Art & Design
Art and Design Statement of Intent:
"To give our children the opportunity to be involved in, enjoy, understand and appreciate the visual arts and enable them to build the creative skills needed to reach their full potential using the language of art."
Art Knowledge Progression document.
Our Art and Design Curriculum
Our Art and Design curriculum is ambitious and inspires pupils to develop their artistic skills and knowledge and leaves them curious to find out more. We believe Art is an avenue for children to explore their curiosity, express themselves imaginatively, develop critical thinking skills, invent and craft works of art, develop an interest in great artists and develop skills: drawing, painting, working with colour, textiles, sculpting and creating ideas. Our aim is to have an engaging Art curriculum that is bespoke for our community. Our curriculum inspires our pupils to be brave with colour, material and mediums to create high quality physical and visual art pieces. Through the curriculum our pupils will enjoy learning about great artists and critique their work to gain a deep understanding of different types of art. Our Art curriculum enables pupils to be creative and injects a love for art.
Art Curriculum Principles.
Art & Design Content Map
Our Art and Design curriculum will enable pupils to:
Research and find out about great artists
Develop critique skills
Experiment with a variety of skills, painting, drawing, sculpting, sewing, collaging and working with fabric.
Make design decisions by developing sketchbooks
Imitate the work of artists
Create high quality art pieces
Reflect, evaluate and critique their work.
As an artist I can...
Art & Design Showcase
Summer Term - Year 5/6
During the Summer term Year 5/6 enquiry question was 'What can African Art teach us?'. Throughout the project they researched and experimented with the styles of artists such as Joseph Thiongo and Rafiy Okefolahan using watercolour paint and acrylic paint. Local artist Paul Lillie also visited the school and offered workshops to the children to provide useful tips for success when using these materials.
During the Summer Term, the driver for our enquiry questions across the whole of the school was art.
Summer Term - Year 3/4
During the Summer term Year 3/4 enquiry question was 'How can we tell stories through art?'. Throughout the project they researched and experimented with the styles of Greek sculptors such as Phidias and Sophilos using drawing and sculpture techniques. Local artist Paul Lillie also visited the school and offered workshops to the children to provide useful tips for success when using these materials.
Visit From an Artist
Summer Term - KS1
During the Summer term KS1 enquiry question was 'How can can art leave a lasting impression?'. Throughout the project they researched and experimented with the style of Laura Baxter who creates sculptural pieces inspired by nature. The children also explored different forms of sculpture inspired by the chosen artists style. The children created bird baths which were donated to a local care home. Local artist Paul Lillie also visited the school and offered workshops to the children to provide useful tips for success when using these materials.
Summer Term - EYFS
During the Summer term EYFS enquiry question was 'Can nature inspire art?'. Throughout the project they researched and experimented with the styles of artists such as Vincent Van Gogh using paint and collage. The children created artworks inspired by Van Gogh's sunflowers paintings and held a gallery exhibition for the community. Local artist Paul Lillie also attended to view the children's artworks. The children also created a whole class collage of a natural landscape inspired by collage techniques.
