Art & Design 

Art is a beautiful way for children to express their creativity and explore the world around them. By introducing art, we can stimulate creativity, imagination and inventiveness. Art also promotes critical thinking and understanding of other cultures since it takes learning beyond books and text. We can start by exploring paintings, sculptures and drawings but by using artists tools to use the same techniques, children can immerse themselves in someone else's world.

Intent

At Streethouse we are committed to the quality and provision of The Arts and cultural education across a broad and balanced curriculum. We believe that The Arts provides our pupils with a variety of engaging and exciting opportunities that enable them to develop positively in their learning and supports them not just academically but also within their mental health and wellbeing. Our Art curriculum is inspiring and ambitiously designed to offer a wide range of opportunities which prepares pupils for future success in their next steps and indeed for life in modern Britain. We strive to incorporate The Arts culture into the everyday life of our school and create cross-curricular links in all areas of our well sequenced curriculum which encourages our children to achieve their own unique pieces.

Enabling children to communicate what they see, feel and think through the use of colour, texture, form, pattern- using different materials and processes, the art, craft and design experiences at Streethouse have a positive impact on other areas of the curriculum. Where possible, we make links between art and other subjects in our curriculum.

We want all our pupils:

• To develop skills and knowledge progression across all key stages

• For all children and young people to know what it means to be an artist

• For all children and young people to have experience of working with a variety of mediums (e.g., clay, sketching materials, different types of paint)

• To develop confidence within our children so that they are proud with what they have produced.

National Curriculum

Key stage 1 - Pupils should be taught:

• to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
• to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
• to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
• 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 - Pupils should be taught to:

• to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
• 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
• know about great artists, architects and designers in history.

Implementation

At Streethouse we follow Kapow which takes a holistic approach to art in which the individual strands below are woven together to create engaging and enriching learning experiences:

• creating sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
• improving their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
• learning about and learning from great artists, architects and designers in history.

Kapow's curriculum develops pupil's knowledge and understanding of key artists and art movements through the 'Every picture tells a story' units and links to artists through practical work. Creativity and independent outcomes are robustly embedded into each unit, supporting pupils in learning how to make their own creative choices and decisions, so that their art outcomes, whist being knowledge-rich, are unique to the pupil and personal.

Our scheme follows the spiral curriculum model where previous skills and knowledge are returned to and built upon. Children progress in terms of tackling more complex tasks and doing more simple tasks better, as well as developing understanding and knowledge of the history of art.

Impact

The impact of our art curriculum can be constantly monitored by teachers by identifying the positive the positive impact it has on children's learning. Throughout each lesson, teachers can assess pupils against the objectives and at the end of each unit there is often a performance where teacher can assess children's learning. This will help identify gaps in the children's learning and how to fill these.

Children should leave primary school equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in their secondary education and to enjoy and appreciate art throughout their lives.

The expected impact of following Kapow Primary Art scheme of work is that children will:

• Produce creative work, exploring and recording their ideas and experiences.
• Be proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques.
• Evaluate and analyse creative works using subject specific language.
• Know about great artists and historical and cultural development of their art.
• Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National Curriculum for Art and Design.

Art & Design 

Art is a beautiful way for children to express their creativity and explore the world around them. By introducing art, we can stimulate creativity, imagination and inventiveness. Art also promotes critical thinking and understanding of other cultures since it takes learning beyond books and text. We can start by exploring paintings, sculptures and drawings but by using artists tools to use the same techniques, children can immerse themselves in someone else's world.

Intent

At Streethouse we are committed to the quality and provision of The Arts and cultural education across a broad and balanced curriculum. We believe that The Arts provides our pupils with a variety of engaging and exciting opportunities that enable them to develop positively in their learning and supports them not just academically but also within their mental health and wellbeing. Our Art curriculum is inspiring and ambitiously designed to offer a wide range of opportunities which prepares pupils for future success in their next steps and indeed for life in modern Britain. We strive to incorporate The Arts culture into the everyday life of our school and create cross-curricular links in all areas of our well sequenced curriculum which encourages our children to achieve their own unique pieces.

Enabling children to communicate what they see, feel and think through the use of colour, texture, form, pattern- using different materials and processes, the art, craft and design experiences at Streethouse have a positive impact on other areas of the curriculum. Where possible, we make links between art and other subjects in our curriculum.

We want all our pupils:

• To develop skills and knowledge progression across all key stages

• For all children and young people to know what it means to be an artist

• For all children and young people to have experience of working with a variety of mediums (e.g., clay, sketching materials, different types of paint)

• To develop confidence within our children so that they are proud with what they have produced.

National Curriculum

Key stage 1 - Pupils should be taught:

• to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
• to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
• to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
• 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 - Pupils should be taught to:

• to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
• 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
• know about great artists, architects and designers in history.

Implementation

At Streethouse we follow Kapow which takes a holistic approach to art in which the individual strands below are woven together to create engaging and enriching learning experiences:

• creating sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
• improving their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
• learning about and learning from great artists, architects and designers in history.

Kapow's curriculum develops pupil's knowledge and understanding of key artists and art movements through the 'Every picture tells a story' units and links to artists through practical work. Creativity and independent outcomes are robustly embedded into each unit, supporting pupils in learning how to make their own creative choices and decisions, so that their art outcomes, whist being knowledge-rich, are unique to the pupil and personal.

Our scheme follows the spiral curriculum model where previous skills and knowledge are returned to and built upon. Children progress in terms of tackling more complex tasks and doing more simple tasks better, as well as developing understanding and knowledge of the history of art.

Impact

The impact of our art curriculum can be constantly monitored by teachers by identifying the positive the positive impact it has on children's learning. Throughout each lesson, teachers can assess pupils against the objectives and at the end of each unit there is often a performance where teacher can assess children's learning. This will help identify gaps in the children's learning and how to fill these.

Children should leave primary school equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in their secondary education and to enjoy and appreciate art throughout their lives.

The expected impact of following Kapow Primary Art scheme of work is that children will:

• Produce creative work, exploring and recording their ideas and experiences.
• Be proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques.
• Evaluate and analyse creative works using subject specific language.
• Know about great artists and historical and cultural development of their art.
• Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National Curriculum for Art and Design.