Key Stage 2 - Creative Media

Who is the course designed for?

The Creative media project-based course is designed for primary students at KS2 to experiment, refine and grow their own unique creative voice. The course aims to develop students’ imagination, communication skills and creativity, as well as their understanding and enjoyment of the arts and media. Creative media offers you the opportunity to study a range of media practices such as debate and advertising, including video, photography, sound, animation, and digital media. There is also a focus on key skills in art and design, including: drawing and painting, printmaking, illustration, textiles, graphic design, sculpture, and architecture. Students are encouraged to follow a creative process, share their ideas and experiment with new techniques.
This course supports the development of students’ verbal, written and visual communication skills, enhancing their learning and creativity across all subjects. Students will have the opportunity to communicate for different purposes, expressing their opinions, persuading others, discussing ideas, and debating real-world issues. Students can choose to focus on one medium, develop several or integrate across the range to find their own creative voice.

How is the course planned and assessed?

This course is taught as a series of projects, one per term (with year 3 working on smaller projects within this). Each project follows a broadly similar structure, with an introduction to the topic, collaborative planning, research, thinking and reflection stages. Teachers guide students by modelling practical techniques in art, design, and media, as well as encouraging an experimental and collaborative environment where mistakes lead to improvement, so that students can complete their project by building up a portfolio of creative work and final product. Students receive regular feedback throughout this project-based subject on the development of skills in the following areas:

• Comprehension
• Communication and collaboration
• Creativity and curiosity
• Critical and courageous thinking

Students create work in their paper sketchbooks, as well as digitally or as 3D models, which are then compiled and digitised for online assessment. Students use a PowerPoint template provided by the teacher to submit photos of their work every two weeks for feedback on their project as a whole. It is recommended that students have access to Microsoft Office, but they can also use Office in-browser as this is provided through their King’s InterHigh account.

Example projects

• Amazing trees: children’s illustration
• Chimera creature: animal report guide
• Giants of the world: inspirational people
• Communities of the future: public sculpture
• Systems – mixed media and recycling

Equipment list

See the creative materials equipment list pdf by clicking the button below.

Art Department Materials List.