Art & Design

Intent - Art and Design

A high-quality Art and Design curriculum should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. As pupils progress, they should
be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.

Aims of the Art and Design Curriculum:

Produce creative work, exploring ideas and recording 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 art forms

Implementation

Teachers work collaboratively to plan Art and Design using the learning journey planning format (Appendix 2). Art and Design is planned using progression maps
to ensure teaching is designed to help learners to remember, in the long term, the content they have been taught and to integrate new knowledge into larger concepts.

For the wider curriculum, we block learning and re-visit practice over time through a spaced practise approach (Learning Scientists, 2016) as research suggests this will lead to better long-term retention of knowledge.

Impact

Assessing Progress

Formative Assessment

Pupils’ progress will be assessed using regular formative assessment in lessons through strategies such as questioning, regular retrieval practice, quizzing, independent learning tasks and assessment of work in sketch books and feedback.

Each learning journey block will be assessed formatively through the use of a knowledge-based quiz and/or a high-quality independent piece of art. Teachers will use this assessment to provide further feedback or re-teach concepts where necessary to close gaps and ensure pupils have mastered the curriculum content at that point.

Assessing long-term learning

Skills will be sequentially re-visited and built upon due to the coherently planned

and sequenced progression mapping across the school.

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