Art
Welcome to the Art page.
Mrs Hickson leads Art throughout school.
‘Since a child, I have always been interested in Art.
My brother studied at Royal Art college and I loved watching him work.
At university, I majored in Art and did a four year degree, one of which was dedicated to Art study. I want to make the curriculum accessible to all and for children to develop a natural curiosity.
Art reflects the diversity of our nation and world allowing us to see the world through different lenses.’
Mrs Hickson
Our Art curriculum …
Engage, inspire and challenge children through a sequence of well-planned lessons.
Provide knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create own works of art.
To deepen knowledge from Early years to KS2 to achieve mastery of the subject.
Think critically and develop a rigorous understanding of techniques and a range of artists.
Know how art and design reflect and shape our history.
Know how art contributes to culture, creativity, our locality and the wealth of our nation.
Click the link below to access our Art Guarantee for all Sandylands children
Art Learning Pathway
Knowledge
Sequenced opportunity to revisit key art knowledge…
Substantive – facts about artists, movements and themes
Themes – for example … still life, landscape, cityscapes, nature (botanical drawings), people/ portraits, seascapes
Movements – for example – impressionisms, cubism, abstract expressionism
Procedural – development of techniques e.g impressionism
Procedural – for example – drawing, painting….
Click the link below to access our procedural knowledge overview document
https://e4j3pa4fqni.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Art-Procedural-knowledge-document.pdf
Disciplinary – How the children want to develop their ideas and thoughts into a composition.
For example – All children will work towards a composition to be displayed in a gallery.
Timetabling
Art is taught for a half hour to an hour each week.
Assessment
Children can…
- Talk about a range of artists, techniques and how they have influenced the work of the individuals
- Talk about the critical content of the individual unit.
- Talk about the themes
- Use artistic vocabulary
- Talk about how procedural knowledge has been effectively used to enhance the overall composition.
- Talk about their artistic thought process in terms of the choices they have made and why they have made them.
- Articulate what they wanted to portray to the viewer and talk about what they think is successful about their composition and what they would change/alter.
CPD for teachers
Our teachers are committed to continuing their own professional development too. Mrs Hickson has recently run a number of training sessions on leading sketching sessions in class as well as looking at teaching diversity through art – considering other cultures and styles from around the world.
Art Partnerships
Essential Entitlement
Artist – Jackson Pollock
We have completed our final art pieces in the style of artist, Jackson Pollock
Year 3 Watercolours
Year 3 have been using line, tone, shape and perspective to represent landscapes of Morecambe bay in an impressionist style.The children created a painting showing different effects/moods from use of brush and colour using watercolours.
Reception – Conkers!
Fun with conkers in Reception this week. Rolling, painting and making patterns with them!
Year 2 Mixing primary colours
Year 2 have been looking at the artist Paul Klee and been mixing primary colours to create abstract faces using one of his paintings as inspiration
Year 1 Jackson Pollock inspired Artwork
Here are some pictures of Year 1 creating a group piece outside using techniques inspired by Jackson Pollock. We poured, dropped, splashed, flicked, squeezed and had so much fun creating this masterpiece!
Paint Blowing
In Art, Year 1 have been learning about artist Jackson Pollock. This week, we were looking at different ways of using paint. We were dripping and then blowing the paint around.
Baylight 2024
A few photos of the recent Baylight event which took place over the half term holiday. It featured our amazing Sandylands Angel of the Bay (which made her first appearance at Sparkle fest before Christmas). Congratulations go to our fab Sandylands artists who, for the...
Clay
In Year 2, we have been learning to use clay to create funcitional forms. We have looked at the work of artists like Betty Woodman, to study how to manipulate clay including rolling, squashing and joining.