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Art at FPJS

At FPJS we value Art, Craft and Design as a fundamental part of every child’s development. Our carefully created art and design curriculum should engage, inspire and challenge all pupils and encourage in them a love for Art in all its forms. Pupils should be equipped with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design in an encouraging and safe environment, where pupils feel that their work can be evaluated in a constructive and supportive way. As pupils progress through the Key Stages, they will build on their understanding of art and design and discover how these have shaped the history and cultures of the world around us. We intend to deliver an all-inclusive approach that allows all pupils to feel that they are an artist. 

 

How we teach Art at FPJS

The art progression maps are key documents, which outline how each topic taught in our curriculum allows progression within each of the 11 elements of design and key fundamentals of art.  Based on these progression maps, we have created a Red Grid for Art, where the "Sticky Knowledge" refers to the key knowledge that we believe children should know after each topic. This knowledge is built upon, brought back into the working memory and recapped through the subsequent topics and over the
years, sometimes even through different subjects. The breadth of knowledge is vast and so the sticky knowledge is what we feel would most benefit pupils’ enjoyment and understanding of art through their KS2 journey and best prepare them for art in KS3.
As part of each lesson and our Solid Six weekly recall, pupils at FPJS continually recap their previous learning to ensure an excellent depth of understanding.


The planned units of work across the year groups ensure children make progress and gain fluency in skills and techniques within specific areas of art, craft and design, thus giving them the confidence to subsequently explore creatively; the aim is for pupils to
use the taught knowledge, skills and techniques to create something new, authentic and unique.  By the end of each unit pupils will aim to use the skills and techniques honed over the weeks alongside the knowledge of and inspiration from artists, their works and
different contexts to create their own unique final piece. No two pieces are intended to look identical as each individual directs their own piece, including planning and designing their own composition for it. This way, at FPJS we can celebrate the exciting
variety in artistic outcomes.


Children also learn to critically evaluate their own work, that of artists and of their peers in a supportive and open-minded way. They will begin discussions in year 3 around reasons for likes and dislikes and by year 6, pupils will have developed the language to explain reasons for the choices they have made regarding composition, colour or shape for instance. They will also be encouraged to share the feelings, emotions, thoughts and messages that a piece of artwork may provoke.
 

Children will have opportunities to use a variety of media through their journey in Art at FPJS. They will also be exposed to a variety of key and influential artists from around the world and discover important artistic movements such as impressionism, pointillism, pop art and symbolism for example. Artists have also been also chosen to show diversity and to show that art can be a tool used by anyone to express themselves; pupils learn that for some, art can be an important therapeutic and healing journey.

FPJS Art Curriculum

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