Art & Design

“Every child is an artist.” Picasso

Intent

At St Dunstan’s RC Primary School, we strive to provide our children with the confidence, knowledge and skills to create and discuss various art forms. We aim to provide children opportunities to explore, experiment and create different forms of art and design. We hope to inspire them to explore their own creative and innovative ideas within art and design based on knowledge and skills they have gained to become creative citizens. We aim to allow children freedom within their art work to explore and express their ideas to promote their individual liberty.

Our art National Curriculum is taught based on the National Curriculum 2014. We offer a broad range of art forms throughout children’s school experience, and using Kapow, each art form is visited at least twice in the two-year cycle.

We focus specifically on

• Children’s ability to come up with their own ideas
• Children’s ability to understand and execute skills to create a desired effect.
• Children’s ability to evaluate their own and other pieces of work in a constructive way.
• Children’s knowledge on the unit and key events

Implementation

EYFS

In EYFS, children are given the opportunity to learn new skills such as drawing, painting and sculpture each half term in focused group activities linked with their topic. Children also learn about artists and designers and have the opportunity to experiment with different medias. In continuous provision, children are able to revisit Art skills in their environment.

KS1

In KS1 children begin to develop their drawing skills by focusing on drawing different shapes and lines. They also focus on mixing colours and creating different tints and shades. The children also have the opportunity to use a range of different medias to experiment with in Art. Each unit focuses on a range of different artists from different cultures and backgrounds.

KS2

In KS2, the children continue to develop their drawing, painting and sculpture skills from KS1. They also begin to look at different medias including clay, textiles and other medias. In KS2, they will also begin to become more independent learners who take inspiration from a range of classic and modern artists while also being able to reflect on their work.

Impact

At the end of each unit, the children will have built on their skills such as painting, drawing and sculpture which will be evidenced in their sketchbooks. Children will also have a better knowledge and understanding of the skill they have learnt as well as the procedures within their skill. During the unit, they will have engaged with Artists, creators and designers and should have a better understanding of their work. The children will have a good understanding of different media such as painting, drawing and sculpture which should allow them to continue to progress in Art throughout their education.

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