Transform Your KS3 Art Lessons with This Complete, Engaging Unit! Developed over 20 years of experience as an art teacher and department leader, this comprehensive unit has been carefully crafted to inspire and challenge Key Stage 3 students. It’s the perfect introduction to the vibrant, imaginative world of Henri Rousseau’s naïve art, while also building essential skills in observational drawing, watercolour techniques, and landscape composition. This all-in-one package is designed to save you hours of planning, offering fully differentiated, ready-to-use resources that cater to students of all abilities from low to high. Every worksheet, task, and assessment tool is classroom-tested and aligned with curriculum standards, with editable formats to match your school’s assessment and feedback policies. What’s Included: Full Scheme of Work 36 weeks of engaging, structured tasks enough for a full academic year Detailed medium-term planning sheet Stage-by-stage breakdown of lessons Clear aims, objectives, and national curriculum links Differentiated tasks for all ability levels Generalised materials/resources list Differentiated Student Handouts “How to draw an animal” guides for 10 different animals (low/mid/high ability) Leaf observation handouts featuring 9 different leaf types Printable sheets for leaf painting, colour mixing, and animal painting techniques Presentations & Visual Aids Introduction to the course PowerPoint (includes artist analysis and discussion prompts) Two visual breakdowns of classroom boards, illustrating each stage of the process ideal for catch-up work or lesson recap Homework Booklet A 25-page editable homework booklet with 12 tasks Tasks designed to target all IGCSE-assessable Assessment Objectives (AOs), adapted for KS3 learners Extra Resources Thumbnail design examples Editable assessment and feedback sheets The complete learning Objectives that this years work covers are as follows- LO-Observational work, Shapes forms, details LO- Observational work. Surface texture, hair, shading. LO- Observational work. Perspective LO-media- pencil, pencil crayón, pen, watercolour, LO- artist analysis LO- research and development LO- Composition, perspective and depth LO-media experimentation LO-formative and sumative evaluation All materials are provided in Word, PDF, and PowerPoint formats ready for immediate use or easy customisation. In total, you’ll receive 13 separate files that equip you with everything needed to deliver a rich, high-quality art education experience. Give your students a vibrant, structured, and inspiring art journey and make your own planning easier than ever.

Two Units of Work originally focused on Y7 Students. These units of work have been developed by me over the course of 20 years as a teacher. They consist of 36 weeks’ worth of tasks. Unit 1: Benchmarking Test Unit 1 is a benchmarking test in which students are taught a range of skills. They are asked to produce a still life response based on a set of sweets. This unit serves as a vehicle to teach students basic techniques in observational drawing, including shape, form, detail, pencil, coloured pencil, watercolour, and pen and ink. Unit 1 also incorporates a written evaluation, where students are asked to analyse a piece of artist’s work and break it down into core areas. This unit is an excellent benchmarking tool that provides a full set of assessed criteria to help an art department guide the differentiation of future work. Put simply at the end staff should have a full break down of students abilities in the subject. Included in the Pack: Two full schemes of work covering the full academic year, with medium-term planning sheets for both Unit 1 and Unit 2, including: Stage-by-stage outlines Aims, objectives, and national curriculum references Breakdown of task differentiation General resources list Unit 1: Benchmarking Example photos of still life sweets, differentiated by level Artwork evaluation PowerPoint presentations for teacher use, including discussion breakdowns Printable handouts for all tasks (low, mid, and high ability levels) Handouts with tips and tricks for completing each of the four processes Standardised examples of final still life pieces for staff reference Support handout on annotation Total: 15 separate files (Word, PDF, and PowerPoint formats) Unit 2: Pop Art Portraiture Project (Based on Roy Lichtenstein). Its a vehicle used t Acrylic painting handouts Green screen support handouts Introduction to the course PowerPoint Task one: printable grid handouts, differentiated by ability level (low, mid, high) Extension work handouts for all stages Acrylic painting workshops A 31-page homework booklet with 12 tasks aimed at KS3 students, covering all IGCSE and GCSE assessable AOs Total: 15 separate files (Word, PDF, and PowerPoint formats) Learning Objectives Covered Across Both Units: LO: Observational work – shapes, forms, details LO: Observational work – typeface and graphic design LO: Observational work – perspective LO: Media – pencil, coloured pencil, pen, watercolour, acrylic LO: skills (too many to mention!) block colouring, pressure shading, hatching, cross hatching, stippling, dry brush blending… the list goes on! LO: Artist analysis LO: Artist response work LO: Research and development LO: Composition, perspective, and depth LO: Media experimentation LO: Formative and summative evaluation All assessment and feedback sheets are included as part of the handouts and are also provided in editable formats so that staff can adapt them to fit the assessment structures of their schools.