Why teach art and design?

Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education engages, inspires and challenges children and equips them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.  Our team leaders for art are Gemma Vause and Jacob Boulton.
 

Aims

The aims of art, craft and design are to ensure that all pupils:

• produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
• become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
• evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
• know about great artists, craft makers and designers and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.

Key Stage One

Children in Key Stage One are taught:

• to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
• to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
• to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
• about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work

Key Stage Two

Pupils are taught to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.

Children in Key Stage Two are taught:

• to create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
• to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials
• about great artists, architects and designers in history