Art
Art Curriculum Overview
Art
Our Art curriculum is designed to enable children make connections between the work of artists, architects and designers and their own work. The curriculum provides meaningful opportunities for self-expression to give children the space to learn who they are as an artist by exploring different mediums. We aim to ignite children’s love for art by giving them the ability to express themselves through a range of medias. The curriculum also provides extensive opportunity for children to develop their skills in visual literacy by looking at, thinking and talking about art.
Content
Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)
Currently Year 1/2 are working work on a two year rota:
| Year A | Colour and Shape | Colour, Shape and Texture | Portraits and Self Portraits | Landscape and Symmetry | History Painting | Murals and Tapestry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year B | Colour | Line | Architecture | Style in Art/Narrative Art | Paintings of Children | Sculpture |
Key stage 2
Currently Years 3/4 and 5 are working on a 3 year rota of units and Year 6 cover their Year 6 units.
This approach allows us to effectively map out a full provision across a child’s time in KS2. Teachers carefully adapt content by pre teaching concepts if a child has not come across key content before.
| Year 3/4 | Year 4/5 | Year 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | Style in Art; Islamic Art; Western Africa; Chinese Painting; Printmaking; Photography | Style in Art; Islamic Art; Western Africa; Chinese Painting; Printmaking; Photography | Italian Renaissance; Renaissance architecture; Victorian Art; William Morris; Impressionism; Modernism |
| 2023-2024 | Light; Space; Design; Monuments Rome; Byzantine Empire; Embroidery Needlework | Light; Space; Design; Monuments Rome; Byzantine Empire; Embroidery Needlework | Italian Renaissance; Renaissance architecture; Victorian Art; William Morris; Impressionism; Modernism |
| 2024-2025 | Line; Still life and form; Ancient Egypt; Anglo-Saxon; Architecture; Modern Architecture | Line; Still life and form; Ancient Egypt; Anglo-Saxon; Architecture; Modern Architecture | Italian Renaissance; Renaissance architecture; Victorian Art; William Morris; Impressionism; Modernism |