Intent
At J H Godwin primary school, we endeavour to provide all children with a purposeful, progressive, language rich art curriculum, which is developed through the aims and objectives of the National Curriculum for Art for Key Stage 1 and 2 and the Statutory Frame work for the Early Years Foundation Stage. Our art curriculum fully covers the National Society for Education in Art and Design’s progression competencies. We make sure that our curriculum is engaging and inclusive of all, encouraging children to be creative and experimental throughout their time at the school and beyond.it.
We follow the Kapow Primary’s Art and design scheme of work aims to inspire pupils and develop their confidence to experiment and invent their own works of art, as well as create, experience, and participate in great arts and culture. The scheme is written by experts in their field and designed to give pupils every opportunity to develop their ability, nurture their talent and interests, and express their ideas and thoughts about the world, as well as learning about art and artists across cultures and through history.
Implementation
This will be done in the following way:
Progressive Subject Coverage Teachers will use the scheme of work in line with National Curriculum 2014. They will use the Kapow Art scheme of work which is designed with four strands that running throughout. More information can be found at https://www.kapowprimary.com/subjects/art-design/
The four strands are:
- Generating ideas
- Using sketchbooks
- Makings 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. They are fully scaffold and support age appropriate sequenced learning. 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
Outstanding Practice in lessons: Teachers will use their flair, enthusiasm, and professional judgement to identify the most sensible, enjoyable and safe methods for the work being conducted. Activities will be planned and delivered in such a way as to encourage full and active participation by all children irrespective of ability or educational need, gender or ethnicity. Pupils with particular ability and flair for art who work more quickly through the levels of the National Curriculum are extended through the use of supplementary work and children requiring
Lessons are always practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning with pupils using sketchbooks to document their ideas. Differentiated guidance is available for every lesson to ensure that lessons can be accessed and enjoyed by all pupils and opportunities to stretch pupils’ learning are available when required. Knowledge organisers for each unit support pupils by providing a highly visual record of the key knowledge and techniques learned, encouraging recall of skills processes, key facts and vocabulary.
Kapow provides expert support to ensure teachers feel confident in their own artistic abilities.
Pupil videos created by subject specialists help pupils to see art techniques modelled by experts, to ensure the delivery of Art is of the highest quality.
First-Hand Experience and use of the Wider Environment: Priority is given to first- hand experience of concepts and pupils are given opportunities to develop their artistic skills. Artsists are invited into school to work with the children and visits to museums and are encouraged to help develop an appreciate of art and design.
Vocabulary Saturated Environments: Art vocabulary is directly taught and modelled through Word Aware Strategies.
Impact
Evaluation, dialogue and decision making about the quality of their outcomes and the improvements they need to make is encouraged 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, have higher metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to improve.
The impact of the curriculum is constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities. Each lesson includes guidance to support teachers in assessing pupils against the learning objectives.
The expected impact of following the Kapow Primary Art and design scheme of work is 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 national curriculum for Art and design.
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