Art and Design

Art Curriculum Vision

We believe that the teaching of Art is essential to our pupils’ creative development, providing them with learning and experiences often beyond their sphere of knowledge.  We recognise that in order for all pupils to reach their God-given potential, we must 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. We will focus on key skills to develop as they progress through the school and these will be intentionally taught in each year group, ensuring that our children are competent in these skills by the time they leave the school.

Non-neogtiables for an Art Journey:-

• The whole sequence of learning should be evidenced within the sketch book and a copy of the final piece should be in the Learning Journey.
• Art skills and knowledge should be taught through projects where possible to ensure real world application.
• Every piece of work has a skills and knowledge based Art learning objective.
• Inspiration- Every topic has a local or famous Artist focus.
• Developing ideas- explore ideas, materials and techniques.
• Practise the knowledge and skill
• Encourage children to talk about their work and reflect on it/evaluate their next steps to put into the final piece.
• Final art piece- photo evidence put into learning journey.
• Marking to reflect Malvern Wells marking policy.