Art & Design
Subject Leader: Rebecca Powers
Intent:
Our Art and Design curriculum aims to inspire pupils and develop their confidence to experiment and invent their own works of art. The children will be given the opportunity to express themselves both independently and collaboratively.
During their time at Corby Primary Academy, the children will be able to develop their creative imagination through a skills-based art curriculum. They will be provided with the opportunity to develop and master key skills in art including drawing, textiles, printing, sculpture and painting. This artwork will be supported through the study of key artists. Children will be exposed to a diverse range of artists, craft makers and designers from different cultures, countries and backgrounds. Throughout their lessons, children will learn the technical language needed to discuss and evaluate their own work and that of other artists. At Corby Primary Academy the children have access to art both within their classroom and in our dedicated art space. The children can experiment in a safe environment where there are no right or wrong results, making the lessons both inclusive and memorable. This will empower the children to be bold and creative and to make their own choices.
Implementation:
At Corby Primary Academy, we follow the Kapow scheme of work for Art and Design. There are five strands that run throughout our curriculum:
● Generating ideas
● Using sketchbooks
● Making skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour)
● Knowledge of artists
● Evaluating and analysing
Units of lessons are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes. The formal elements, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Units in each year group are organised into four core areas:
● Drawing
● Painting and mixed-media
● Sculpture and 3D
● Craft and design
Creativity and independent outcomes are robustly embedded into our lessons, supporting children in learning how to make their own creative choices and decisions, so that their art outcomes, whilst still being knowledge-rich, are unique and personal to each child.
Impact:
The Art and Design curriculum is designed in such a way that children are 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 facts and key information about art, but they will be able to talk confidently about their own learning journey.
We expect 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 the historical and cultural development of their art.
- Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the NC for Art and Design.