Art

Powerful Knowledge in Art

Powerful knowledge in Art is achieved through:

• Understanding the unique qualities of different materials and processes, and being able to exploit these within practical work.
• Engaging with the contemporary in Art, and in doing so, seeing beyond the analytical and realistic, and exploring the conceptual.
• Knowing how to question visual language and support opinions with credible examples
• Developing an understanding of the main Art theories
• Making connections between art movements and historical/cultural events
• Exploring key art pieces and developing skills in analysing and expressing opinions using artistic terminology and vocabulary

Curriculum Features

• To develop the use of visual language by seeing, understanding, questioning and practising
• To develop confidence in oracy and rhetoric, while forming opinions and an understanding of Art and Design throughout history and in today’s society
• The Art curriculum is critical and contextual at its core. Artists, craftspeople and designers are used to underpin practical tasks to support, develop and allow students to question
• To investigate ideas through visual language
• To explore techniques, materials and ideas
• To develop the ability to draw

Co Curriculum Enrichment

Art links with History, English Literature, MFL, Geography, Design & Technology, and Beliefs & Values, underpin many of the curriculum projects.

Cultural links define many projects and literature is often a key feature.