Art

• Art develops pupils’ handling, moving and fine motor control skills.
• Through art, pupils produce their own, original creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.
• Learning through art develops pupils’ language skills, social skills, decision-making and risk-taking.
• Art develops curiosity, teaching pupils to observe the world thoroughly and carefully.
• Pupils connect with their own culture, as well as with the wider world, through art.
• Art creates opportunities to explore different materials and develop their own ideas of how to use them effectively
• Art takes pupils to other worlds, cultures and times, as they explore ideas in the work of a variety of artists.
• Art allows pupils to express their feelings and ideas, both as a means of self-expression and to communicate with others.
• Art allows pupils to learn more about how people lived in the past, by looking at art and artists.
• Art helps pupils to begin to develop an understanding of how it reflects and shapes our society, contributing to a nation’s culture, creativity and wealth.
• Art is an important part of developing pupils’ ability to express their individual creativity, working both individually and collaboratively with others.
• Art engages, inspires and challenges pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment and invent.

Art education has been proven to have remarkable impacts on academic, social, and emotional outcomes, helping us develop empathy as we learn more about societies, cultures and history.   Engagement with art helps us stretch our minds beyond the boundaries of the printed text or the rules of what is provable to encompass visual-spatial learning and develop motor skills.   Through art, we learn to express ourselves confidently and creatively.

When is Art taught?
Art is taught through thematic units, both through Skills Development Tasks and through projects which then apply those skills. The Satellite View maps out which thematic units feature this subject and clearly shows the objectives taught.

How is Art taught?
Art is taught through a combination of subject knowledge and skills. Learning takes place both inside and outside the classroom.

Who do we learn about in Art?
We learn about the following artists:- 

Jack Kirby
Julie Taymor
Romero Britto
Jackson Pollock
Pietro D’Angelo
Christy Brown
Ivan Aivazovsky
Cesar Manrique
Theresa Elvin

What do we learn in Art?
In art, we learn about the mediums of collage, textiles, photography, drawing, painting, 3D form and sculpture, as well as mixed media.

How do we assess and monitor Art?
Art is assessed through Assessment for learning, self and peer assessment, through the production of a final piece and through skills practice. Each unit is introduced to children and progress is demonstrated in topic books. Children also share their experiences of Art, through subject questionnaires which assists the monitoring of the subject. Each year the subject is reviewed using professional dialogue, the review of an action plan and pupil voice. 

Subject leaders monitor through medium term planning and lesson objectives, as well as success criteria to regularly assess and monitor progress against current and prior skills and knowledge.  Parents are informed of curriculum coverage in a curriculum newsletter sent out each week and the progress achieved by their child in the end of year report. 

• Children have opportunities to engage with art during House Days
• Children create art on technology