Implementation

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At St Andrew’s, Art and Design is a crucial part of school life and learning and it is for this reason that as a school we are dedicated to the teaching and delivery of a high-quality Art and Design curriculum. We are using the curriculum developed by Kapow which supports the high-quality teaching and learning of visual arts with a vast and established bank of resources. The curriculum prides itself on being relevant, exciting, rich and forward-thinking, whilst giving non-specialist teachers support.

This is implemented through:

• A well thought out, whole school, yearly overview of the Art and Design curriculum which allows for progression across year groups in all areas of Art and Design.

• Teachers being given ownership and flexibility to adapt plans and resources from Kapow Art to meet the needs and interests of the class; often teaching art for a blocked afternoon to allow the time needed for the children to be explorative, critical and reflective on their work.

The Kapow Scheme is split into strands that run throughout. These are:

• Generating ideas

• Using sketchbooks

• Making skills, including the formal elements of art (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern and colour)

• Knowledge of artists

• Evaluating and analysing.

Our school has chosen projects, artists and materials from the curriculum that allow the children to develop a progressive range of skills in these areas, this is seen in the curriculum map for art. Our units fully scaffold and support essential and age-appropriate sequenced learning and are flexible enough to be adapted to form cross-curricular links or follow the needs and interests of the class to make more meaningful links. Creativity and independent outcomes are robustly embedded into the units.  They support students in learning how to make their own creative choices and decisions so that their art outcomes, whilst still being knowledge-rich, are unique and personal to the pupil.

Art is assessed through verbal constructive feedback and next steps.  Further opportunities are then given to create the art piece, to improve their work and ensure that the skills are being developed.  Evidence is collected within the art sketch book, which follows the children as they move through the school. Photographs of larger pieces, group or 3D work are also kept within this book.

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Summative assessments take place throughout the year and teachers record the progress and attainment against the National Curriculum expectations of attainment and the knowledge and skills progression documents.

During a school year children engage in a variety of art projects that either enhance topics or offer a wider experience. Where possible cross-curricular art projects are encouraged through which children widen their understanding on a particular focus, such as the whole school art project on the ‘The big frieze’ in RE.  This includes workshops provided by visiting artists, opportunities to enter art based competitions and participation in art based themed events. Some events involve parents in a supportive way or to simply celebrate learning.