Art and Design at The Royal School
At The Royal School our art and design curriculum aims to inspire pupils and develop their confidence to experiment and invent their own works of art. We want pupils to develop their ability, nurture their talent and interests, express their ideas and thoughts about the world, as well as learning about art and artists across cultures and through history.
We use Kapow Primary’s Art and Design scheme of work as the basis of our art and design curriculum which aligns with the national curriculum and is designed with five strands that run throughout. These are:
● Generating ideas
● Using sketchbooks/folders
● Making skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour)
● Knowledge of artists
● Evaluating and analysing
Units of lessons are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes. The formal elements, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning.Units in each year group are organised into four core areas:
● Drawing
● Painting and mixed-media
● Sculpture and 3D
● Craft and design
Our art and design lessons are always practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning with pupils being encouraged to document their ideas. The children are supported 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.
We adapt learning for every lesson to ensure that all pupils can access it, and opportunities to stretch pupils’ learning are available when required.
Knowledge organisers for each unit support pupils in building a foundation of factual knowledge by encouraging recall of key facts, concepts and vocabulary.
The impact of our art and design curriculum is constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities. Our teachers assess pupils against the learning objectives and the children are involved in evaluation, dialogue and decision making about the quality of their outcomes and the improvements they need to make. By taking part in regular discussions the children are supported to learn the facts and key information about art, and develop their ability to talk confidently about their own learning journey, have higher metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to improve.
The expected impact of following the Kapow Primary Art and design scheme of work is that children will:
★ Produce creative work, exploring and recording 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