Art
Intent: Our Subject Vision
At Roberttown we aim to provide a broad, rich, stimulating and relevant art curriculum. Through a range of learning opportunities, we hope to foster the development of creativity and provide a learning environment that ensures high attainment, high achievement and that enables all children to succeed. We believe art and design has a special place in the curriculum in helping all our children to achieve their full potential. By being creative children learn to think for themselves, become adaptable and learn key skills for life. We want our children to develop their own individual creativity whilst recognising the impact of local influences, such as the textile mills, the historical aspiration of industry and reflecting the cultural diversity that our local area demonstrates.
Implementation: Our Approach
At Roberttown School we share the aims of the national curriculum for art and design and aim to ensure that all pupils:
- produce creative, imaginative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
- become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
- evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
- Know about and explore the work of great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.
Children will also develop their interest and curiosity about art and design through a series of lessons offering skills progression, knowledge progression and offering children the opportunity to ask questions and demonstrate their skills in a variety of ways. The lessons offer the chance for children to develop their emotional expression through art to further enhance their personal, social and emotional development.
At Roberttown School creativity is highly valued. To ensure high standards of teaching and learning in art and design, we implement a curriculum that builds progressively throughout school. Starting in Early Years, children are encouraged to investigate a range of mediums to express themselves in Art and Design lessons and continuous provision. In Key Stage 1 units of work are planned on a two year cycle, while all units in each Key Stage cover the skills, knowledge and outcomes that need to be met. Art is taught as discrete lessons or chunked for reinforcement opportunities or to provide time for the acquisition of new skills. Art is taught by individual class teachers, supported by the Subject Leader.
At Roberttown the overall curriculum provides a gradual progression in terms of skills (split into painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles and clay), introducing the children to mediums with clear links to the local area (textile mills) and prominent artists (e.g. Hepworth ) and also provides for progression in terms of knowledge of different concepts and types of art. The structure of the planning provides for progression in terms of process in art, both in terms of critical analysis of others; art and the necessary observation, exploration and evaluation needed for the children to create their own art.
