Art and Design

Art and Design

Art and Design at St. Mary's

"Creativity is contagious, pass it on."

Albert Einstein

Intent:

At St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, we use Kapow's Primary Art and Design scheme of work which aims to inspire pupils and develop their confidence to experiment and invent their own works of art. Kapow's scheme is designed to give pupils every opportunity to develop their ability, nurture their interests, express their ideas and thoughts about the world as well as learning about art and artists across cultures and through history.

Implementation:

Art and Design is a huge focus at St Mary's and children are able to express themselves in a creative way. Children follow the Kapow art scheme which has four strands that run through out:

Generating ideas and using sketchbooks.
Makings skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour.)
Knowledge of artists.
Evaluating and analysing.

Our units of lessons scaffold and support essential and age-appropriate, sequenced learning and are flexible enough to be adapted to form cross-curricular links if needed. Creativity and independent outcomes are robustly embedded into our units, supporting students in learning how to make their own creative choices and decisions, so that their art outcomes, whilst still

being knowledge-rich, are unique to the pupil and personal.

Lessons are always practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning with pupils using sketchbooks to document their ideas. Differentiated guidance is available for every lesson to ensure that lessons can be accessed and enjoyed by all pupils and opportunities to stretch pupils’ learning are available when required. Knowledge organisers for each unit support pupils by providing a highly visual record of the key knowledge and techniques learned, encouraging recall of skills processes, key facts and vocabulary.

Kapow supports teachers who may lack confidence in their own artistic abilities. Pupil videos created by subject specialists help pupils to see art techniques modelled by experts, to ensure the delivery of Art in your school is of the highest quality. Each unit of lessons includes multiple teacher videos to develop subject knowledge and support ongoing CPD.

Impact:

We want our children at St. Mary's to leave with a love of art. Kapow's curriculum is designed in such a way that children are involved in the evaluation, dialogue and decision making about the quality of their outcomes and improvements they need to make. The expected impact of following the Kapow is that children will:

Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and experiences.
Be proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques.
Evaluate and analyse creative works using subject-specific language.
Know about great artists and the historical and cultural development of their art.
Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National Curriculum for Art and Design.

How is Art and Design taught at St Mary's?

Following Kapow's Art and Design scheme, each class follows lessons that are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes! Art is celebrated in every class at St Mary's, encouraging children's thirst for new experiences and developing skills of enquiry! Each child from Year 1, all the way up to Year 6 has their own sketchbook meaning that all children are involved in the evaluation, dialogue and decision making about their outcomes and the improvements they need to make. Children are involved in regular discussions and decision making processes, children will not only talk facts and key information about art, but they will be able to talk confidently about their own learning journey, have high metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to improve.