Art

Intent

Our aims at Mundy Junior School are:

• To ensure all children experience a high-quality art and design curriculum.

• Teach high quality art sessions that inspire and engage children to develop a love of art, increase their self-confidence, creativity and a sense of achievement as artists.
• To develop an appreciation for the Arts and learn about famous artists locally, nationally and globally.
• Develop specific skills, knowledge and understanding to work with a variety of media.
• To enable all children to use their creative imagination to construct their own pieces individually, in pairs or within a small group.

Implementation

The children of Mundy Junior School will be able to:

• Learn about an artist and discuss their work evaluatively;
• Develop their artistic skills and vocabulary through receiving high quality teaching using planning that has ensured consistency and progression across the school;
• Be taught skills discretely with opportunities to refine and revisit before a piece of artwork is produced;
• Use the “Art and DT Key Vocabulary” and “Art Progression of Skills” map in their sketchbook to assess against at the end of most sessions.

Impact

• Children master a range of art skills across different media.
• Experiences provided to copy, adapt and create own pieces inspired by an artist’s work from the today or the past, from other cultures and countries.
•  Children are given opportunities to present their work to their peers, other classes, parents, carers and the wider community.
• Children are given opportunities to attend art club after school and enter art competitions locally and nationally.