Subject Leader: Mrs S Farrugia
"Every
child is an artist." – Pablo
Picasso
Vision
St
Augustine Catholic Primary school, our vision is to engage, inspire and challenge
children, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent
and create their own works of art, craft and design. As our children learn and
create through the curriculum, we inspire them to think critically and develop
a deep understanding of the subject. The children learn how art and design both
reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and
wealth of our nation. We believe that art stimulates imagination and
inventiveness; giving our children the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary
for them to express responses to ideas and experiences in a visual or tactile
form. It fires their imagination and is a fundamental means of personal
expression.
Intent
At
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School, we provide a broad and
balanced curriculum in art and design which provides children with
opportunities to develop and extend knowledge and skills to express their
individual interests and ideas, whilst also contributing to the development of
the child emotionally, aesthetically, spiritually, intellectually and socially.
We
believe art and design instils an appreciation and enjoyment of the visual arts
and stimulates imagination and creativity. High quality art teaching provides
children with the skills to explore, experiment, create and invent their own
work of art whilst engaging, inspiring and challenging them. As artists,
children should be able to critically evaluate their work and the work of others,
taking influence from well-known artists and adapting their work accordingly.
As their skill set progresses, they should understand how art has changed their
landscape, culture and history.
The
aims of teaching art and design in our school are:
·
To inspire confidence, value and pleasure in art
·
To provide an imaginative, innovative and co-ordinated art programme
which will foster enthusiasm for art and design amongst all the children
·
To enable all children to have access to a varied range of high-quality
art experiences
·
To foster an enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts and a
knowledge of artists, crafts people and designers, through links with the local
and wider multicultural community
·
To stimulate children’s creativity and imagination by providing visual,
tactile and sensory experiences
·
To develop children’s understanding of colour, form, texture, pattern
and their ability to use materials and processes to communicate ideas, feelings
and meanings
·
To help each
child achieve their creative potential in both two and three dimensional work,
working on a variety of scales
·
To encourage
children to appreciate the beauty, order and precision that is found, naturally
and man-made, in our world
·
To enhance children’s ability to value the contribution made by artists,
craft workers and designers and respond critically and imaginatively to ideas,
images and objects
·
To develop the
children’s knowledge of materials by allowing them to experiment freely and to
encourage them to use materials sensibly and safely
Implementation
We implement a progressive curriculum in
which art and design is taught as part of a half-termly topic, which ensures a
well-structured approach to this creative subject. Our long-term plan is
drawn from Kapow, which supports us to implement the knowledge and skills
required within the Primary National Curriculum. The skills and knowledge that children will
develop throughout each art topic are mapped across each year group and
throughout the school to ensure progression. These plans define what we will teach and ensure an
appropriate balance and distribution of work across each term. The
emphasis on skills means that children are given opportunities to express their
creative imagination, as well as practise and develop mastery in the key
processes of art: drawing, painting, printing, textiles and sculpture. As well
as the skills taught a focus on knowledge ensures that children understand the
context of the artwork, as well as the artists that they are learning about and
being inspired by. Our
curriculum is carefully planned to engage and excite all our learners. Coordinated
whole-school project work will ensure that art is given high status in the
curriculum. By the end of year six children will have experienced a broad,
balanced arts curriculum, with an emphasis on the development of knowledge and
skills, which includes links across other areas of the curriculum.
Our
key aim is to develop the children’s skills, knowledge and understanding. We do
this best using a variety of learning styles and teaching through a mixture of
whole class teaching and individual/group activities on projects in two and
three dimensions, using a wide range of materials and resources, including ICT.
When starting new projects, we ensure that the children have the opportunity to
investigate, explore and develop ideas as well as evaluate, revisit and improve
their work. In our classes we recognise that we have children of differing
abilities, therefore we provide appropriate learning opportunities by matching
the challenge of the task to the ability of the child, making it inclusive for
all.
Cross
curriculum links
English – Art and design encourages children to ask
questions about the starting points for their work. They learn to compare ideas
and approaches and to express feelings.
Maths - Art and design allows children opportunities to
develop their understanding of pattern, shape and space through work in two and
three dimensions.
Computing - I.T is used to support art and design teaching.
Children use I.T software to explore shape, colour and pattern and it allows
older children to develop their ideas using digital cameras and the internet.
They record their observations, and they manipulate them through photo-editing
or painting software.
Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) – Art and design contributes to the teaching of
some elements of personal, social and health education. The children discuss
how they feel about their own work and the work of others.
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC)
development –
Art and design offers opportunities for social development. Working in groups
allows children to learn from each other and to share ideas and feelings. It
helps them to develop a respect for the abilities of other children and
encourages collaboration across a range of activities and experiences. They also develop an
understanding of different times and cultures, through their work on famous
artists, designers and craftspeople.
EYFS – Early Years Foundation Stage
During Reception year the children engage in
art and design through the area of learning: Expressive Arts and Design (EAD).
This area of learning is used to develop a child's imagination, creativity and
their ability to use media and materials through three broad areas:
·
Imagination and
creativity
·
Self-expression
·
Communicating
through arts
The EYFS classroom provides a rich
environment in which we encourage and value creativity. Children are engaged in
a wide range of activities and are given opportunities to work independently
and collaboratively as part of child-initiated and adult focused learning. The
children’s EAD learning includes art, designing & making, dance, role-play,
singing songs and making music, playing with colours, patterns, textures, shape
and design.
Children are assessed at the end of reception
in EAD against two Early Learning Goals:
·
Creating with
materials
·
Being imaginative
and expressive
Key
Stages 1 & 2
Key Stage 1
Children
are taught:
1.
to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
2.
to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas,
experiences and imagination
3.
to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern,
texture, line, shape, form and space
4.
about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing
the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines,
and making links to their own work.
Key Stage 2
Children
are taught to develop their techniques, including their control and their use
of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of
different kinds of art, craft and design.
Children
are taught:
1.
to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and
revisit ideas
2.
to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing,
painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil,
charcoal, paint, clay]
3.
about great artists, architects and designers in history.
Impact
Our
classroom displays and the school environment reflects the children’s sense of
pride in their artwork and celebrates their achievements in art. Whole school
Art Gallery display is visible in the main atrium.
Children
have shared their enjoyment in art and design through child’s voice.
Child
and teacher discussions about their work and learning are positive. Children
are proud to share their work and talk about their art and design during whole
school celebration assemblies.
Children’s
artwork is stored in their learning journeys in the EYFS, and then in art and
design books in KS1 and KS2.
Art
is visible in other curriculum subjects.
Our
continued journey in achieving the Arts Mark Award.
Access
All Arts Week- encourage children to draw and create during the week.
Whole School Curriculum Map