Art and Design
We actively encourage the children at Hanley St Luke’s to develop artistic awareness and acquire skills, knowledge and understanding to express individual ideas. Teaching ensures that children have the opportunity to develop a range of skills through the creative curriculum.
Teaching and Learning of Art:
- Enable children to develop ideas
- Allow children to explore and master techniques.
- Develop children’s knowledge of great artists and allow them to draw on this knowledge for inspiration.
- Enable children to express their emotions, interpret observations, convey insights and accentuate their individuality.
- Nurture every child’s ability to draw confidently and adventurously
- Develop children’s capacity for imaginative and original thought and to try out ideas without the fear of failing. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in art!
- Nurture each child’s Independence, initiative and originality which they can use to develop their creativity.
- Ensure children have the ability to reflect on, analyse and critically evaluate their own work and that of others.
- Help children to select and use materials, processes and techniques skilfully and inventively to realise intentions and capitalise on the unexpected.
- Enable children to develop an impressive knowledge and understanding of other artists, craft makers and designers.
- Support and challenge children with special educational needs and those who are gifted and talented. By working in the following ways we will meet our aims:
- Ensuring skills are clear in medium term planning.
- Ensuring Success Criteria is shared with the children and reflected on.
- Ensuring Equal Opportunity.
- The gradual introduction of a range of materials and techniques and ensure time for exploration.
- Introducing sketch books at Key Stage 2 to plan, explore and evaluate work as appropriate to the individual. At Key Stage 1 Teachers will keep a record of pieces of work that show progression in topic books or individual artworks.
- Establishing an environment and atmosphere in which creativity and experimentation during the making process are as valuable as the end product.
- Using memory and imagination as starting points as well as developing work from direct observation.
- Allowing children time to reflect and talk about their work and to verbalise and make changes as they see fit. o Show clear progression of skills throughout the school journey.
Here are some useful websites to support art and design. Please speak to your child's class teacher for more information.