Art lead: Mrs Croker

Intent

It is our aim to inspire and challenge children equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. We aim to teach skills and techniques which will enable children to express themselves with confidence, to be reflective and form critical opinions. We strive to present children with a diverse range of experiences, so that they can experience the Arts from different cultures and periods of time. We recognise that children learn best when they are enabled to link their understanding across subjects so their learning becomes embedded and can be used across many disciplines; so at St Augustine’s our children learn the appreciation, enjoyment and skills of Art discretely and throughout the curriculum wherever possible. This is supported by participation in a range of events, visits, performances and afterschool clubs. We encourage pupils to explore the Arts beyond school and celebrate the skills they develop beyond the classroom as well as those developed within school.

Implementation

Art is taught across the school from Early Years to year 6. It is taught weekly and is embedded throughout our enriched curriculum. Lessons are focused around a key skill, which changes throughout the year giving children experience in working across all mediums. These skills are then built upon each year as children progress through the school. The main areas of learning focus around: Generating ideas, Making including art craft and design, Evaluating and Knowledge and Understanding. In all classes, there are children of differing ability. We recognise this fact and provide suitable learning opportunities for all children by matching the challenge of the task to the ability of the child. Continuous assessment will provide next steps for all children.

Impact

Children learn to express themselves freely and build confidence in their abilities as artists. They will be able to use a range of media and become independent in making their own creative responses. As children are exposed to different artists, they will develop a wide knowledge of different periods and styles of art, how this has changed through history and the impact artists have had on how our world looks now. Our children will be able to give their opinions about the work of an artist and their own work with a growing technical vocabulary

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