Art and Design at CVPS

Art LTP

Art and Design Progression of Skills 

Curriculum Intent

What do we want to achieve with our Art curriculum?

At Clayton Village Primary School, we believe Art should be a stimulating and enjoyable experience for all children. We strive to make Art lessons inclusive and to encourage confident, curious, independent learners, who can articulate and value their own creative journeys.

We want our children to have the confidence and freedom to experiment with their own ideas, through different mediums. This includes opportunities for them to develop the skills of drawing, painting, collage, 3D and textiles, as well as learning about the work of other Artists, Craftspeople and Designers from a diverse range of times, cultures and backgrounds.

Through the use of sketchbooks, children will have the opportunity to evaluate, analyse and re-visit their work and develop resilience by making and learning from mistakes, with children becoming less focused on outcome and more focused on the creative journey

We want our children to:

• Develop a love of the arts.
• Be engaged, inspired and challenged by the art element of our curriculum.
• Believe that there are no barriers to art – anyone can be an artist!
• Be equipped with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art.
• Think critically and develop a deep understanding of art design.
• Know about great artists and understand how art has shaped our history and contributes to the culture, creativity and wealth of our country.

Early Years Foundation Stage

Pupils explore and use a variety of media and materials through a combination of child initiated and adult directed activities. They have opportunities to learn how to:

• Explore the textures, movement, feel and look of different media and materials
• Respond to a range of media and materials, develop their understanding of them in order to manipulate and create different effects.
• Use different media and materials to express their own ideas
• Explore colour and use for a particular purpose
• Develop skills to use simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately
• Select appropriate media and techniques and adapt their work where necessary

Key Stage 1

Pupils are 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.
• Children are routinely encouraged to discuss, critique, appreciate and evaluate their own work and that of others, including their peers and the work of professional artists. This enables them to compare and make links between different practices and their own work.

Key Stage 2

Pupils are taught:

• To create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas.
• To develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.
• 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).
• 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.
• Children are routinely encouraged to discuss, critique, appreciate and evaluate their own work and that of others, including their peers and the work of professional artists. This enables them to compare and make links between different practices and their own work.

Curriculum Implementation

How will this be achieved?

Clayton Village Primary School’s Art curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and is supported by Artworks, an independent arts organisation in Halifax. We use a Progression of Art Skills document to ensure activities are planned so that pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills are steadily developed as they move throughout school.

In order to promote creative teaching and the children’s enjoyment and curiosity for learning, Art will be implemented across the broader curriculum, particularly through the wider curriculum.  This has been designed to ensure that children are developing their skills throughout their time at CVPS and continuing to build upon them. The progression of Art skills and understanding of art are divided into 2 strands at CVPS:

• Substantive Knowledge – theoretical knowledge of art movements and artists
• Disciplinary Knowledge – practical knowledge of artistic skills and techniques; language of art

Each of these areas of learning are revisited during each new unit of work, building on prior learning and effectively developing the skills, knowledge and understanding to become an artist. Our Art curriculum has strong links with the other foundation subjects that are being taught to enhance children’s engagement and love for the subject.  We provide children with the opportunities to create their own artwork to be publicly displayed in their local city. We display art in our classrooms and corridors in the school. We also have a designated Art and Design Technology classroom to allow children to use specialist equipment in this area. This work can then be displayed as an art gallery and invite other classes and parents to view their work.

Our locality and heritage: Our curriculum is based around Bradford and the heritage of our children.  We make our curriculum relevant by studying significant local artists such as David Hockney and Sue Wright.

Unit Structure & Lesson Structure

Over the Key Stage phase, each year group will cover three units of Art. This involves a drawing unit, painting unit and another theme. Each unit will be delivered over a full term, equating to approximately ten to fifteen hours of study.

At the beginning of each unit, children learn about the work of Artists, Craftspeople and Designers from a diverse range of times, cultures and backgrounds. These can then be compared and contrasted to other artists they have previously learnt and they can describe the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines before making links to their own work. The children will then learn how to draw with a focus on one of the key elements (line, shape, tone, pattern, colour, form and space) that links best to the artist’s work. This then progresses to painting where children will still focus on one of the key elements. Finally, the children will explore another theme linked to the unit of work which can include: collage, 3D printmaking, textiles, sculptures, digital art, marbling, photography.

At the final stage, children can display their work in an art gallery. Children are encouraged to evaluate their own and others’ work and begin to think critically about art.

Provisions

Within our EYFS and KS1 classroom, we have art areas within our provisions that provide children the opportunity to practise skills they have learnt and experiment with different materials. Whilst in the provisions, children can work independently or collaboratively with other pupils. Teachers and learning support staff enhance their learning through purposeful talk and questioning.

In school, we also have an Art room that all children in school have access to and where work from each class can be displayed.

Curriculum Impact

The impact of the teaching and learning of Art will be demonstrated as follows:

Through fun, enjoyable and stimulating Art and Design lessons, we want to instill confidence and ambition to dream big. This will be established through a broad range of engaging creative experiences. This curriculum and these experiences instill our school aims:

Our Aims at CVPS

Our Art and Design curriculum embodies our school’s aims, so that children will leave our school with:

 Aim High

• A set of developed skills in drawing and painting, collage, sculpture, textiles and printmaking
• By exploring a wide range of artists, craftspeople and designers, pupils leave school understanding the potential of art and design and how it can form exciting careers in different ways and within different artistic disciplines.
• Learning about and meeting local artists helps pupils to realise their creative ambition is achievable.
• Their progress throughout our art curriculum supports them to gain confidence in their own artistic skills, as they witness their own development in a variety of areas of art and design and become independent creative thinkers.
• We want our pupils to grow into confident, independent learners, who aim high, value the creative process and are curious about the world around them.

Be Respectful

• An appreciation and understanding of the work of a range of artists, craftspeople and designers
• Believe that learning about great artists can instill in pupils a deeper appreciation of the world, different cultures, outlooks and interpretations of issues and the world around us.
• A respect for their peers, different cultures and the wider world around them.
• Pupils also learn to evaluate their work and that of their peers, providing constructive feedback within art lessons. This in turn, encourages pupils to develop an open minded and tolerant attitude towards others, be good communicators and develop empathy and positive relationships.

Creating Happy Memories

• By exploring a wide range of art techniques and artists within fun, enjoyable and stimulating Art and Design lessons, allowing children to develop their creativity and become confident in their own skills, and in turn ensuring that children leave Clayton Village with fond memories and a positive attitude towards art and design.
• Experience positive, happy memories through lessons, trips and open classroom galleries
• An inquisitive nature
• The ability to use materials to express themselves, their thoughts, feelings and ideas
• The ability to produce high-quality pieces of work in a variety of media that they can be proud of
• The ability to analyse and evaluate their work and the work of their peers, in a constructive way which leads to positive development within their artistic practice

Our Art and Design curriculum embodies our school’s aims, so that children will leave our school with:

• A desire to aim high
• A respect for their peers, different cultures and the wider world around them
• Having experienced positive, happy memories
• A set of developed skills in drawing and painting, collage, sculpture, textiles and printmaking
• An appreciation and understanding of the work of a range of artists, craftspeople and designers
• An inquisitive nature
• The ability to use materials to express themselves, their thoughts, feelings and ideas
• The ability to produce high-quality pieces of work in a variety of media that they can be proud of
• The ability to analyse and evaluate their work and the work of their peers, in a constructive way which leads to positive development within their artistic practice

At Clayton Village Primary School, we gather evidence from a variety of sources to assess the success of our Art Curriculum. These include:

• Foundation Stage children are assessed within Expressive Arts and Design. Age related expectation levels are reported to parents at the end of the reception year.
• Class photo books to evidence pupils’ achievements
• Monitoring of planning
• Learning Walks – made by teachers to different classes
• Lesson Observations
• Scrutiny of Work – undertaken by teachers and Governors
• Self/peer-evaluation and critical discussion
• Talking to pupils about what they know
• Sketchbooks – demonstrating a clear learning journey, progression of skills and opportunities to revisit and evaluate work

Substantive Knowledge

Skills & subject knowledge:

Substantive knowledge in art is based on the knowledge of the elements of art. Children will develop an understanding of these throughout the term.

elements of Art:

• line
• shape
• colour
• form
• pattern
• tone
• texture
• space

The children will work through a range of disciplines: drawing, painting, printing, texture, collage, 3D work and digital art in order to explore the 7 elements. Substantive knowledge is also the knowledge of known artists/designers, their style and period of art. Purposeful and natural links to other elements of art and design/artists and designers as well as other subject areas are identified in order to connect essential knowledge.

Disciplinary knowledge

Disciplinary knowledge in art and design is the interpretation of the elements, how they can be used and combined in order to create a specific and desired effect. It is also the critical evaluation of artists work; evaluating style and technique and having the ability to appraise a piece of work.

Developing vocabulary: our aim is to ensure that our children are familiar with frequently occurring words that appear in various contexts and topics (including terms and concepts).

Art vocabulary

Key Symbols