Year 8 · Art and design · beta

Being curious about spatial design and architecture

Pupils will explore architecture and the built environment, learning about form, volume, domestic and public buildings, cultural structures, and materials. Lessons will enhance understanding of architectural principles, appreciation for styles, and skills in perspective drawing and design.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

This Oak index uses an earlier export and lists 3 source lessons. DASKEREL has 6 original lessons for this unit, including 3 linked to source lessons absent from that export. Read the full DASKEREL unit.

Prior knowledge

Basic experience of using a sketchbook
How artists and designers seek and find inspiration
How to record thoughts, feelings and reflections about art and artworks

Source curriculum references

To use a range of techniques to record their observations in sketchbooks, journals and other media as a basis for exploring their ideas.
To analyse and evaluate their own work, and that of others, in order to strengthen the visual impact or applications of their work.
To create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas.

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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