At The Abbey Primary School, we value Art as an important aspect of a rich and balanced curriculum. As a school, we take inspiration from Kapow to ensure we teach a broad and deep curriculum that allows our pupils to gain the appropriate knowledge and skills at each stage in their primary school journey.
We believe that by teaching high quality Art lessons, children will gain the confidence to express themselves artistically as well as gain the knowledge and understanding to better their artistic skills as they grow within our primary school. Additionally, our Art curriculum ensures that pupils are exposed to a diverse range of artists and encourages local artist studies and educational visits whenever possible.
Overall, the intent of our Art curriculum is to deliver a curriculum which is accessible to all and that will maximise the outcomes for every child so that they are able to:
- Discover Art as a form of self-expression.
- Become more skilled in all areas of art, craft and design as they progress through each year group.
- Create their own art work, exploring ideas and recording experiences.
- Understand Art as a distinct subject (to ensure rigorous teaching of skills) as well as having many cross curricular links.
- Understand how Art has shaped our history and culture.
- Become familiar with the work of several historically famous and present-day artists from a variety of backgrounds to reflect the diversity of our school.
- Be able to analyse and evaluate the work of artists and realise its wider impact on the world.
