Key Stage Two Art and Design

During Key Stage 2 Art pupils develop their creativity and imagination through more complex activities.  These help to build on their skills and improve their control of materials, tools and techniques.  They increase their critical awareness of the roles and purposes of art, craft and design in different times and cultures.  They become more confident in using visual and tactile elements and materials and processes to communicate what they see, feel and think.

In investigating and making art, craft and design pupils will investigate and combine visual and tactile qualities of materials and processes and to match these qualities to the purpose of the work.  They will apply their experience of materials and processes, including drawing, developing their control of tools and techniques by using a variety of methods and approaches to communicate observations, ideas and feelings, and to design and make images and arte-facts.

As well as the areas listed below, I.C.T and Health and Safety play a big part in Art and Design, the opportunities for I.C.T development may include the use of digital and video cameras to record observations, digital images as a starting point for creative textile work, and the chance of pupils promoting their own class art gallery on the school website.  Pupils must exercise Health and Safety awareness when creating arts and crafts, particularly in the correct use of scissors and potential hazards.

The main areas in Art and Design education include:

-Visual and tactile elements, including colour, pattern and texture, line and tone, shape, form and space, and how these elements can be combined and organised for different purposes.

-The roles and purposes of artists, craftspeople, and designers working in different times and cultures (for example, Western Europe and the wider world.

-With regards to working with tools, equipment, materials, and components to make quality products, pupils will measure, mark out, cut and shape a range of materials, and assemble, join and combine components and materials accurately.

Have you got an interest in online education at Key Stage Two Level, typically children aged 7-11?

Nowadays, more and more parents are seeking online educational tools to help teach their children.  With the wealth of material that is now available online, it is very easy to teach your own child.  I am not suggesting pulling them from school and doing it all yourself! Unless of course this is a route you have carefully considered. 

You do not have to be qualified to teach your child, just access to the internet and the time.

Spending as little as 40-50 minutes per night Monday to Thursday is more than enough to boost their learning with great noticeable results.  I wouldn’t advise more than one hour as you do not want to ‘overload’ your wee one’s.

Combining games with learning is a fantastic way to teach children, making education fun for them is the key to success.  Based on this rule www.keystagetwo.com, a virtual learning environment has now become one of the top websites for Key Stage Two pupils.  The website successfully manages to combine learning while kids play Buccaneers and Lobsters, which is great fun for the little ones - and with the added benefit of learning at the same time!

As KeyStageTwo.com is compliant with the National Curriculum in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, UK schools are now availing of the service.  On completion of quick set-up and installation, Schools and teachers use it for…..

-Saving time on marking tests.

-By issuing homework online, reducing photocopying and paper costs.

-By using the individual and class results summary, pinpointing areas requiring improvement, thus raising children’s performance.

-Clearly viewing children’s analysis displaying strengths and weaknesses, allowing the teacher to focus on them and provide feedback where necessary.

Parents use the system under two scenarios, firstly if their children’s school is enrolled in the system already, parents can log on and view their own child’s performance and results, tracking their progress.  They also use it to read teacher feedback and use the system with their little ones on a one-to-one basis.  Secondly, if a child’s school is not yet enrolled parents can sign up to the system for just ten pounds per month offering unlimited anytime access to all the resources, effectively tutoring the child themselves, at a tiny fraction of the traditional tutoring costs.

Finally, and most importantly KeyStageTwo.com offers fantastic benefits for the kids, too many to mention here!  Nip over to the website to learn more, for which I have provided a link here
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