In Wrens Class children are taught to:

• develop their techniques
• develop their control and their use of materials
• use techniques and  materials with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design
• create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
• improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials (e.g. pencil, charcoal, paint, clay)
• to consider and appreciate the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers
• to describe differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines
• to make links between different practices and disciplines and their work.

Children are taught to improve their knowledge and practise their skills in:

• Painting – Aboriginal dot paintings using symbols
• Sculpture – Animal Sculptures
• Printing – Famous Landmarks
• Drawing & Painting – Cave Art
• Collography
• Collage – Animal Patterns

Children will explore technical elements: 

• line, shape and tone;
• shape and form;
• line & texture;
• line, shape, tone & colour; 
• colour and texture.

To support their development Children study the works of the following artists:

• Walngkkura – Napanangka – ‘Tjintjintjin’
• Niki de Saint Phalle – ‘Firebird’
• Katsishika Hokusai – ‘The great wave off kanagawa’ & ‘ Mount Fuji’
• Lascaux cave paintings
• Examples of collography plates
• Beatriz Milharzy – ‘O Biejo’, ‘ Marasia’ ‘Junior Mints’, ‘ Baleza Pura’.