Art

Here is a condensed overview of what Art & Design looks like at Killamarsh Infant and Nursery School. For a more detailed insight into the Intent, Implementation and Impact of Art and design please refer to the subject policy.

Intent

At Killamarsh Infant and Nursery school we teach Art and design with the aim to inspire pupils and develop their confidence to experiment and invent their own works of art. We use a scheme called Kapow Primary which is written by experts in their field and designed to give pupils every opportunity to develop their ability, nurture their talent and interests, express their ideas and thoughts about the world, as well as learning about art and artists across cultures and through history.

We support pupils to meet the National curriculum end of key stage attainment targets and has been written to fully cover the National Society for Education in Art and Design’s progression competencies. Kapow Primary is an Artsmark partner and is able to support schools on their Artsmark journey, inspiring children and young people to create, experience, and participate in great arts and culture.

Implementation

The Kapow Art revised scheme of work is designed with five strands that run throughout. These are:

● Generating ideas

● Using sketchbooks

● Making skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour)

● Knowledge of artists

● Evaluating and analysing

Units of lessons are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes. The formal elements, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Units in each year group are organised into four core areas:

● Drawing

● Painting and mixed-media

● Sculpture and 3D

● Craft and design

Impact

Art and Design is designed in such a way that children are involved in evaluation, dialogue and decision making about the quality of their outcomes and the improvements they need to make. By taking part in our regular discussions and decision making processes, children will not only know facts and key information about art, but they will be able to talk confidently about their own learning journey, have higher metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to improve.

Pupils will leave school equipped with a range of skills and knowledge with a range of techniques and the confidence and creativity to form a strong foundation for their Art and design learning at Key Stage 2 and beyond.