Art

Art and Design

At Homer First School and Nursery, Art and Design is taught progressively with much emphasis on creativity, experimentation and exploration. Giving pupils the opportunity to explore a range of media and materials and use their imaginations to invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.

They are equipped with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create and as they progress should be able to think critically and know how art and design has shaped our history and culture.

Aims

The national curriculum for art and design aims to ensure that all pupils:

• produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences
• become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
• evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
• know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.

Art is taught weekly across a 2-year rolling cycle due to our mixed age classes and it is closely linked with other areas of the curriculum such as Geography, History and Science. For example, when Year 1 & 2 study The Great Fire of London in History they design and make Tudor Houses from clay and other materials. When Years 3 & 4 learn about Egyptians in History, they make and design their own Egyptian scrolls or collars using a mixture of media.

The Art curriculum is closely integrated with our Design & Technology curriculum. Both subjects are taught on a termly basis over a two-year rolling cycle, accommodating our mixed-age classes.