ART

INTENT - OUR VISION FOR ART

  • At Porter Croft Primary Academy all children, learn through a range of approaches to facilitate the opportunity to reach their full potential. We are committed to providing all children with learning opportunities to engage in Art and believe that art and should be fully inclusive to every child.

    We value Art as an important part of the children’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum. The intent of our Art curriculum is to give pupils the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for them to express their responses to ideas and experiences in a visual or tactile form. Children will develop their understanding of the visual language of art with effective teaching and considered sequences of lessons and experiences.

    Our aims are to:
  • Fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum for art and design
  • Provide a broad and balanced curriculum
  • Ensure the progressive development of knowledge and skills
  • Enable children to observe and record from first-hand experience and from imagination
  • Develop the children’s competence in controlling materials and tools
  • Acquire knowledge and become proficient in various art and design techniques and processes
  • Begin to develop an awareness of the visual and tactile elements including; colour, pattern and texture, line and tone, shape, form and space
  • Foster enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts and develop a knowledge of significant artists, craftspeople and designers
  • Increase critical awareness of the roles and purposes of art and design in different times and cultures
  • Analyse works using the language of art and design.

WHY ART IS IMPORTANT?

An arts-rich education from an early age develops individual creativity and self-expression. Working in art and design helps children to develop creative problem-solving skills and can increase their confidence and motivation. When giving children instructions and following art instruction can help the children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness. Integrating art and design with other disciplines reaches children who might not otherwise be engaged in classwork. Art experiences boost critical thinking, teaching children to take their time to be more careful and thorough in how they observe the world. Art provide challenges for learners at all levels and connects children with their own culture as well as with the wider world.

IMPLEMENTATION – ART - PLANNING & SEQUENCING OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

At Porter Croft, the teaching and implementation is based on the National Curriculum and linked to topics to ensure a well-structured approach to this creative subject. The children are taught Art as part of their termly topic work. Areas covered include sculpture mosaics, printing based on topic work, such as the Tudor houses, nature, Aboriginal art, World War propaganda posters, painting and the works of famous artists from around the world. The work of famous local, national and international artists are explored to enhance the children’s learning. The art curriculum will develop children’s critical abilities, as well as an understanding of their own and others’ cultural heritages through the study of a diverse range of artists.

To find out how Art and Design Technology is planned & sequenced in order that our children can progress through the building blocks for learning, please click on the links below

 

NATIONAL CURRICULUM PURPOSE OF STUDY

The national curriculum for Art aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
  • Become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
  • Evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
  • Know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.

To find out more information about the National Curriculum for this subject & others, please click.

IMPACT OF OUR ART CURRICULUM

Impact
Within art and design, we strive to instil an appreciation and enjoyment of the arts enriching the children’s learning experience. At Porter Croft Primary, our art and design curriculum is high quality, well thought out and is planned to demonstrate progression. We focus on progression of knowledge and skills and vocabulary progression also form part of the units of work.

Ongoing assessments take place throughout the year. Teachers use this information to inform future lessons; ensuring children are supported and challenged appropriately. This data is analysed on a termly basis to inform and address any trends or gaps in attainment.

Children are expected to evaluate work in this subject, be it their own pieces of art or other peoples. This is done through a positive mind-set promoting the ideology of I could have done better if…. My work could be improved by…… Pupils are also encouraged to give their opinions on pieces of art work and explain their reasoning behind their thoughts.

The Art Co-ordinator will gather evidence from children’s work, teacher feedback and pupil feedback. They will also evaluate displays, the understanding of concepts and skills and the use of vocabulary by pupils when talking about this subject. We strive for our pupils to be able to recognise various artist studied and have an understanding about art across the world and its place in history.

Evidence from book scrutiny, book looks, working walls, lesson study, staff meetings, lesson observations and planning documents is used to access children’s knowledge and grasp of Art.

INCLUSION

All Art lessons/activities are designed and planned to include all children through a range of approaches. Lessons are planned to facilitate the best possible outcome for all children within the class.

USEFUL ART AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGY WEBSITES

  • Tinker Cad - https://www.tinkercad.com/
  • Tate Modern - https://www.tate.org.uk/
  • Paul Carney arts - https://www.paulcarneyarts.com/online-drawing-home