Art and Design gives children the opportunity to convey their feelings, thoughts and ideas and to stimulate creativity and imagination. It provides visual, tactile and sensory experiences and a unique way of understanding and responding to the world.
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- To promote self-esteem and individual creativity, through providing positive feed back and encouragement.
- To promote pupil?s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through Art and Design.
- To include Art and Design within the whole curriculum.
- To teach children to appreciate and enjoy the many aspects within Art and Design.
- To teach children to explore ideas and meanings in the work of artists, craftspeople and designers.
- To teach children to learn about the diverse roles and functions of art, craft and design in contemporary life and in different times and cultures.
- To teach children to work collaboratively, solve problems, experiment and to communicate their ideas.
- To teach children to use skills, different materials and processes to communicate what they see, feel and think.
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Art and Design is taught as part of a topic-based curriculum. Over the school year Art and Design should be taught for the equivalent of a minimum of one hour every week.
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Teachers will spend some part of the art session actively teaching skills and/or promoting knowledge and understanding. Pupils will be given opportunities to explore and develop ideas, to investigate and make art, craft and design, and to evaluate and develop their work.
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The Art and Design scheme of work is encompassed within the topic-based curriculum and integrated with other subjects. Specific Art skills teaching points are also highlighted in the medium term plans to aid teachers with planning on a weekly basis.
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All children have the right to access the full art and design curriculum. Teachers are aware that pupils bring to school different experiences, interests and strengths, which will influence the way in which they learn. Care shall be taken that the artwork studied provides a balance of cultural and social representation. Teachers will promote the understanding that although artists throughout history are predominately male, there are many female artists. Stereotypical views will be challenged and pupils need to learn to appreciate and view positively differences in others, whether arising from race, gender, ability or disability.
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A basic store of art resources is stored in the art area of each classroom and additional stock is kept in the central art cupboard.
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From Reception through until Year 6, each child will complete an observational drawing each half term relating to their topic. These will be clearly labelled with the date and year group. Expectations for the year group are identified in the scheme of work for the topic and pupil progress will be recorded annually in the end of year report.
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The co-ordinator will monitor and evaluate through observation, discussion and perusal of planning.
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Children will be taught to take care when handling sharp cutting implements and when using any heated procedures (for example, Batik.)
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