Art, Design Technology and Music

Art and Design Curriculum Information

Intent  

Our art and design curriculum is designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum whilst supporting the needs of  our pupils who may lack experience of working with different materials and be daunted by the prospect of giving personal opinions on artists’ work.  Planning for each year group is focused on developing skills in drawing, painting and sculpture ensuring small step progression from Years 1-6 in each area using a range of media inspired by the work of male and female artists from different cultures and time periods. Pupils study key aspects of an artist's style and technique and are given time to practise and embed specific skills before using these in their own final pieces. Pupils are supported to reflect upon, respond to and evaluate both their own work and the work of others.  

Implementation 

National Curriculum expectations in Art and Design:

KS1:  Pupils should be taught:  to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products  to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination  to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space  about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.

KS2: Pupils should be taught to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design. Pupils should be taught:  to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas  to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay],  about great artists, architects and designers in history.

Design Technology

Intent

Our Design Technology curriculum encourages students to plan, create, and evaluate their work, fostering creativity, problem-solving, and technical skills.   Our intent is: 

• to use creativity and imagination, to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. 

• for all children to acquire appropriate subject knowledge, skills and understanding as set out in the National Curriculum. 

• to create strong cross curricular links with other subjects, such as Mathematics, Science, Computing, and Art. 

• to ensure Design and Technology prepares our children, to give them the opportunities, to build resilience, give them responsibilities and experiences they need to be successful in later life.

Implementation

This is implemented through:

• A well thought out, whole school, yearly overview of the DT curriculum which allows for progression across year groups in all areas of DT (textiles, mechanisms, structures, food and electrical systems) 

• Well planned and resourced projects providing children with a hands-on and enriching experience 

• A range of skills being taught ensuring that children are aware of health and safety issues related to the tasks undertaken 

•  Teachers being given ownership and flexibility to plan for Design and Technology; often teaching DT as a block of lessons to allow the time needed for the children to be critical, inventive and reflective on their work. 

• Each project from Year 1 to Year 6 addressing the principles of designing, making, and evaluating and incorporating relevant technical knowledge and understanding in relevant contexts. 

•  Pupils being introduced to specific designers, chefs and nutritionists helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement and increase the cultural capital from which they can draw in the future. 

 As a school, we promote Design and Technology in the wider school through weekly gardening sessions. Where the children learn about where our food comes from and the importance of a balanced, healthy and varied diet and how to prepare this. We have gardening plots at the school and the children learn how to grow,  harvest and sometimes cook food. 

Music

Intent 

We have designed our Music curriculum so that our learners:

• Develop a passion for music, in which pupils learn to appreciate music and develop a life-long love of music;

• Develop their skills, knowledge and understanding, to enable them to be become confident performers, composers and listeners;

• Are introduced to a variety of genres of music from around the world and across generations, recognising the multicultural nature of our school and how we use music as a medium to explore and appreciate British and other cultures;

• Develop their musical skills through singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, composing music and responding to music that they listen to;

• Our objective at Collingwood is to develop a curiosity for the subject, as well as an understanding and acceptance of the validity and importance of all types of music, and an unbiased respect for the role that music may wish to be expressed in any person’s life;

• Develop transferable skills which are key in their development as learners and have a wider application in their lives both inside and outside of school e.g: team-working, leadership, creative thinking, decision-making and performance skills.