Art
Saint Mary’s Catholic Primary School
ART CURRICULUM STATEMENT
Intent
Implementation
The Art & Design curriculum is planned and resourced based on the Kapow scheme of work. It is designed with strands that run throughout and are revisited in every unit. These are: Making Skills, Formal Elements, Knowledge of Artists and Evaluating.
In the Art & Design skills and Formal Elements of Art unit, children have the opportunity to learn and practise skills discreetly. The knowledge and skills from these units are then applied throughout the other units in the scheme. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows children to revise and build on their previous learning. Lessons are always practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning, with children using sketchbooks to document their ideas. Each unit of lessons includes multiple teacher videos to develop subject knowledge and support teachers who may lack confidence in their own artistic abilities.
Impact
Children are fully involved in the evaluation, dialogue and decision making about the quality of their outcomes and the improvements they need to make. By taking part in regular discussions and decision-making processes, children will not only know key facts and information about Art & Design, but they will be able to talk confidently about their own learning journey, have higher metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to improve. The impact of the scheme is constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment. Each lesson has a unit quiz and knowledge catcher which can be used at the start and/or end of the unit. Children should leave primary school equipped with a range of techniques and the confidence and creativity to form a strong foundation for their Art & Design learning at Key Stage 3 and beyond.
Children should be able to:
- • 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 the historical and cultural development of their art
- • Meet the end of Key Stage expectations outlined in the National Curriculum for Art & Design.