Intent
The intent for Art at Sandown School is for children to feel engaged, inspired and challenged by providing them with the knowledge and skills to create their own works of art, craft and design. We want children to understand how art and design has shaped our history and culture. We aim for the children to have a life-long love of art and develop their self-confidence and sense of pride in their own achievements by allowing time for reflection and review.
The children should leave the school having become:
· increasingly confident in drawing, painting and sculpture techniques
· able to identify and talk about the work of great artists, craft makers, designers and architects
· able to discuss and annotate their work and ideas and make comparisons with that of artists
· confident to use the language of art, craft and design
Curriculum Overview
Read the content of our Art and Design curriculum for each year group.
For additional information about this subject, please contact the school office and ask to speak to the subject leader.
Materials
Throughout each year group, children explore a range of materials and learn how to use different tools and techniques to create their own artworks. Children will learn about the primary and secondary colours, tints and shades, and how colours can create moods and use materials such as paint, watercolours and pastels to experiment with these. At Sandown, the children also have the opportunity to work on their sculpting skills using a range of malleable materials including junk modelling, metal and clay. They learn to cut, sculpt, mould and add textures to their models.
Nature
Children will explore natural materials and loose parts, such as leaves, stones, shells, sticks and seeds, to create their own art pieces. Nature will be used as inspiration for creating art and the children will looking at patterns in nature, including in water, animal’s skin and flowers. In KS2, the children will also consider art as having an environmental message using recycled materials.
Significant People, artwork and movements
At Sandown, the children will be exposed to famous artists and artworks including Vincent van Gogh, LS Lowry, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Damien Hirst. They will learn how to describe, compare and contrast what they see in artworks and give their own opinions, as well as discuss the significance of art and specific movements from a range of times and cultures.
