to design my own
Dance
creative work.
drafting, designing, I can share my creative work.  Experience actual/virtual I can share my creative work.
making, shaping and editing venues-local/national/inter
e.g. drawing, painting, I am beginning to use creative materials national arts events and I am beginning to use creative materials
sculpting, environmental safely with guidance and direction.
festivals safely with guidance and direction.
and landscape art  Exploring different styles
of dance- viewing and
appreciation- moods and
emotions which arise
 Explore body actions,
rhythm, balance,
coordination, control,
spatial awareness,
expression-facial and
movements
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

 Create own dance


compositions-
choreographing,
performing e.g. dance-
drama, taking on role of
characters
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

Cycle A-Expressive Arts Cycle B-Expressive Arts

Saplings/ Topic: Authors-Julia Donaldson WMS 1 Topic: Fairy tales WMS 1


Room on the Broom Exploring the expressive arts is The Three Little Pigs Exploring the expressive arts is
Buds The Highway Rat essential to developing artistic essential to developing artistic
skills and knowledge and it enables skills and knowledge and it enables
Cornerstones link: Orchestra
learners to become curious and learners to become curious and
creative individuals. creative individuals.
Cornerstones link: Pop up Focus: Music-Performing,
PS2 improvising and composing, PS2
Focus: Art-experimentation, I can explore and experiment with and listening and appreciation I can explore and experiment with and
design, produce and creative then select appropriate creative then select appropriate creative
techniques, practices, materials, techniques, practices, materials,
response Dance-performing, choreography,
processes, resources, tools and processes, resources, tools and
technologies. appreciation of styles technologies.
Locality links:
I can explore how and why creative I can explore how and why creative
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery work is made by asking questions and Locality links: work is made by asking questions and
developing my own answers. developing my own answers.
Taliesin Art Gallery
Welsh Artists: I can explore and describe I can explore and describe
Kyffin Williams-landscapes how artists and creative work Possible Activities: how artists and creative work
Cefyn Burgess-collages communicate mood, feelings and ideas. Music communicate mood, feelings and ideas.
Josef Harman-Miners  Experience actual/virtual
Nina Morgan-Print making WMS 2 venues-local/national/inter WMS 2
Ceri Richards-Painter Responding and reflecting, both as national arts events and Responding and reflecting, both as
Rhiannon Roberts artist and audience, is a fundamental festivals artist and audience, is a fundamental
Mary Lloyd Jones-painter and part of learning in the expressive  Exploring different styles part of learning in the expressive
arts. arts.
print maker and genres of music-
British Artists : listening and appreciation-
PS2 PS2
Martin Parr-Photographer I can give and accept feedback as both moods and emotions which I can give and accept feedback as both
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

artist and audience. arise artist and audience.

 Explore musical elements-


I can compare my own creative work to I can compare my own creative work to
creative work by other people and from pitch, tempo, dynamics creative work by other people and from
Possible Activities: other places and times.  Create own musical other places and times.
compositions-performing,
I can consider, with guidance, how I can consider, with guidance, how
improvising and composing
Art moods, emotions and ideas are moods, emotions and ideas are
communicated both in my own creative e.g. vocal-singing, communicated both in my own creative
 Experience actual/virtual
work and in the creative work of others. instrumental-musical work and in the creative work of others.
venues-local/national/inter
instruments-acoustic
national arts events and
WMS 3 WMS 3
festivals Creating combines skills and Creating combines skills and
 Exploring work of Welsh knowledge, drawing on the senses, knowledge, drawing on the senses,
artists which reflect inspiration and imagination. Dance inspiration and imagination.
Welsh culture, traditions  Experience actual/virtual
& history PS2 venues-local/national/inter PS2
 Reflect on artwork-moods I can communicate ideas, feelings and national arts events and I can communicate ideas, feelings and
memories for an audience and for festivals memories for an audience and for
and emotions which arise purposes and outcomes in my creative purposes and outcomes in my creative
 Reflect on own artwork work.
 Exploring different styles work.
and others in class- of dance- viewing and
identifying how to improve I am beginning to apply techniques in my appreciation- moods and I am beginning to apply techniques in my
 Explore line, shape, creative work with guidance and emotions which arise creative work with guidance and
direction.  Explore body actions, direction.
texture , colour, pattern,
tone & shading, contrast rhythm, balance,
I can create my own designs and work coordination, control, I can create my own designs and work
 Create own art /crafts - collaboratively with others to develop collaboratively with others to develop
drafting, designing, creative ideas.
spatial awareness, creative ideas.
making, shaping and editing expression-facial and
e.g. drawing, painting, I can perform, produce, design, exhibit movements I can perform, produce, design, exhibit
sculpting, environmental and share my creative work in a variety  Create own dance and share my creative work in a variety
of ways for different audiences, compositions- of ways for different audiences,
and landscape art
inspired by a range of stimuli and inspired by a range of stimuli and
choreographing,
experiences. experiences.
performing e.g. dance-
I am beginning to demonstrate
drama, taking on role of I am beginning to demonstrate
resilience and flexibility in approaching characters resilience and flexibility in approaching
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

creative challenges. creative challenges.

I can use creative materials safely and I can use creative materials safely and
with some control under supervision. with some control under supervision.

Cycle A-Expressive Arts Cycle B-Expressive Arts

Oaktrees Topic: Authors-Roald Dahl WMS 1 WMS 1 Topic: Traditional Tales WMS 1 WMS 1
The BFG Exploring Exploring Red Riding Hood Exploring Exploring
A the expressiv the expressive the expressiv the expressive
e arts is arts is essential to e arts is arts is essential to
Cornerstones link: Gallery Cornerstones link: N/A
essential to developing artistic essential to developing artistic
developing skills and developing skills and
Focus: Art-experimentation, artistic skills knowledge and it Focus: Drama-acting, directing, artistic skills knowledge and it
design, produce and creative and enables learners to design, technical theatre and arts and enables learners to
response knowledge become curious administration knowledge become curious
and it enables and creative and it enables and creative
Music-Performing, improvising and learners to individuals. Film and digital media-television, learners to individuals.
become become
composing, listening and film, radio, games design,
curious and PS3 curious and PS3
appreciation photography, live events and
creative I can explore and creative I can explore and
individuals. experiment
theatrical production skills, print individuals. experiment
Locality links: independently and media, social media, sound and independently and

PS2
demonstrate audio production PS2
demonstrate
technical control technical control
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery I can explore
with a range of
I can explore
with a range of
and experiment Locality links: and experiment
creative materials, creative materials,
with and then with and then
Welsh Artists: processes, Dylan Thomas Centre processes,
select select
resources, tools and Taliesin Art Gallery resources, tools and
Kyffin Williams-landscapes appropriate appropriate
technologies showing technologies showing
Cefyn Burgess-collages creative creative
innovation and innovation and
techniques, Welsh Artists: techniques,
Josef Harman-Miners resilience. resilience.
practices, practices,
Nina Morgan-Print making materials,
Dylan Thomas-Poet materials,
Ceri Richards-Painter processes, I can explore the Anthony Hopkins-actor and processes, I can explore the
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

Rhiannon Roberts resources, effects that a range director resources, effects that a range
tools and of tools and of
Mary Lloyd Jones-painter and Richard Burton
technologies. creative techniques, technologies. creative techniques,
print maker materials, processes, Christian Bale-Batman materials, processes,
I can explore
resources, tools and Catherine Zeta-Jones I can explore
resources, tools and
Tom Jones-pop, rock, show tunes, technologies have on Ioan Gruffudd technologies have on
how and why how and why
my own and my own and
country, dance creative work is Luke George Evans-Beauty and the creative work
others’ creative others’ creative
made by asking Beast/ The Hobbit is made by
Duffy-pop work. work.
questions and asking
Aled Jones-classical developing my questions and
Stereophonics-rock own answers. I can explore how developing my I can explore how
Shirley Bassey-pop creative work own answers. creative work
can represent, can represent,
Bronwen Lewis I can explore Possible Activities:
document, share and document, share and
Sophie Evans-West End and describe I can explore
how artists and
celebrate personal, Drama and describe
celebrate personal,
social and cultural  Explore movement, gestures social and cultural
creative work how artists and
British Artists : identities. identities.
communicate and facial expressions creative work
Martin Parr-Photographer mood, feelings  Explore voice- accent, communicate
and ideas. I can explore and mood, feelings I can explore and
describe how artists
diction, pitch, tempo, pauses and ideas. describe how artists
and creative  Explore design ‘behind the and creative
WMS 2 work communicate scenes-creating mood, work communicate
Responding mood, feelings and
WMS 2 mood, feelings and
atmosphere- e.g. stage Responding
and reflecting, ideas and the impact ideas and the impact
Possible Activities: both as artist they have on an
lighting, sound, makeup, and reflecting, they have on an
and audience, audience. costume, script writing, both as artist audience.
is a directing and stage and audience,
Art
fundamental WMS 2 management is a WMS 2
 Experience actual/virtual
part of Responding and  Exploring different drama fundamental Responding and
venues-local/national/inter part of
learning in the reflecting, both as comedy, tragedy, musical reflecting, both as
national arts events and expressive learning in the
artist and theatre, mime, physical artist and
festivals arts. expressive
audience, is a theatre audience, is a
 Exploring work of Welsh fundamental part arts. fundamental part
artists which reflect PS2 of learning in the of learning in the
Welsh culture, traditions I can give and Film and digital media PS2
expressive arts. expressive arts.
& history
accept  Explore television, film, I can give and
feedback as radio, games design, accept
 Reflect on artwork-moods PS3 PS3
both artist and feedback as
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

and emotions which arise audience. I can give and photography, print media, both artist and I can give and
consider audience. consider
 Reflect on own artwork social media, sound and
I can compare constructive constructive
and others in class- my own feedback about my audio production I can compare feedback about my
identifying how to improve creative work own creative  Explore sound, video/film- my own own creative
 Explore line, shape, to creative work and that of animation, documentary, creative work work and that of
work by other others, reflecting on to creative others, reflecting on
texture , colour, pattern, narrative, music video, print
people and it and making work by other it and making
tone & shading, contrast, from other improvements where media, radio/podcast, people and improvements where
proportion, composition, places and necessary. photography, graphics, from other necessary.
scale , perspective times. interactive media places and
times.
 Create own art /crafts - I can apply  Explore audio production I can apply
I can consider,
drafting, designing, knowledge and and design, lighting design, knowledge and
with guidance, I can consider,
understanding of understanding of
making, shaping and editing how moods,
context, and make
stage design, game design, with guidance,
context, and make
e.g. drawing, painting, emotions and event design, production how moods,
connections between connections between
ideas are emotions and
sculpting, environmental my own creative work design my own creative work
communicated ideas are
and landscape art, and creative work by and creative work by
both in my communicated
other people and other people and
textiles-knitting, weaving, own creative
from other places
both in my
from other places
embellishment, jewellery, work and in the own creative
and times. and times.
creative work work and in the
photography, print making,
of others. creative work
ceramics, advertising, I can reflect upon of others. I can reflect upon
signage how artists have how artists have
WMS 3
achieved effects or achieved effects or
Creating WMS 3
communicated moods, communicated moods,
combines skills Creating
emotions and ideas in emotions and ideas in
and knowledge, combines skills
Music their work. their work.
drawing on the and knowledge,
 Experience actual/virtual
senses, WMS 3 drawing on the WMS 3
venues-local/national/inter senses,
inspiration and Creating combines Creating combines
national arts events and imagination. inspiration and
skills and skills and
festivals imagination.
knowledge, drawing knowledge, drawing
 Exploring different styles PS2 on the senses, on the senses,
and genres of music- I can inspiration and PS2 inspiration and
communicate I can
listening and appreciation- imagination. imagination.
ideas, feelings communicate
moods and emotions which and memories ideas, feelings
arise for an audience I can combine my and memories I can combine my
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

 Explore musical elements- and for knowledge, for an audience knowledge,


purposes and experience and and for experience and
pitch, tempo, dynamics,
outcomes in my understanding to plan purposes and understanding to plan
texture, melody, timbre, creative work. and communicate outcomes in my and communicate
rhythm, metre, structure, my creative work for creative work. my creative work for
harmony, intonation a range of different a range of different
I am beginning
audiences, purposes audiences, purposes
 Create own musical to apply I am beginning
and outcomes. and outcomes.
compositions-performing, techniques in to apply
my creative techniques in
improvising and composing work with I can draw upon my my creative I can draw upon my
e.g. vocal-singing, guidance and familiarity with a work with familiarity with a
instrumental-musical direction. range of discipline- guidance and range of discipline-
instruments-acoustic/elect specific techniques in direction. specific techniques in
my creative work. my creative work.
ric and technology- DJ-Ing I can create my
own designs and I can create my
work I can draw upon my own designs and I can draw upon my
collaboratively design knowledge and work design knowledge and
with others to make connections collaboratively make connections
develop with greater with others to with greater
creative ideas. independence to develop independence to
modify and develop creative ideas. modify and develop
my creative designs. my creative designs.
I can perform,
produce, I can perform,
design, exhibit I can perform, produce, I can perform,
and share my produce, design, design, exhibit produce, design,
creative work exhibit and share and share my exhibit and share
in a variety of my creative work in creative work my creative work in
ways for formal and non- in a variety of formal and non-
different formal contexts, ways for formal contexts,
audiences, considering the different considering the
inspired by a impact of my audiences, impact of my
range of stimuli creative work on the inspired by a creative work on the
and audience. range of stimuli audience.
experiences. and
experiences.
I can identify and I can identify and
I am beginning respond creatively to respond creatively to
to demonstrate challenges with I am beginning challenges with
resilience and resilience and to demonstrate resilience and
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

flexibility in flexibility. resilience and flexibility.


approaching flexibility in
creative approaching
I can safely choose I can safely choose
challenges. creative
and use the correct and use the correct
challenges.
creative tools and creative tools and
I can use materials with some materials with some
creative consideration for I can use consideration for
materials others. creative others.
safely and with materials
some control safely and with
under some control
supervision. under
supervision.
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

Cycle A-Expressive Arts Cycle B-Expressive Arts

Oaktrees Topic: Authors-Ted Hughes WMS 1 Topic: Myths and Legends WMS 1
Ironman Exploring the expressive arts is Mabinogion Exploring the expressive arts is
B essential to developing artistic essential to developing artistic
skills and knowledge and it enables skills and knowledge and it enables
Cornerstones link: Gallery Cornerstones link: N/A
learners to become curious and learners to become curious and
creative individuals. creative individuals.
Focus: Focus:
Art-experimentation, design, PS3 Drama-acting, directing, design, PS3
produce and creative response I can explore and experiment technical theatre and arts I can explore and experiment
independently and demonstrate administration independently and demonstrate
technical control with a range of technical control with a range of
Music-Performing, improvising and
creative materials, processes, creative materials, processes,
composing, listening and resources, tools and Film and digital media-television, resources, tools and
appreciation technologies showing innovation and film, radio, games design, technologies showing innovation and
resilience. photography, live events and resilience.

theatrical production skills, print


I can explore the effects that a range media, social media, sound and I can explore the effects that a range
Locality links: of creative techniques, materials, of creative techniques, materials,
processes, resources, tools and
audio production processes, resources, tools and
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery technologies have on my own and technologies have on my own and
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

others’ creative work. Locality links: others’ creative work.

Dylan Thomas Centre


I can explore how creative work Taliesin Art Gallery I can explore how creative work
Welsh Artists: can represent, document, share and can represent, document, share and
Kyffin Williams-landscapes celebrate personal, social and cultural celebrate personal, social and cultural
Cefyn Burgess-collages identities. Welsh Artists: identities.
Josef Harman-Miners Dylan Thomas-Poet
Nina Morgan-Print making I can explore and describe how artists Anthony Hopkins-actor and I can explore and describe how artists
and creative work communicate mood, director and creative work communicate mood,
Ceri Richards-Painter
feelings and ideas and the impact they feelings and ideas and the impact they
Rhiannon Roberts have on an audience.
Richard Burton have on an audience.
Mary Lloyd Jones-painter and Christian Bale-Batman
print maker Catherine Zeta-Jones
WMS 2 WMS 2
British Artists : Responding and reflecting, both as Ioan Gruffudd Responding and reflecting, both as
Martin Parr-Photographer artist and audience, is a fundamental Luke George Evans-Beauty and the artist and audience, is a fundamental
part of learning in the expressive Beast/ The Hobbit part of learning in the expressive
arts. arts.

Possible Activities:
PS3 PS3
I can give and consider constructive I can give and consider constructive
feedback about my own creative Possible Activities: feedback about my own creative
Art work and that of others, reflecting on work and that of others, reflecting on
it and making improvements where it and making improvements where
 Experience actual/virtual Drama
necessary. necessary.
venues-local/national/inter  Explore movement, gestures
national arts events and I can apply knowledge and
and facial expressions I can apply knowledge and
festivals understanding of context, and make  Explore voice- accent, understanding of context, and make
 Exploring work of Welsh connections between my own creative diction, pitch, tempo, pauses connections between my own creative
work and creative work by other people  Explore design ‘behind the work and creative work by other people
artists which reflect
and from other places and times. and from other places and times.
Welsh culture, traditions scenes-creating mood,
& history atmosphere- e.g. stage
I can reflect upon how artists have I can reflect upon how artists have
 Reflect on artwork-moods achieved effects or communicated lighting, sound, makeup, achieved effects or communicated
and emotions which arise moods, emotions and ideas in their work. costume, script writing, moods, emotions and ideas in their work.
 Reflect on own artwork directing and stage
and others in class- WMS 3 management WMS 3
Creating combines skills and Creating combines skills and
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

identifying how to improve knowledge, drawing on the senses,  Exploring different drama knowledge, drawing on the senses,
 Explore line, shape, inspiration and imagination. comedy, tragedy, musical inspiration and imagination.
texture , colour, pattern, theatre, mime, physical
tone & shading, contrast, I can combine my knowledge, experience theatre I can combine my knowledge, experience
and understanding to plan and and understanding to plan and
proportion, composition, communicate my creative work for a communicate my creative work for a
scale , perspective range of different audiences, purposes Film and digital media range of different audiences, purposes
 Create own art /crafts - and outcomes.  Explore television, film, and outcomes.
drafting, designing, radio, games design,
making, shaping and editing I can draw upon my familiarity with a photography, print media, I can draw upon my familiarity with a
range of discipline- range of discipline-
e.g. drawing, painting, social media, sound and
specific techniques in my creative work. specific techniques in my creative work.
sculpting, environmental audio production
and landscape art, I can draw upon my design knowledge  Explore sound, video/film- I can draw upon my design knowledge
textiles-knitting, weaving, and make connections with greater animation, documentary, and make connections with greater
embellishment, jewellery, independence to modify and develop my narrative, music video, print independence to modify and develop my
photography, print making, creative designs. creative designs.
media, radio/podcast,
ceramics, advertising, photography, graphics,
I can perform, produce, design, exhibit I can perform, produce, design, exhibit
signage interactive media
and share my creative work in formal and share my creative work in formal
and non-formal contexts, considering Explore audio production and design, and non-formal contexts, considering
the impact of my creative work on the lighting design, stage design, game the impact of my creative work on the
audience. design, event design, production audience.

design
I can identify and respond creatively to I can identify and respond creatively to
Music challenges with resilience and challenges with resilience and
 Experience actual/virtual flexibility. flexibility.
venues-local/national/inter
national arts events and I can safely choose and use the correct I can safely choose and use the correct
creative tools and materials with some creative tools and materials with some
festivals
consideration for others. consideration for others.
 Exploring different styles
and genres of music-
listening and appreciation-
moods and emotions which
arise
Whole School Medium Term Overview AoLE Expressive Arts

 Explore musical elements-


pitch, tempo, dynamics,
texture, melody, timbre,
rhythm, metre, structure,
harmony, intonation
 Create own musical
compositions-performing,
improvising and composing
e.g. vocal-singing,
instrumental-musical
instruments-acoustic/elect
ric and technology- DJ-Ing

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