Mrs M Watt (Infant School) and Mrs E Burge (Junior School) are our Art and Design Curriculum Leaders.
Art, craft and design stimulates creativity and imagination. It provides visual, tactile and sensory experiences and a special way of understanding and responding to the world. It enables children to communicate what they see, feel and think through the use of colour, texture, form, pattern and different materials and processes. Children become involved in shaping their environments through art, craft and design activities. They learn to make informed judgements and aesthetic and practical decisions. They explore ideas and meanings through the work of artists and designers. We provide a rich environment in which we encourage and value creativity. Children experience a wide range of activities that they respond to, using the various senses.
Art is encompassed and taught under the banner of ‘Expressive Art and Design’ within the EYFS. Children are taught art appreciation through a topic-based curriculum and have the opportunity to experience a wide range of materials, tools and techniques to begin to develop their skills in this area. We do focus on key artists in our planning as a link for children to see and to develop their knowledge.
During KS1 and KS2 Art and Design is taught through our cross-curricular topics and follows the new 2014 National Curriculum. Teachers plan a sequential block of work linked with their current theme. Within this, children will examine the key elements of line, colour, texture, shape form, space, tone and pattern. A wide range of mediums and materials are used including collage, textiles, painting, drawing, painting, sculpture and ICT. Children are taught skills to enable them to use their imagination to express and communicate ideas, thoughts and feelings. Children will regularly examine the work of other artists, discussing and thinking critically about their work as well as using them to inform their own work.
Below is a grid to show that shows an overview of design technology projects we plan to use across the school.
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
| Nursery |
Artist - Mark Rothko Artist - Jackson Pollock (Black and White) Winter trees |
Artist - Andy Warhol Egg pictures |
Artist - Van Gogh Sunflower paintings |
| Reception |
Artist – Jackson Pollock splatter Paint Fire works pictures |
Artist – Paul Klee Shape pictures |
Artist – Andy Warhol Butterfly pictures |
| Year 1 |
Artist – David Hockney Autumn landscapes |
Artist – Iris Scott Finger painting. |
To create, using different mediums and textures |
| Year 2 |
Artist - Georgia O’Keeffe Creating clay poppies |
African Arts |
Etching pictures |
| Year 3 |
Paper Mache, paint and clay modelling. Critiquing a variety of art work |
Sketching, Weaving, chalk and cave paintings. |
Studying famous Artists from around the world such as Landscapes of the world- Van Gogh - Starry Night and Constable - The Haywain Female artist - landscape. |
| Year 4 |
Sketching, use of light and colour using a variety of media (paint, pastels) ‘Boats and the sea’. |
Sketching, studying Frescoes and Roman Art work. Use pastels to recreate art throughout Roman History. |
Sketching. Studying environmental artists, creating their environmental art outside. Using printing to create multi-media art |
| Year 5 |
Sketching, mud rock, clay sculpting and weaving. |
Sketching, tapestry and weaving. |
Sketching, photography and space photography. |
| Year 6 |
Sketching, 3D sculptures: plaiting and clay sculpting. |
Sketching, Manet - The Railway W P Frith - The Railway Station Lowry - The Canal Bridge Transport art/ perspective –speed |
French artist - Suerat and pointillism Monet and impressionaism WWI art- capturing the moment- pen and ink. Healthy French meals. |