Subject Intent:

Our art curriculum aims are to allow children to enjoy art and become proficient in drawing, exploring ideas, evaluating and analysing. Art and design is an entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum where children explore, create and record their experiences. We aim to engage, inspire and challenge pupils. They will know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation. Art lessons are progressive and aimed at end of year expectations and sessions are structured to promote creativity and critical thinking.

What does Art look like? Why do we do what we do in Art? How does our art curriculum reflect our school drivers?
Relevant	Art is meaningful and serves a purpose in preparing the children to channel their creativity in the future. They become proficient in design and expressing their ideas.
Resilience	Our children have a growth mindset in art and believe in their own ability. They achieve through their own self belief and know that mistakes can be turned into something creative.
Ready	Our children are taught skills which show progression. They are ready to learn.
Ambitious	The children have aspirations. They know that a creative mind can lead to a career in design.
Progressive	Art skills are built on year-on-year. Children make progress in art by building on previous skills and learning new skills.
Independent	Children tackle art tasks independently. They know that their sketch books are for trial and error and to make improvements independently.
Inclusive	We have high aspirations for all. We believe, achieve and succeed. Creativity is inclusive through a carefully crafted curriculum. The children take ownership of their work.

Implementation:

At Front Street, we teach the national curriculum which is based on the needs of the children, starting with fine motor skills in every year group.  We focus on learning key skills in drawing, colour and 3D which enables our children to have opportunities to communicate, develop, evaluate and apply an idea. These skills are progressive, show previous learning, current learning and future learning. As a school, we cover a range of innovators, designers, sculptors, painters and architects both male and female.

Impact:

Children leave Front Street with a love of art and the skills to equip them for a creative future.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunities:

All children can and will succeed in art. Where necessary, small tweaks are made to the delivery of lessons to enable the success of all learners. Our curriculum is fully inclusive and supports ranging needs and cultural diversity. At Front Street, in order to make art and design lessons inclusive, teachers anticipate barriers to learning for pupils with particular SEND. Teachers plan sequences of lessons which consider ways of minimising or reducing those barriers so that all pupils can access the curriculum. In some activities, modifications or adjustments are made to ensure all lessons inclusive. The aim in art is to scaffold ALL pupils (including those identified with SEND) towards independence, not dependence. Where there are cases when pupils are working significantly below their year group content, such pupils will be supported to access the art curriculum, based upon their needs (as identified on their learning plan or EHCP). We work in compliance with the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 to ensure our curriculum is accessible for pupils with SEND.

Awards and Quality Marks:

We currently hold silver Artsmark and are in the process of reaccrediting for Gold.

Here, you can find our Art Policy that will tell you more about the subject and how it is taught, monitored and assessed across school.

Documents – Art

Art Policies & Documents	Download
Art Policy	Download

Art Documents

Art Documents	Download
National Curriculum Programme of Study for art	Download
Art Curriculum at Front Street	Download
Art Curriculum Map	Download
New Art Policy 2022-23	Download