Intent
Here at RMS, our aim is to ensure that children are confident approaching artwork, feel a strong sense of achievement, value the impact of art within their own lives and are able to reach their full potential – ‘doing all the good they can’. Our high-quality art and design education ‘for all’ engages, inspires and challenges children, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. Our children are encouraged to think critically and develop a rigorous understanding of how art and design both reflect and shape our history and contribute to the local, national and worldwide culture and creativity.
Implementation
Our Art and design curriculum is structured in a mixture of half termly and termly units. We teach the equivalent of one lesson per week but the length of the lessons vary based on the learning activities children are undertaking and may include enrichment afternoons or days.
Children learn and develop a wide range of knowledge, skills and techniques within their art and design lessons. They learn about local, national and European artists as well as artists, architects and designers from other cultures. Our children learn about artists and designers both in history and those alive today. You can see children’s developing ideas, progress and pieces of artwork in the sketch books that they keep throughout the school.
The National Curriculum for art and design aims 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.
Impact:
Our high-quality, knowledge-rich, sequential art and design curriculum equips children with the knowledge, skills, creativity and cultural capital to flourish as individuals and make a positive difference for each other; their families; our community and the world.
Summative assessments take place throughout the year and teachers record the progress and attainment against the National Curriculum expectations of attainment on FFT Curriculum Tracker. Teachers use this information to inform future lessons; ensuring children are supported and challenged appropriately.