Art & Design
Vision
To inspire children by providing a visually rich and stimulating, enabling environment
To teach art skills enabling all children to have a positive experience and to achieve
Children will be independent, expressing their own ideas with confidence
Children will acquire knowledge about art and culture and how these have changed over time
Children will be able to access high quality resources including technology
Children will aspire to be the fine artists, graphic designers, set designers, film makers, photographers, and fashion designers of the future
Children will:
Develop skills in a broad range of disciplines including drawing, painting, printmaking and textiles, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media
Use sketchbooks, journals and technology for independent research / formation of ideas
Use their knowledge and skills to select their own medium and materials to work with according to their intentions and plans
Constantly seek to improve their work by editing/ evaluating and starting again as necessary
Gain knowledge and understanding of significant movements in art history from stone age to present day and the associated artists
Art and Design leads: Mrs Paulette West & Mrs Lisa Farrington
At Rushall we have high expectations of our children and take care that they are not over supported when they are taught art. The following things are fundamental to our teaching of art:
The process is as important as the outcome
Children need time and space to experiment and explore
Art work needs to have a meaningful purpose for the children
The children’s ideas should be nurtured and developed
An individual response is always encouraged
Children will:
apply skills learned in a broad range of disciplines including drawing, painting, printmaking and textiles, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media to achieve desired effect
use sketchbooks, journals and technology for independent research / formation of ideas, making notes and sketches, taking photographs to use in their work
use their knowledge and skills to select which medium and materials to work with according to their intentions and plans
seek to improve their work by editing/evaluating starting again as necessary
have a sound knowledge and understanding of significant movements in art history from stone age to present day and the associated artists
Art History
In Key Stage 1 children will learn about significant artists and links will be made where possible to their practical work. In Key Stage 2 this knowledge will be built on as children begin our art history curriculum, learning about significant movements in art in chronological order from the stone age to present day contemporary art.