Art and Design

Intent

To provide all children with opportunities to explore ideas, develop their ability to control materials and improve their confidence when working creatively. To deliver a curriculum that includes a wide range of activities that inspire the children and their imaginations.  

Implementation          

• Art resources are kept in a central art store, which can be accessed and used by all teachers.     
• Books on art-based subjects are kept in the library to support teaching and learning.
• We teach through a progressive curriculum that allows the children to develop practical knowledge and build upon past learning. 
• The schools connective curriculum enables the pupils to develop theoretical and disciplinary knowledge through the class topics and artists studied. 
• The foundations of our curriculum is taken directly from the Early Learning Goals and the National Curriculum. When considering the practical content for our progression document, we use The Cheshire Scheme of Work for Art to support this.
• Every pupil has a sketchbook which may be used to plan, practise, evaluate, research and develop new skills. 

Impact

Our children enjoy the self-expression that they experience in Art.

They are always keen to learn new skills and work hard to perfect those shown to them.

The children’s art is very often cross-curricular, and helps them to express feelings and emotions in art,  as well as show their knowledge and understanding in history, geography and science.

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