Art In the Art Department at St Peter's 8-13 we aim to provide a stimulating, broad based curriculum geared towards the confident and aspiring artist as well as the less assured. In providing a wide range of possibilities in media and projects, we aim to open up art to all of our pupils, catering for all interests, disciplines and abilities. Over the years pupils may explore (in addition to the more traditional curriculum of drawing and painting), printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, textiles. The curriculum framework allows for adaptations in the expression of particular disciplines year on year, responding to the needs and interests of pupils as well as the influences of what is happening in the art world and the world around us. Our curriculum is devised so that year on year pupils will tackle projects which are incrementally more challenging and which build on previous learning, knowledge and experience. Pupils can then choose to develop the work in a more individual and creative way to reflect their interests. Pupils generally work individually, but there are opportunities for collaboration in small groups and, on occasion, as a whole class. We aim to provide an environment where all pupils feel valued for the work they produce and for their thoughts and opinions on artistic endeavour. We pride ourselves on building confident learners, who have assurance in the practical expression of their ideas, and who are able to express themselves in two and three dimensions as well as to evaluate it verbally; pupils who can talk about their own work and that of others, as well as expressing their opinions on the work of established artists.
The following outline gives a flavour of the sorts of things that may be explored. Year
J1
Project
Key skills/materials
Colour Circle and theory –chromatic scale
Colour mixing and control and application of paint
Creating Form – chalk balls
Light and shade – contrast; control of media
Vikings/Anglo Saxons (History link) Costume Viking long boat ‘Viking’ brooch
Textile collage with print Watercolour and permanent marker Clay, acrylic and print
Artist Study – Henri Matisse paper cuts
Free cut collage
