Illustrating the Curriculum for KS2
Using illustration for learning across the Key Stage 2 curriculum.
These seven activities provide teachers with simple, effective and fun ways to teach curriculum subjects including English, PSHE, Humanities, Science and Art & Design.
They’re tried and tested resources, developed by our professional illustrator-educators working in three Islington primary schools.
Each one includes step-by-step instructions, examples and skills-building resources to support them.
Activities:
Activity 1 – Building Skills: Drawing with Pencil
Activity 2 – Applying Skills: Pencil Character Passports
Activity 3 – Building Skills: Drawing with Ink
Activity 4 – Applying Skills: 3D Anglo-Saxon Homes (includes printable templates)
Activity 5 – Building Skills: Watercolour Painting
Activity 6 – Applying Skills: Botanical Illustration (includes reference pictures)
Activity 7 – Applying Skills: Multilingual Animal Sounds Poster
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These resources were developed by Sion Ap Tomos, Merlin Evans and Toya Walker, designed by Toya Walker and funded by Children and the Arts.