Art and Design
“Every human is an artist.” Miguel Ruiz
Intent
At St Agnes, we intend for our Art and Design curriculum to allow children the opportunity to express their creativity by equipping them with knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.
We follow a mastery approach to achieve the expectations set out in the National Curriculum: "to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials."
Our curriculum is designed to:
Develop and refine skills in three core areas: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
Enable continuous learning and good progress through a progressive teaching model
Forge meaningful links with other curriculum areas through our topic-based approach
Teach children how "art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation" (National Curriculum 2014)
Implementation
Our teaching and learning within Art and Design primarily focuses on three areas: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
Each child will:
Cover all three areas over the course of each school year
Work on a progressive teaching model to further develop and refine their skills and technical ability
Build on prior learning year-on-year to ensure continuous development
Our teaching sequence:
Focuses on developing and refining skills throughout the curriculum (paramount to our mastery approach)
Creates meaningful links with other curriculum areas through our topic-based approach
Enables children to see how art connects to history, culture and creativity
Impact
Through our Art and Design curriculum, children will:
Express their creativity confidently
Master art and design techniques in drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials
Demonstrate continuous progress in developing and refining their artistic skills and technical ability
Understand how art and design reflects and shapes our history and contributes to culture, creativity and wealth
