Art : Thorpe Hesley Primary School

Art Intent

At Thorpe Hesley Primary we believe that art stimulates creativity, imagination and inventivness. It gives our pupils the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for them to express responses to ideas and experiences. Art enables children to communicate what they see, think and feel. We aim to ensure art and design, provide a broad and balanced curriculum, ensuring the progressive development of knowledge and skills, enabling children to observe and record from first hand experiences and imagination.

To do this we aim:

To challenge all pupils to work creatively whilst deeping their knowledge and understanding through engaging and memorable experiences.
To encourage children to make their own choices, work collaboratively, sharing and respecting other’s ideas
To focus strongly on drawing, painting and sulpture to build strong foundations for future learning.
To encourage self evaluation to teach our children resilience and achieve their goals, using vocabulary linked to art and design.
To showcase children’s individual art journey by recording and evaluating their experiences in our creativity journals.
To look more widely at other techniques within our wider curriculu

Art Impact

We will measure the impact of our creative curriculum through:

Pupil conversations (pupil voice) talking about their learning in art and design.
Collecting evidence through our creativity journals, photos and work samples sharing the variety of learning experiences across year groups.
Learning walks and reflective staff feedback.
Monitoring planning, ensuring teachers plan from the progression document so art and design sessions build on prior learning and develop key vocabulary.

Overview by Stage

Key Stage 1

The National Curriculum for art and design aims to ensure that all pupils:

produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
become proficient in using drawing, painting, sculpture and other creative expressions
evaluate and analyse artistic works using the language of art, craft and design
know about the great artists, craftsmen and designers, and understand the historical development of their art forms.

Pupils should be taught creativity in art, craft and design by:

using a range of materials to design and make products
using drawing, painting and sculpture to share their ideas, experiences and imagination
developing techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space using clay and printing to a large scale and in 3D
being taught about the work of a range of artists, craftsmen and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.

Key Stage 2

The National Curriculum for art and design aims to ensure that all pupils:

produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
become proficient in using drawing, painting, sculpture and other creative expressions
evaluate and analyse artistic works using the language of art, craft and design
know about the great artists, craftsmen and designers, and understand the historical development of their art forms.

Pupils should be taught to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.
Pupils should be taught:

to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas, and collect visual material to help them to develop their ideas
to improve their mastery of techniques, such as drawing, painting and sculpture with materials (e.g. pencil, charcoal, paint, clay)
about the greatest artists, architects and designers in history.