Art 

Art

At South Kilvington we value Art as an important part of the children’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum. Art provides children with the opportunities to express their individual ideas and enhance skills and knowledge about a range of artists and their work.

Intent

• To engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.
• As pupils progress through school, they should begin to think critically and develop a rigorous understanding of art.
• They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape history, culture and creativity of the world.
• To produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences and expressing themselves as individuals.
• To become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques.
• To evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design.
• To know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.

Implementation

• The National Curriculum for art is taught to all year groups.
• The progression of knowledge and skills framework is used for every year group to ensure coverage is met, the sequence builds on skills and progression is clear.
• Sequencing of lessons allows for children to connect previously taught knowledge from across the curriculum to new learning in order to help make connections and understand new learning.
• Trio Time is used to retrieve and reinforce previously taught knowledge in order to consolidate prior learning. It also used as a strategy to assess knowledge.
• Key vocabulary is shared and discussed at the start of each lesson and revisited in future lessons.
• Inquiry based activities encourage curiosity and independence within all of our learners.
• A clear progression in knowledge and skills taught throughout the school is in place and all staff are aware of how to implement this. Teachers assess and adapt learning for all children so all children including SEND and PP children are included and successful.
• Key vocabulary is shared, discussed and revisited in lessons and as children progress through school.
• Art contributes significantly to a pupil’s ‘rounded’ development. Art is delivered by teaching specific skills and weaved throughout cross curricular opportunities.
• Progression in knowledge, complexity of thought, depth of knowledge and application of skills are implemented through the use of our progression document.
• Cross-curricular work offers a creative way to develop children's knowledge, skills and understanding while motivating them to learn through a stimulating, interconnected curriculum.
• When planning, teachers focus on key artist, sculptors and designers to gain an understanding in historical and cultural development and their art forms.

The intended impact of our Art approach is that:

• Children are curious and passionate artists with an ever-growing skill and knowledge set.
• All children make good progress from starting points in Art. PP children feel confident they are making progress in Art and can talk about their learning with pride.
• Children are able to effectively use age appropriate art and design vocabulary - vocabulary gain becomes more than just a word list and supports teaching.
• Outcomes evidence a broad and balanced art and design curriculum and demonstrate children’s acquisition of identified key knowledge and a progression in skills.