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Little Hill Primary School

Art & Design

Intent

At Langmoor Primary school we strive to ensure children are provided with opportunities to stimulate creativity and imagination. We want our children to love art, craft and design and our Art and Design curriculum has been developed to engage, inspire and challenge pupils, whilst equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to experiment, invent and create their own works of art.  We ensure children are provided with ample opportunities to develop skills using a wide range of media and techniques. Children are provided with the chance to use a range of materials creativity to design and make products, develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

Implementation

The Art and Design curriculum follows Access Art. We teach Art one half term and DT the other half term. We ensure that the topics covered follow the three main aspects from Access Art - Drawing and Sketchbooks. Surface and Colour and Working in 3D. Where possible links are made with other curriculum areas. 

Impact

The structure of the Art and Design Technology curriculum ensures that children are able to develop their knowledge and understanding of the work of artists, designers and craftspeople from a range of different time periods and cultures and apply this to their own work. Classroom displays reflect the children’s sense of pride in their work and this is also demonstrated by creative outcomes across the wider curriculum. The school environment also celebrates children’s achievements in Art and Design Technology through links to Forest School where children are offered regular opportunities to enhance their creativity in an outdoor environment.

Art and Design Curriculum Map 

Drawing and Sketchbooks

Surface and Colour

Working in 3D

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

 

EYFS

What can we see?

How can we explore colour?

How can we build worlds?

How can we build & explore materials and marks?

How can we explore 3D materials?

How can we use our bodies to make art?

How can we use our imagination?

Year 1

Spirals

Drawing, collage, mark making

Inspired by Flora and Fauna

Make collages of minibeasts

Making Birds

Drawings from observations, exploring media

 

Year 2

Explore and Draw

Developing drawing and composition skills

Expressive Painting

Colour mixing and experimental mark making

Stick transformation Project

Transforming a familiar object into a new and fun form

 

Year 3

Gestural Drawing with Charcoal

Loose drawings with charcoal

Working with Shape and Colour

Collage and stencil in response to artwork

Telling stories through making

Making sculpture inspired by Lit and Film

 

Year 4

Storytelling through drawing

Creating sequenced drawings to tell stories

Exploring Pattern

Use colour, line and shape to create repeating patterns

The Art of Display

How we display work affects how it is seen

 

Year 5

2D drawing to 3D making

How 2D drawings can be transformed into 3D objects

Mixed Media Landscape

Shadow Puppets

 

Year 6

Typography and Maps

Create personal and highly visual maps

 

Fashion Design

Contemporary Fashion designers

Exploring Identity