Subject Leader within the school is: Miss Payne

Art Rationale

At Kingsfield, we follow the Primary Knowledge Curriculum for art which is a knowledge-rich programme. Knowledge, in the realm of art, means knowledge not only of artists, designers, architects and their work, but of the artistic concepts that relate to their work shown in different types and styles of art, how these relate to each other in a historical context and how this affects the children's own use of materials and development of skills. The curriculum is designed to enable children to learn by making connections between the work of a diverse range of artists, architects and designers and their own work, which they evaluate and relate back to the works they have studied. This process is cyclical. Meaningful opportunities for self-expression and individual response are woven through the curriculum, giving children the opportunity to learn who they are as an artist.

Units of work in our curriculum focus on the different concepts in art and different types of art. In this context, concepts in art means the different elements of art (line, shape, colour, form, space, visual texture and tone), how an artist combines these elements and produces art in different styles, for example realistic or abstract art. Different types of art means the different media used to make art (e.g. sculpture, architecture or painting), different subject matter (e.g. portraits, landscapes or history painting) and different artistic movements, historical periods or geographical cultures (e.g. impressionism, Anglo-Saxon art and Chinese painting).

To see more detail about our art curriculum, please click on the link below:

Art Overview