At St Helena’s C of E Primary School, we want to give everyone the opportunity to use the Arts discretely and in many areas of the curriculum, in the hope that it will unlock their creative and emotional potential. It ensures that all children develop creativity and knowledge of art through enduring challenge, developing their wisdom and confidence to experiment and create. They will engage with a variety of art forms, explore values, attitudes, feelings and meanings promoting a deep respect of these in others’ work. The whole school community will develop the ability to create, appreciate and make critical judgements about their own artworks and that of others. The children will show understanding and compassion to others as they work independently and collaboratively. Our art and design curriculum with ensure that children are able to develop an historical and cultural understanding of the importance and value of the Arts in our global society.

Our Art and Design curriculum is built around the AccessArt scheme of work (for Y1-Y6) and enhanced and personalised to meet the needs of all learners at St Helena’s. Enhancements and personalisation includes the use of adaptive teaching, links to the community and our locality and purposeful cross curricular links, which are planned and timely to support and strengthen learning. Arts and Design in EYFS is underpinned by the Expressive Arts and Design objectives as set out in our personalised EYFS Curriculum.

• The Art and Design long-term plan has been developed to ensure that art skills are well developed and revisited through our spiral curriculum to ensure a good coverage of skills over each phase of education.
• Lessons incorporate the study of artists, designers, craft makers and architects, as well as artistic movements (such as cubism) and works of art.
• Learning is pitched and scaffolded to enable all learners to be stretched and challenged.
• All pupils are given feedback during lessons to support them in developing their art skills further.
• In the EYFS, art activities are planned as part of adult-led learning when introducing new skills and linked provision is planned within learning through play to ensure all learners have opportunities to explore and rehearse these skills independently.
• Children’s learning in art is developed through their sketch books from Y1 to Y6.
• Assessment of skills and knowledge happens on a lesson by lesson basis and this information is used to inform future lessons and identify ‘high flyers’. Formative assessment will be made through questioning the children’s choices and decision making during the learning.
• Children will be encouraged to self-evaluate and reflect to develop the piece further.
• To inspire the next generation of artists, designers, craft makers and architects, local and wider career opportunities are celebrated and explored throughout school.
• Adults will never mark a young artist’s work but will always validate their best outcomes.
• Adults modelling the Arts process or skills will set the children up for success.
• Creativity is a fragile, personal process and should be nurtured and supported.

As a Year 6 artist transitioning to secondary school, we aspire that all learners will have developed a wide range of art skills and techniques; an appreciation and love for art; know about great artists, craft makers and designers and understand the historical and cultural development of different art forms. Art & Design Intent statement:

At St Helena’s C of E Primary School, we want to give everyone the opportunity to use the Arts discretely and in many areas of the curriculum, in the hope that it will unlock their creative and emotional potential. It ensures that all children develop creativity and knowledge of art through enduring challenge, developing their wisdom and confidence to experiment and create. They will engage with a variety of art forms, explore values, attitudes, feelings and meanings promoting a deep respect of these in others’ work. The whole school community will develop the ability to create, appreciate and make critical judgements about their own artworks and that of others. The children will show understanding and compassion to others as they work independently and collaboratively. Our art and design curriculum with ensure that children are able to develop an historical and cultural understanding of the importance and value of the Arts in our global society.

Our Art and Design curriculum is built around the AccessArt scheme of work (for Y1-Y6) and enhanced and personalised to meet the needs of all learners at St Helena’s. Enhancements and personalisation includes the use of adaptive teaching, links to the community and our locality and purposeful cross curricular links, which are planned and timely to support and strengthen learning. Arts and Design in EYFS is underpinned by the Expressive Arts and Design objectives as set out in our personalised EYFS Curriculum.

• The Art and Design long-term plan has been developed to ensure that art skills are well developed and revisited through our spiral curriculum to ensure a good coverage of skills over each phase of education.
• Lessons incorporate the study of artists, designers, craft makers and architects, as well as artistic movements (such as cubism) and works of art.
• Learning is pitched and scaffolded to enable all learners to be stretched and challenged.
• All pupils are given feedback during lessons to support them in developing their art skills further.
• In the EYFS, art activities are planned as part of adult-led learning when introducing new skills and linked provision is planned within learning through play to ensure all learners have opportunities to explore and rehearse these skills independently.
• Children’s learning in art is developed through their sketch books from Y1 to Y6.
• Assessment of skills and knowledge happens on a lesson by lesson basis and this information is used to inform future lessons and identify ‘high flyers’. Formative assessment will be made through questioning the children’s choices and decision making during the learning.
• Children will be encouraged to self-evaluate and reflect to develop the piece further.
• To inspire the next generation of artists, designers, craft makers and architects, local and wider career opportunities are celebrated and explored throughout school.
• Adults will never mark a young artist’s work but will always validate their best outcomes.
• Adults modelling the Arts process or skills will set the children up for success.
• Creativity is a fragile, personal process and should be nurtured and supported.

As a Year 6 artist transitioning to secondary school, we aspire that all learners will have developed a wide range of art skills and techniques; an appreciation and love for art; know about great artists, craft makers and designers and understand the historical and cultural development of different art forms.