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Curriculum intent, implementation, and impact
Art plays an important part in the whole primary school curriculum. It is cross-curricular, and every subject uses it for visual imagery. The skills are developed through the areas of Fine Art (painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and printmaking) and the Applied Arts (ceramics, textiles, photography and IT). We encourage the achievement of personal fulfilment and satisfaction of each child through the National Curriculum at Key Stages 1 and 2.
It is our intention that, through our art curriculum, children are encouraged to use the personal design abilities that everybody possess, develop an appreciation of their own art and that of others so everyone is given the opportunity to reach their full potential. Lessons are used to build on the knowledge and skills acquired allowing all children to fulfil their potential in art.
We want children to be inspired and excited by art, artists and the history of art. They will use their personal creations, and that of others, to form an understanding of tone, texture, colour and pattern. Lessons use a mixture of combining practical skills as well as critical thinking to develop a rigorous understanding of art and design.
The National Curriculum for art and design aims to ensure that all pupils develop a proficiency in drawing, painting, understanding colour, shade and sculpture. Our curriculum focuses on art through our bi-half termly themes as well as having opportunities to study artists in depth through topics dedicated to a specific artist. This provides opportunities for the children to understand and reflect on the history of art and how it helped make art what it is today. We also provide chances for children to develop an appreciation of the diverse culture within our school and local community by studying a range of artists who are male, female and from the same or a different culture to ours.
We use the National Curriculum to plan our art curriculum, which is delivered through sequences of learning, this enables children to build on skills acquired previously as well as practice and refine the techniques of art making improvements as they progress. Every year group will study the three main strands of art and design: drawing; painting and sculpture, building on their prior knowledge and skills as they progress through our academy. At Lantern Primary and Nursery, children are taught Art and Design in every year group, once per week during either the first or second half of the term.
Each child has their own sketchbook which follows them through their school journey. This allows children to practice new skills, experiment, plan and create their own pieces of art. Our curriculum has been written so that each lesson follows a sequence of learning building on a progression of skills and knowledge. Focussed lessons built around reflection, evaluation and showing off end pieces are built in. Children’s artwork is displayed around the academy developing a sense of individual pride. We also enjoying opening the academy to parents and families, at the end of the academic year, to showcase the artwork produced throughout the academic year. This enables children to talk about the processes followed to develop their final pieces.
Children have access to a range of quality materials and resources in lessons. Those children who have a particular interest in art can enjoy attending our after-school club.
Continuous professional development in art is built into our training for teachers allowing development in their own expertise and capacity to teach the subject with confidence
At Lantern Primary and Nursery we provide opportunities for children to self-reflect on their work, critiquing what has gone well and what could be further improved. Peer assessment is another method used to identify progress made and children have time to respond to the advice offered. Teaching staff also use Insight to track children’s progress, learning and assessment end points. Each piece of art created within sketchbooks has a topper with clear success criteria allowing children to break learning down into manageable chunks.
The leader for Art and Design completes lesson looks, book looks and pupil voice to find out from the children what they think about art and their learning in this subject. Children talk positively about their lessons and communicate well their thoughts, ideas and observations collected during their art lessons
Latern Primary and Nursery Yates Way, Telford, TF2 0AZ
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