Art and design
- Improve mastery of art and design techniques
- Learn about artists and designers

Art and design
- Talk about artists' work
- Develop students' own personal and creative responses
- Develop creative thinking skills through designing and making
- Investigate and respond to works of art that relate to their lives and experiences

Art and design
- I have the opportunity to choose and explore an extended range of media and technologies to create images and objects, comparing and combining them for specific tasks (EXA 2-02a)
- I can create and present work that shows developing skill in using the visual elements and concepts (EXA 2-03a)
- Inspired by a range of stimuli, I can express and communicate my ideas, thoughts and feelings through activities within art and design (EXA 2-05a)
- I can respond to the work of artists and designers by discussing my thoughts and feelings. I can give and accept constructive comment on my own and others' work (EXA 2-07a)

Art and design
- Be stimulated and inspired by other artists
- Apply the elements of the visual, tactile and sensory language of art
- Use a variety of processes
- Evaluate their work through discussion

Expressive Arts

Exploring the expressive arts is essential to developing artistic skills and knowledge and it enables learners to become curious and creative individuals.

Progression step 3:

- I can explore the effects that a range of creative techniques, materials, processes, resources, tools and technologies have on my own and others’ creative work.

- I can explore how creative work can represent, document, share and celebrate personal, social and cultural identities.

- I can explore and describe how artists and creative work communicate mood, feelings and ideas and the impact they have on an audience.

Responding and reflecting, both as artist and audience, is a fundamental part of learning in the expressive arts. 

Progression step 3:

- I can apply knowledge and understanding of context, and make connections between my own creative work and creative work by other people and from other places and times.

- I can reflect upon how artists have achieved effects or communicated moods, emotions and ideas in their work.

Creating combines skills and knowledge, drawing on the senses, inspiration and imagination

Progression step 3:

- I can combine my knowledge, experience and understanding to plan and communicate my creative work for a range of different audiences, purposes and outcomes.

- I can draw upon my design knowledge and make connections with greater independence to modify and develop my creative designs.

- I can identify and respond creatively to challenges with resilience and flexibility.

Humanities

Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future

Progression step 3:

- I can use my experiences, knowledge and beliefs to generate ideas and frame enquiries.

Events and human experiences are complex and are perceived, interpreted and represented, in different ways

Progression step 3:

- I can begin to understand that interpretations are influenced by identity, experiences, viewpoints and beliefs

Human societies are complex and diverse, and are shared by human actions and beliefs

Progression step 3:

- I can describe and explain similarities and differences between people’s lives both in the past and present

- I can describe how some different characteristics of communities and societies have changed, within and across periods of time, in my locality and in Wales, as well as in the wider world.

- I can explore a range of ways in which identity is formed and some of the influences that impact upon diversity in society.

- I have an understanding of how factors in the past and present have shaped my communities.