Art and Design

Subject Intent

Woodfield  Primary School believes that art is a vital part of children’s education and therefore has a significant and valuable role in our curriculum.  The curriculum is designed so that children can produce creative work by exploring their ideas and recording their experiences. Children will become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art. Children will evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art and design. The art curriculum will develop children’s understanding of their own and others’ cultural heritages through studying a diverse range of artists and art forms. 

Subject Progression

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Implementation

EYFS: Expressive Arts and Design
Children within the Early Years Setting have regular opportunities to engage with the arts by exploring and playing with a wide range of media and materials. The children have access to constructions, collage, painting and drawing activities, using appropriate tools and art materials. These opportunities are important for self-expression and vocabulary development and also allow children to communicate through the arts.  
 
Inquiry-Based Curriculum
Pupils in KS1 and KS2 follow an inquiry-based curriculum for art, working towards answering an overarching question based upon their artist/skill for that term. (Insert inquiry questions)
 
Key Stage 1
Children within Key Stage 1 follow the national curriculum for art. Children will be taught how to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products. They will develop a range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.
We separate the 3 main skills of drawing, painting and sculpture into the 3 terms of the year to allow children to develop and share their ideas, building on their experiences and imagination
Children will learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines.
 
Key Stage 2
Children within Key Stage 2 follow the national curriculum for art. Children will be taught how to further develop their techniques, including their control and use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art.
Pupils will be taught to create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas. 
We separate the 3 main skills of drawing, painting and sculpture into the 3 terms of the year to allow children to develop and share their ideas, building on their experiences and imagination. Pupils should be improving their mastery of these skills within KS2
Children will learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers in history

 

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Home Learning

 

Phase What are children learning this half term? How can I support my child's learning at home?

EYFS 

Expressive arts and design

Creating with Materials 

Being Imaginative 

 

In EYFS we have been focussing on adding detail to our creations. Encourage me to draw something I can see outside. What colours do I need? What shapes should I use? Do I need different types of line?

Year 1 

Painting – Wassily Kandinsky 

Year 1 have been practising their brush skills and use of primary colours through the style of Wassily Kandinsky. 

 

Why not create your own musical artwork inspired by Wassily Kandinsky?  

 

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/kandinsky/ 

Year 2 

Painting – Andy Warhol 

 

Year 2 have been exploring use of block colours to create Andy Warhol inspired pop art portraits. 

Find out more about Andy Warhol and Pop Art here - https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-andy-warhol 

Give it a go – have a go at designing and making your own Pop Art artwork https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/make-pop-art-warhol 

Year 3 

Painting – William Morris 

 

Year 3 have been exploring the work of William Morris and using his style to replicate patterns they found in natural or built environments. 

 

Year 3 – Take a look at this video about William Morris and the industrial revolution, do you agree with what William Morris and his friends thought? Can you design and make something, inspired by William Morris, that is one off, unique and hand crafted? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBq73yxha0o 

 

Year 4 

Painting – Claude Monet 

 

Year 4 have been experimenting creating mood with colours. They have used watercolours to create washes and then add in detail in the style of Claude Monet. 

Year 4 – Look at these paintings by Claude Monet – how has colour been used to create mood in each one? What do you think the atmosphere was like when Monet was painting them? Do you think it was calm? Chaotic? Tranquil? Make a mind map and word bank for each. https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/claude-monet.html#slide_5 

Do some research about impressionism – what really is it? Can you create your own piece inspired by Monet? https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/impressionism 

Year 5 

Painting – Leonardo Da Vinci  

Year 5 have been exploring the works of Leonardo Da Vinci creating colour palettes inspired by the natural and built up world and practised their pencil skills, lightly sketching their ideas before painting. 

 

Year 5 – Explore Da Vinci’s life and create a biography https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/leonardo-da-vinci 

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Leonardo-da-Vinci/353378  

Can you think like Leonardo Da Vinci? Use this information to help you design your own invention just like Da Vinci. Put your pencil skills to the test to sketch and shade your ideas. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48105405 

 

Year 6  

Painting – Salvador Dali 

 

Year 6 have been combining colours, tones and tints to enhance the moods of their work. They have been developing their own style while drawing ideas and inspiration from Salvador Dali. 

Year 6 -  Explore more about Salvador Dali and surrealism here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-salvador-dali 

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/surrealism 

Create your own surrealist art work – use this activity to imagine a weird and wonderful scene then put to use your pencil and colour skills to create mood, tones and shading to your piece - https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/draw-surreal-creature 

 

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