Art

Intent

At Corfe Castle Primary School, we value Art and Design as an important part of the children’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum. Art and Design provides the children with the opportunities to develop and extend skills and an opportunity to express their individual interests, thought and ideas.

A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.

The aims of teaching art and design in our school are:

To engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.

As pupils progress through school, they should begin to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.

To produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.

To become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques

To evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design.

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

Impact

The evaluation of learning takes place in a number of ways: 

Assessment of children's learning in Art and Design is ongoing monitoring of children's understanding, knowledge and skills by the class teacher, throughout lessons. This assessment is then used to inform differentiation, support and challenge required by the children. 

Summative assessment is conducted termly by class teachers across each year group of the school to inform the subject leader of progress or skills and knowledge still to be embedded.

Art and Design is also monitored by the subject leader throughout the year in the form of book monitoring, looking at outcomes and pupil interviews to discuss their learning and understanding and establish the impact of the teaching taking place. 

Implementation

To ensure high standards of teaching and learning in art and design, we implement a curriculum that is progressive throughout the whole school.  The knowledge and skills of Art and design are taught discretely, with links made to other subjects. 

At Corfe, we ensure that art and design is given the same importance as the core subjects, as we feel this is important in enabling all children to gain ‘real-life’ experiences and express their creativity. 

The art and design curriculum at Corfe Castle is based upon the National Curriculum which provides a broad framework and outlines the knowledge and skills and taught in each Key Stage. Teachers plan lessons using our Knowledge and Skills progression document and design lessons making links to children’s interests and class topics. The Knowledge and Skills progression document ensures the curriculum is covered and the skills/knowledge taught is progressive from year group to year group.