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Art Curriculum at Perryfields Infant School

Intent

·        For every child to have equal access and opportunity to develop and broaden their appreciation of the arts. 

·        To inspire every child to develop an enthusiasm, natural creativity and interest in art and design. 

·        To provide opportunities to practise and develop a wide range of artistic skills, using different materials and media.   

·        For every child to become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques. 

·        To know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms. 

·        To provide opportunities to evaluate art work and identify ways to develop future work, using artistic vocabulary accurately. 

 

EYFS

The children are taught key skills on a daily basis such as drawing, painting, colouring, model making with Lego etc. The children have access to a wide range of both independent and adult led activities.

The order of skills & knowledge

The children’s interests and the class topic decide the order in which some specific lessons are taught. The skills being taught on a daily basis during free learning time are progressive however, and as the year goes on the activities available to the children will develop with their growing understanding and ability. The Art and Design curriculum is devised from the yearly overview which is taken from the Development Matters document.

How and when we assess

Children are assessed formatively through observations, tick sheets (from ongoing formative assessment) and photographs. They are also assessed every term against the 7 areas of learning (one of which is Expressive Arts and Design) and this data is saved on the Early Years Data Spreadsheet.

By the end of the year, we expect children to have met the relevant Early Learning Goals for Expressive Arts and Design and have a GLD (ELG 16 – Exploring and using media and materials, ELG 17 – Being imaginative need to have been met).

Children who do not meet ARE are supported by:

being given additional support in class, lesson recaps at the start of each new unit of work and some fine motor intervention is put in place to support children who struggle and have poor fine motor skills (Dough Disco,size of paintbrushes). 

Key Stage 1

Art and Design is taught as a formal lesson from a block of learning every week in a one half term of each term. (It may also be taught additionally across the curriculum). The children have the opportunity to learn and practise a new skill each term and work with a new medium.

In Year 1, the children will work on drawing and painting skills, printing and sculpture.

In Year 2, the children will focus on a particular famous artist, refining painting and drawing and collage.

The order of skills & knowledge

The order in which the blocks of learning are taught can vary but the order in which the lessons are taught within the block ALWAYS remains the same, to ensure progression.

How and when we assess

Children are assessed termly at the end of each block of work, either through a Proof of Progress (POP) task or through on-going assessment.

By the end of Year 1, we expect children to be able to:

  • Know the primary and secondary colours and which colours to mix to make secondary colours
  • Know the names of relevant tools and techniques (eg. sketch, mix, apply, media)
  • Understand different methods of printing
  • Recognise repeats of colours and patterns
  • Be able to design a pattern to print
  • Know what sculpture is
  • Know how to join materials
  • Know how to apply texture to different materials

Key skills

  • Apply colour neatly
  • Mix primary colours
  • Use lines of different thickness and boldness
  • Use different printing techniques
  • Create different repeating patterns
  • Use tools to create a printing block or tile
  • Choose and combine different materials
  • Create different textures using tools
  • Create a sculpture

 

By the end of Year 2, we expect children to be able to:

  • Know that tints and tones are created by adding black or white to a colour
  • Know how to cut and shape different materials
  • Know how to affix different materials effectively
  • Know the difference between sculpture and collage
  • Name a chosen artist and their style.

Key skills

  • Use black and white to create tints and tones
  • Use black and white to show shade and texture
  • Use dots and lines to show shade and texture
  • Use different techniques of cutting, tearing, curling, folding, crumpling (collage)
  • Choose different materials to represent different textures
  • Replicate techniques of an artist
  • Replicate work of an artist (subject matter)
  • Use colour and techniques of an artist as inspiration for their own work.

Children who do not meet Age Related Expectations are supported by being given additional support in class, lesson recaps at the start of each new unit of work and some fine motor intervention is put in place to support children who struggle and have poor fine motor skills. 

Art books are started in Year 1 and accompany children as they move through the school.

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