Camm’s CE Primary School Statement:  Art and Design

Intent

The intent of our Art and Design curriculum is to create a curriculum that stimulates creativity, imagination and inventiveness. The purpose of art education is to give pupils the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for them to express responses to ideas and experiences in a visual or tactile form. It fires their imagination and is a fundamental means of personal expression.

We strive to ensure that all children have the opportunity to develop in different areas:

• Experience a broad and balanced range of art activities and show progression within these experiences,
• An understanding and respect of the work of artists, crafts, people and designers and apply this knowledge to their own work,
• Use a range of tools, media and processes,
• Use ideas and their own skills through the use of a sketchbook (KS2),
• Ability to observe, investigate, respond to and record the world around them through a growing variety of forms and media,
• An understanding and enjoyment of art, craft and design,
• Art to extend and enrich other curriculum areas,
• The study of historical, cultural and religious art

IMPLEMENTATION

Camm’s we recognise that in order for all pupils to progress they need to be confident across each of their yearly objectives. Our Art and Design curriculum covers the knowledge and skills outlined in the National Curriculum, and ensures all children are given opportunities to be challenged to progress their learning further.

We strive to ensure that all children have the opportunity to develop in different areas:

• Experience a broad and balanced range of art activities and show progression within these experiences,
• An understanding and respect of the work of artists, crafts, people and designers and apply this knowledge to their own work,
• Use a range of tools, media and processes,
• Use ideas and their own skills through the use of a sketchbook (KS2),
• Ability to observe, investigate, respond to and record the world around them through a growing variety of forms and media,
• An understanding and enjoyment of art, craft and design,
• Art to extend and enrich other curriculum areas,
• The study of historical, cultural and religious art

IMPACT

We strive to ensure that our pupil’s attainment is in line or exceeds their potential when we consider the varied starting points of all our children. Through our progressive skill based curriculum we are measuring the children’s ability, striving for them to meet their age-related expectations for their year group.

We intend the impact of our Art and Design curriculum will ensure children will leave our school prepared for the next step in their art and design education and life beyond primary school.