Assessment Guidelines Year 5/6

Investigating & Marking

Record Responses:                

Select and record from first land observation, experience and the imagination in a variety of ways.  Record with some accuracy and attention  to detail.

Gather Resources and Materials:             

Select and record visual and other information in a sketch book and experiment with ideas suggested.

Explore and use Media  (skills & elements)   

Line & Tone

Confidently attempts to create realistic representations of increasingly sophisticated images that they observe, remember or imagine.

Creates images demonstrating an increasing level of attention to perspective  -  i.e.  attempts to use perspective to create depth in 2D images.

Creates images demonstrating an increasing level  of attention to scale - i.e.  can create an enlargement or miniature of a selected image.

Creates images expressing ideas/feelings.

Experiments confidently and can innovate different mark making techniques (see P.O.S.)

Can use different grades of pencil to create tone in their artwork.

Attempts to use tone to create depth in a 2D image.

Talk confidently about the use of line and tone and other visual elements in their own  work and the work of others, demonstrating confident opinions and using art vocabulary.

Colour                        

Experiment purposefully  in mixing/applying colour to their artwork and  evaluate the effects.

Understand that opaque colour is colour which covers a surface, therefore, it is the colour we see, not the surface.

Understand that transparent colour is colour which allows the surface beneath to be visible.

Experiment with opaque and transparent colour mediums, observe the effects created and relate these effects to purpose.  (see P.O.S.)

Talk confidently about  the use of colour and other visual elements in their own work and the work of others, demonstrating confident opinions and using art vocabulary.

Pattern                       

Respond confidently and enthusiastically to a 'theme'. 

a)  use design skills  and 'mixed media'  knowledge to select resources and create their own art work 

b)  work freely - experimenting, reflecting and modifying as they progress 

c)  talk during the design and making processes, in relation to the responses, intentions, progress, modifications, evaluations and developments in future work.

Experiment confidently in using a selection of pattern making                       techniques....                                        

a)  Culture block  printing

b)  Screenprinting                                       

c)  Logos                         

d)  Repeated images                                     

e)  Marbling 

f)  Optical patterns

Talk confidently about the use of pattern and other visual elements in their own work and the work of others, demonstrating confident opinions and using art vocabulary.

Texture                    

Respond confidently and enthusiastically to a 'theme' 

a)  use design skills and 'mixed media' knowledge to select resources and create their own art work 

b)  work freely - experimenting, reflecting and modifying as they progress. 

c)  Talk during the design and making process, in relation to the responses, intentions, progress, modifications, evaluations and developments in future works.

Understand the 'Art Dossier' is

Design and create an Art Dossier.  

Understand that 'Mosiac' is  'a carefully selected arrangement of broken pieces' glued to a surface to create an image.

Design and create a Mosiac.

Talk confidently about the use of texture and other visual elements in their own work and the work of others, demonstrating confident opinions and using art vocabulary.

Shape, Form & Space

Can recognise, sort and match basic 20 shapes  -  circle, triangle, square,  rectangle.                 

Can use basic 2D shapes to create an image.

Can use plasticine and dough to create simple 3D  models  -  some familiar,  some unfamiliar.

Can construct various forms -  some architectural - using a variety of materials - junk materials,  wooden bricks,  lego etc.

Can create a simple sculpture using natural/made materials.

Review & Modify

Talk about the positive/negative aspects to their artwork in simple terms  -  eg  'My tree is nice and green'  or  'The spots on my ladybird are too big'.

Knowledge & Understanding

Develop Understanding                         

When encouraged, talk about works of Art, Craft & Design in simple terms  -  eg  'I have made my model ship out of plasticine.  Jack has made his ship out of lego'.

Respond to & Evaluate

Begin to respond to ideas, methods or approaches  -  eg  create an observational painting of a flower arrangement attempting Van Gogh's stroke painting technique.  Encourage the child to talk about their experience in simple terms.

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