Art
By the end of Year 6, we want children at Oughtibridge Primary school to be able to understand the concepts below and to be able to answer these key questions about them.
Personal response – How does a piece of art make me feel?
Culture – What can we learn about different cultures and their beliefs from how they expressed themselves?
History – What does this piece of art tell us about the wider world?
Expression – How have artists shown how they feel through art and how can we communicate our thoughts and feelings?
Artistic Process – How do artists generate ideas, refine their work and make improvements to create a finished piece?
Techniques – What different styles do artists use and how do we use different materials effectively?
These skills are developed through art as children are given opportunities to master skills correctly, explore the artwork of famous artists and designers, experiment, evaluate and improve their art work.
Art is an important part of our day to day lives and it is essential that children recognise art as being an important subject within our school. The teaching of Art enables children to make meaningful cross curricular links with other subjects. Through studying art, children gain an understanding of the social and economic context of the world. This includes developing an understanding of art in different historical periods and in different geographical locations. This in turn allows children to reflect on and evaluate art in both the present and the past. Art gives children the opportunity to work and think both as individuals and as part of a team, which helps them develop and learn while demonstrating our key values of the school.
Would you like to know more about Art and Design at Oughtibridge Primary School?
If you would like to see the topics we cover in Art, please download our Art Long Term Plan.
You can find out more about the specific way provision in Foundation Stage 2 links into the subject by reading about objectives that children access in Art in the Foundation Stage.
You may also wish to find out more about how children make progress across the school by reading our Art Progression Grid which explains the knowledge and skills we expect a typical child to demonstrate at the end of each year linked the concepts above. We also aim to develop knowledge and skills within certain disciplines within Art and Design and these are detailed in our Artistic Disciplines Progression Grid.