Art and Design
Art and Design
Our art curriculum aims to inspire pupils to develop their artistic skills and knowledge and leaves them curious to find out more.
Intent:.
At Sandbach Primary Academy (SPA), we want children to learn to express themselves, their feelings and their understanding of the world around them (both past and present). All children are given the opportunity to explore a wide range of artists and artistic genres through many different creative avenues. We want our children to know themselves as artists and be given future choices as to which aspects of art they find suit their creativity and imagination best. The SPA Art and Design curriculum is approached in two ways, taught discretely and as an enhancement to other curriculum areas. The discretely taught element of the curriculum ensures all children receive teaching which is progressive in knowledge and skills and is the focus of the SPA Art and Design Curriculum. Exploratory and themed artwork is then used to enhance other curriculum areas and showcase these skills in a cross-curricular manner. We believe that all children benefit from learning Art and Design skills, not only as this enhances and progresses their learning, but also as a holistic and expressive avenue, which our children often find they benefit from.
At all opportunities, local artists are invited to work with children on art projects in the school, enhancing learning in classrooms, whilst visits to galleries and cultural sites take learning beyond the classroom. By the time our children leave Sandbach Primary Academy, they have studied the work of a wide range of artists and designers. They have increased their knowledge of artwork by local, National and International male and female artists, from a range of cultures and throughout time. Children have met and appreciated different techniques and skills whilst developing their own skills and commenting on the effectiveness and impact of these upon themselves. They are able to share their opinions and reflect on other artist’s work, including that of their own and their peers. A range of cultures have been explored through the varied artists considered, connecting children beyond the classroom and into the world they live in.
implementation:
Art and Design is taught through four key aspects to provide depth of knowledge and skills in the art genre being taught and the focus artist. The learning journey begins with a deconstruction stage, where the influence of a key artist is considered and unpicked, providing both example and understanding of that genre of art and the artist’s engagement with this. Here the children have opportunity to respond to the artist and how they have used that aspect of art in their own work. Next, the processes and skills for that genre of art are developed, as appropriate to the key stage marker the child is working towards. The children then enter a planning phase where sketching is used to explore and formulate ideas. Finally, the children create a final piece of artwork demonstrating their own personal outcome of the knowledge and skills for that aspect of art and the influence of the artist studied.
Impact:
By the time our children leave Sandbach Primary Academy, they have studied the work of a range of artists and designers from a range of artistic genres. They have increased their knowledge of artwork by local, National and International male and female artists, from a range of cultures and throughout time. Children have met and appreciated different techniques and skills whilst developing their own skills and commenting on the effectiveness and impact of these upon themselves. They are able to share their opinions and have views on other artist’s work, including that of their own and their peers. A range of cultures have been explored through the varied artists considered, connecting children beyond the classroom and into the world they live in. Most importantly, our children see themselves as an artist. They can express themselves artistically and are prepared to continue this into Key Stage Three and beyond.
The approach to assessment in Art and Design is less formal than in core subject disciplines. In art and design, there is ongoing teacher assessment to ensure that the children are keeping up with the pace of the curriculum and achieving our goals. We assess at the end of the Foundation Stage against the Early Learning Goal for Expressive Arts and Design. There is no published data for art and design in KS1 and KS2. The school tracks foundation subjects very broadly to ensure that pupils are working within the curriculum expectations for their year group. Sketchbooks are key to capturing pupil work. Additionally, pupil work is displayed in communal areas as a wider public display of artwork is a critical part in the artistic process.
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