Art and Design

Art Intention:

Guided with the National Curriculum, Bozeat’s Art and Design curriculum sets out Believe, Achieve, Succeed for our pupils. Children are taught the knowledge, skills and techniques that enable them to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. Our class topic learning is enhanced through linking the art curriculum wherever possible and this allows children to make meaningful connections across the curriculum areas. Children of Bozeat are exposed to a range of Art and Design, genres, styles and culturally and ethnically diverse art and artists.

Progression in skills and techniques are in-built and all children are given opportunities to develop at their own pace whilst they gain a knowledge of skills in which they can express their ideas and experiences.

Art Implementation:

The children have allocated art lesson time and specific ‘art topic half terms’ in which they are taught different skills and styles which are based on one key artist that the children discuss and learn about. The key artwork inspires the children’s practical work too, through the concept, medium and subject matter.

Progression is built in across all year groups and skills and media are often revised as the children move up the school.

Each child has a sketch book that moves up through the year groups with them; an excellent way to see the child’s art journey from Year 1- Year 6. In these sketch books, the children produce work where they can explore and experiment with skills and techniques, develop and plan their ideas and respond to other art work or other artists. Children produce final pieces of art work/outcomes that are displayed around the school/on display boards or kept in sketch books. The teacher does not ‘mark’ the sketchbook but assessment is carried out formatively via book looks and pupil voice by the Subject Lead, and there is an emphasis on self and peer assessment methods.