Art
Why is Art important?
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 our Art, we learn to express ourselves confidently and creatively.
Whole School Overview
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
| Nursery |
Shapes and Patterns |
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Collage |
Monet | ||
| Reception |
Self Portraits |
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Marbling |
Van Gogh | ||
| Year 1 |
Mark Making |
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Colour Creations |
Self Portrait |
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| Year 2 |
Yayoi Kusama |
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Earth Art |
Henri Rousseau | ||
| Year 3 |
William Morris |
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Famous Buildings |
Seurat and Pointillism | ||
| Year 4 |
Plant Art |
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Sonia Delaunay |
Recycled Art | ||
| Year 5 |
Chinese Art |
Frida Khalo |
Street Art | |||
| Year 6 |
Landscape Art |
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Sculpting Vases |
Express Yourself |
National Curriculum Links
In Key Stage 1, through our curriculum, the children are taught to :
- to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
- to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences
and imagination - to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture,
line, shape, form and space - about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the
differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making
links to their own work
In Key Stage 2, through our curriculum, the children are taught to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of
materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.
They are taught to:
- to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit
ideas - to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and
sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay] - about great artists, architects and designers in history.