Art & Design

Art and Design

At Leigham Primary, throughout KS1 and KS2, our Art and Design curriculum is skills based. Each Year group covers the range of visual and tactile elements of Art, including colour, tone, form, texture, pattern, shape, space and line. During KS1 and KS2, children develop a variety of skills using different materials and processes.

Year 1

Pupils experience drawing, painting, printing and using clay.

Year 2

Pupils experience drawing, painting, 3D construction, textiles (weaving) and sculpture.

Year 3

Pupils experience drawing, painting, printing and clay.

Year 4

Pupils experience drawing, painting, clay and textiles (weaving).

Year 5

Pupils experience drawing, painting, printing/textiles and clay.

Year 6

Pupils experience drawing, painting, collage and textiles.

There is a balance of 2D and 3D outcomes planned into the Art and Design curriculum for KS1 and KS2. Throughout each Key Stage, children learn about a range of artists, craftspeople and designers from different times and cultures. They explore a range of starting points for practical work, including themselves, their experiences, stories, natural and man made objects and the local environment. They also investigate different kinds of Art, craft and design either in the locality, in original and reproduction form. This includes visits to Art exhibitions where possible, and looking at Art in galleries on the Internet. Opportunities are keenly sought to work collaboratively with other local schools and with Artists.

Art contributes explicitly to Children’s
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural experience by:

· Giving pupils the chance to reflect on nature, their environment and surroundings.

· Providing opportunities to study artists with a spiritual or religious theme.

· Providing opportunities to study art, craft and design from their own and different cultures and at different times.

· Examining pieces of art based on ethical/moral concerns raised by artists i.e.: War/ racism

· Giving pupils the opportunity to reflect on thought provoking images.

· Giving children opportunities to work Co-operatively and collaboratively with others and to value the contributions made by each member of the team.

· Allowing children to evaluate their own and other’s artwork in a constructive manner.

· Studying art, craft and design from different cultures supported by visits from artists and participating in workshops.