INTENT:

At St Breward Primary School we aim to teach our children how to achieve our school values of Respect; Responsibility, Compassion and Curiosity while we inspire pupils and develop their confidence to experiment and invent their own works of art.
Our curriculum fully covers the National Curriculum and the National Society of Education in Art and Design’s progression competencies. 

We aim to inspire pupils through their exploration of famous artists and works that make them think and feel inspired.  

 

Implementation:

 

At St Breward School we use the Kapow Art revised scheme of work.  It is designed with 5 strands that run throughout.  These are:

• Generating ideas
• Using sketchbooks
• Making skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour)
• Knowledge of artists
• Evaluating and analysing

We’ve arranged our units to support our mixed age classes by teaching double units within a year.  This enables progression of key skills and knowledge within each genre.  The formal elements, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Units in each year group are organised into four core areas:

• Drawing
• Painting and mixed-media
• Sculpture and 3D
• Craft and design

Lessons are always practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning with pupils using sketchbooks to document their ideas. Lessons are designed so they can be accessed and enjoyed by all pupils and opportunities to stretch pupils’ learning are available when required.

 

ST BREWARD ART AND DESIGN UNITS

	Key Stage 1		Key Stage 2
Subject	Year A	Year B	Year A	Year B	Year C	Year D
Art   (KAPOW)   1st HALF of TERM	Drawing: Make Your Mark   Sculpture & 3D:  Paper Play   Drawing:  Tell a Story   Sculpture & 3D:  Clay Houses	Painting and Mix Media:  Colour Splash   Craft & Design: Woven Wonders   Painting and Mix Media:  Life in Colour   Craft & Design: Map it Out	Drawing: Growing Artists     Sculpture and 3D: Abstract Shape and Space   Drawing:  Power Prints    Sculpture and 3D: Mega Materials	Painting and Mix Media:  Prehistoric Painting   Craft & Design:  Ancient Egypt Scrolls   Painting and Mix Media:  Light and Dark   Craft & Design:  Fabric and Nature	Drawing: I Need Space   Sculpture and 3D: Interactive Installation   Drawing: Make My Voice Heard   Sculpture and 3D:  Making Memories	Painting and Mix Media: Portraits   Craft & Design: Architecture   Painting and Mix Media:  Artist Study   Craft & Design:  Photo Opportunity

 

Impact:

 

The curriculum is designed so that children are involved in evaluation, dialogue and decision-making about the quality of their outcomes and the improvements they need to make. By taking part in our regular discussions and decision-making processes, children will not only know facts and key information about art, but they will be able to talk confidently about their own learning journey, have higher metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to improve. The impact of Kapow Primary’s scheme can be constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities.

The expected impact of following the Kapow Primary Art and design scheme of work is that children will:

★ Produce creative work, exploring and recording their ideas and experiences.

★ Be proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques.

★ Evaluate and analyse creative works using subject-specific language.

★ Know about great artists and the historical and cultural development of their art.

★ Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National curriculum for Art and design.