Art
Art Vision
At Fryern we aim for children to be inspired by high-quality art and design education that engages and challenges children, equipping them with the creativity, knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. 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.
Intent
At Fryern we believe Art should be taught through rich and meaningful units. Children research and investigate artists and learn a range of skills. Children learn about a range of contemporary and historical artists, crafts people and designers. We believe children should experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. Children are given the opportunity to develop their skills and explore a range of media. The skills taught are progressive and cover the areas of Art, namely drawing, painting, sculpture, textiles, collage and printing. 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.
Implementation
We plan for Art using: Statutory Framework for The Early Years Foundation Stage, Development Matters and The National Curriculum Programme of Study for Art. Our curriculum documents outline how EYFS, Key Stage One and Key stage 2 teach art through a variety of exciting and motivating units.
In the Early Years Foundation Stage, the children are given lots of opportunities to undertake expressive art and design. Children have regular opportunities to engage with the arts, enabling them to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials. They take part in first hand experiences that encourage exploration of mixed media and materials through a combination of child initiated and adult directed activities. Enhancements and further activities relating to the topics are provided by the teachers to ensure that the children have a wide range of activities indoors and outdoors to enable them to explore, experiment and create. Art work in folders show how children have explored a range of media and the key skills and techniques that have been taught, practiced and applied.
In Key Stage 1 opportunities are planned to study significant artists from a range of time periods including artists from historical and cultural backgrounds. Key Stage 1 pupils develop their art and design techniques in their sketchbooks by practising and experimenting with techniques including using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space. They also learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers describing the differences and similarities between them and making links to their own work.
Impact
- children have a greater sense of pride and purpose in the display of their work on display boards and in sketchbooks
- they develop confident use of technical vocabulary to help discuss their work, appreciate the great art works studied and that of other artists.
- they develop the skills and techniques taught, and by trial in sketchbooks, are able to develop ideas, reflect on their work and --they explore ideas by merging medias and are able to evaluate their work and that of their peers.
- they confidently identify artistic techniques and want to explore and experiment with them.
- High quality art teaching in order to guide creativity.
