How to design an engaging, exciting art and design curriculum

Help your budding artists by developing an art and design curriculum that will teach your pupils the skills, processes and concepts they need to flourish. Naomi Pilling covers how to connect your topics, plan in progression and how to develop the key skill required of any artist: the art of looking.

Last reviewed on 5 February 2025
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Contents
  1. Watch our on-demand talk
  2. Resources for this talk 
  3. Naomi's recommended further reading and resources 
  4. Meet our speaker 

Watch our on-demand talk

This video offers 'bite-sized' CPD for teachers, with accompanying handouts/resources.

It represents the speaker's role and approach (and where relevant, their school/trust's approach) at the time it was recorded, but still serves as both a source of inspiration and practical tips for you to use in practice.

Please note: any commercial providers, products or resources mentioned in this talk, and relevant links here, are on the speaker's own recommendation and should not be considered an endorsement by The Key.

 

 

Resources for this talk 

How to design an engaging, exciting art and design curriculum: key points PDF, 251.4 KB
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How to design an engaging, exciting art and design curriculum: note-taking template DOCX, 57.4 KB
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Naomi's recommended further reading and resources 

Meet our speaker 

Naomi Pilling joined the Knowledge Schools Trust in 2016, as the primary school art and design teacher.