Art and Design

Intent:

By developing specific art skills and by using art and design to support learning across other subjects, our children will gain an understanding of a variety of art forms. They will continuously improve their drawing, painting and sculpting as well as developing a range of progressively demanding art and design techniques as they move through the school. Children will observe the world around them, including their own culture and the wider world as well as studying the work of creatives in history. While learning art and design, they also develop confidence, creativity, curiosity, motor skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, collaboration and reflective learning.

Implementation:

Mrs. Paine is our Art & Design Co-ordinator.

At St. Mary's, Art and Design is taught through "Expressive Arts and Design" within the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum in Acorn and Chestnut (Nursery and Reception):

Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage

We teach the Art and Design National Curriculum in Birch to Oak (Years 1 to 4):

Art and Design Programmes of Study Key Stages 1 and 2

The following table shows which Art and Design topics are taught throughout the school:

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Acorn and Chestnut (Nursery and Reception) Cycle 1	Christmas Cards Picasso Portraits Season Calendars	Print and paint spring flowers in the style of Andy Warhol	Jungle animal sculptures
Acorn and Chestnut (Nursery and Reception) Cycle 2	Christmas Cards Picasso Portraits Season Calendars	Land Art using natural materials	Farm animal sculptures
Birch and Hazel (Year 1 and 2) Key Stage 1 Cycle 1	Sculpture in the style of Barbara Hepworth	Chalk and pastel artwork of the Great Fire of London Fruit Face in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo	Placemat using woven paper background and batik in the design of a sea creature
Birch and Hazel (Year 1 and 2) Key Stage 1 Cycle 2	Watercolour castles	Binka bookmarks	Natural sculptures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.
Rowan and Oak (Year 3 and 4) Key Stage 2 Cycle 1	Clay Amulets	Blitz paintings	Art project using woven fabric background to frame printed sea/wave design
Rowan and Oak (Year 3 and 4) Key Stage 2 Cycle 2	Portraits	Mosaics	Statue of an Anglo Saxon

Through our Art and Design topics, we aim to support children's knowledge and understanding of the following areas:

Exploring and developing ideas
Drawing
Painting
Sculpture
Collage
Textiles
Printing
The work of other Artists

As a school we subscribe to the National Society for Education in Art and Design to support our knowledge, understanding and development of the subject.

Impact:

All children are assessed in Art and Design by their teachers, on a termly basis. Mrs. Paine then analyses the attainment and progress of the whole school in this area. This information informs future teaching and learning in Art and Design.