Every human is an artist
Don Miguel Ruiz
Our Art Principles
Pupils should:
- See themselves as artists
- Understand that art is subjective and is created to provoke thoughts, opinions and questions
- Develop the knowledge and skills to create original pieces of art, craft and design
- Develop a deep understanding of art and design by evaluating and analysing their pieces
- Use their sketchbooks to collect and generate ideas
- Know a range of artists and design genres
- Understand the place of art in history and that it can help us to understand different cultures
- Have opportunities to display their learning and celebrate their artistic outcomes
- Know the key knowledge and skills identified in each unit, so that they have a firm knowledge base to continue studying.
Our Art curriculum is mapped across the year groups in three forms: substantive knowledge, disciplinary knowledge and vocabulary.
- Substantive knowledge includes the teaching of artistic techniques and the seven formal elements of art. This is based on the knowledge specified in the National Curriculum.
- Disciplinary knowledge relates to how artists work to construct their understanding. Our aim is for pupils to learn more, do more and remember more.
- We teach vocabulary explicitly alongside the substantive and disciplinary concepts.