Art

Statement of Intent, Implementation and Impact 

From The National Curriculum in England – framework document 2013 Purpose of study  

“Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.” 

Curriculum Intent 

At Newker Primary School, the intent is to deliver the National Curriculum through high quality teaching of Art and Design. As a school, we have chosen to use a published scheme, Kapow Art and Design Scheme of Work to teach the Art and Design Curriculum in Key Stage 1 and 2. Kapow Art and Design Scheme of work enables our teachers to deliver creative, inspiring and engaging lessons and provides for progression in skills and knowledge.  

Curriculum Implementation 

At Newker Primary School, we have an art curriculum that is progressive across the whole school.  

In the Foundation Stage, pupils explore and use a variety of media and materials through a combination of child initiated and adult directed activities. They have opportunities to learn to: 

• Explore the textures, movement, feel and look of different media and materials 

• Respond to a range of media and materials, develop their understanding of them in 

• order to manipulate and create different effects. 

• Use different media and materials to express their own ideas 

• Explore colour and use for a particular purpose 

• Develop skills to use simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately 

• Select appropriate media and techniques and adapt their work where necessary 

In Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 we use the Kapow Art revised scheme of work which is designed with five strands that run throughout. These are: 

• Generating ideas
• Using sketchbooks
• Making skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour)
• Knowledge of artists
• Evaluating and analysing

Units of lessons are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes. We carry out one hour of art each week over a half term. We complete 1 unit of art each term, alternating with Design and Technology. The formal elements, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Units are organised into four core areas (each year group will complete 3 units, see Long term plan for overview): 

• Drawing
• Painting and mixed-media
• Sculpture and 3D 
• Craft and design

Our National curriculum mapping shows which of our units cover each of the National curriculum attainment targets as well as each of the strands. 

Our Progression of knowledge and skills shows the skills that are taught within each year group and how these skills develop to ensure that attainment targets are securely met by the end of each key stage. 

Our units fully scaffold and support essential and age appropriate, sequenced learning, and are flexible enough to be adapted to form cross-curricular links with your own school’s curriculum. Creativity and independent outcomes are robustly embedded into our units, supporting students in learning how to make their own creative choices and decisions, so that their art outcomes, whilst still being knowledge-rich, are unique to the pupil and personal. 

Lessons are always practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning with pupils using sketchbooks to document their ideas. Differentiated guidance is available for every lesson to ensure that lessons can be accessed and enjoyed by all pupils and opportunities to stretch pupils’ learning are available when required. Knowledge organisers for each unit support pupils by providing a highly visual record of the key knowledge and techniques learned, encouraging recall of skills processes, key facts and vocabulary. 

Kapow Primary supports teachers who may lack confidence in their own artistic abilities. Pupil videos created by subject specialists help pupils to see art techniques modelled by experts, to ensure the delivery of Art in your school is of the highest quality. Each unit of lessons includes multiple teacher videos to develop subject knowledge and support ongoing CPD. Kapow has been created with the understanding that many teachers do not feel confident delivering the full Art and design curriculum and every effort has been made to ensure that they feel supported to deliver lessons of a high standard that ensure pupil progression. 

During a school year we provide the children with opportunities to attend drawing and outdoor art clubs. We also engage in whole school art projects such as Shaun on the Tyne when they are available. 

Curriculum Impact 

Kapow Primary’s curriculum is designed in such a way that children are involved in evaluation, dialogue and decision making about the quality of their outcomes and the improvements they need to make. By taking part in our regular discussions and decision making processes, children will not only know facts and key information about art, but they will be able to talk confidently about their own learning journey, have higher metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to improve. 

The impact of Kapow Primary’s scheme can be constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities. Each lesson includes guidance to support teachers in assessing pupils against the learning objectives.  

After the implementation of Kapow Primary’s Art and design scheme, pupils should leave primary school equipped with a range of techniques and the confidence and creativity to form a strong foundation for their Art and design learning at Key Stage 3 and beyond. 

The expected impact of following the Kapow Primary Art and design scheme of work is that children  

will: 

★ Produce creative work, exploring and recording their ideas and experiences. 

★ Be proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques. 

★ Evaluate and analyse creative works using subject-specific language. 

★ Know about great artists and the historical and cultural development of their art. 

★ Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National curriculum for Art and design