Year 4

Ancient Egypt

Art in Year 4 provides a valuable opportunity to utilise cross curricular learning for children to see the connection between subjects with complementary knowledge, skills and understanding.  Children are able to link their Art work to the History topic of Ancient Egypt in order to enhance their learning in the combined subjects.  Children cover a timeline from 3000BC from pharaohs and pyramids, Egyptian gods and their temples, the burial of mummies and daily life for Ancient Egyptians focussing on the every day art and design aspects of life in Ancient Egypt.

Take a seat

In this unit children explore the design of chairs. They discuss what chairs tell us about everyday life and the way people rest, eat and relate to each other. They look at examples of designs in the past and in other cultures as inspiration for developing their own imaginative designs for a chair for a particular character or occasion.

Journeys

In this unit children explore how signs, symbols and metaphors can be used to communicate ideas and meanings about a journey. They produce a mixed-media work, combining drawing, painting, collage and print-making techniques. They learn about artists, craftspeople and designers who communicate their ideas through signs and symbols.