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Art

Art Intent 

At Martley CE Primary School, our Art curriculum is designed to inspire, challenge and nurture every child through a rich and meaningful creative journey. Rooted in our core values of compassion, creativity, courage, commitment and co-operation, our intent is to ensure that all pupils see themselves as artists, capable of expressing ideas, emotions and beliefs through visual language.

We intend for our Art curriculum to:

  • Foster Creativity by providing opportunities for imaginative exploration, experimentation and self-expression through a wide range of media, techniques and styles.
  • Develop Courage by encouraging children to take risks, embrace mistakes as part of the artistic process and confidently share their ideas and outcomes.
  • Promote Commitment through sustained practice, reflection and refinement of skills, enabling pupils to take pride in their progress and perseverance.
  • Encourage Co-operation by creating opportunities for collaborative projects where children learn from one another, value different perspectives and work together towards shared creative goals.
  • Embed Compassion by exploring art from diverse cultures, times and viewpoints, helping pupils to understand and respect the experiences and expressions of others.

Through engagement with artists, both past and present, pupils develop not only technical skills but also empathy, resilience and confidence. Our curriculum ensures progression in knowledge and skills while nurturing a lifelong appreciation of art as a powerful form of communication and connection.

Ultimately, we aim for every child to leave Martley with the courage to create and express, and the compassion to understand the world through art and to flourish as creative individuals and make the best of their God-given talents.

 

Art Implementation

At Martley, our art curriculum follows the 2014 National Curriculum. This is supported by a clear and descriptive progression of skills map for each year group. We use the National Curriculum 2014 to design and implement our art lessons. This ensures that foundational art knowledge is introduced from the Early Years curriculum and is built on year-by-year. Each year group will learn more about drawing, painting and sculpture, over half-termly units. Our curriculum is designed to ensure the children experience a range of art and artists: modern, traditional and contemporary. Using modelled vocabulary, children will learn to discuss how art has been created, what methods, media and techniques have been used and they will be encouraged to offer their interpretations and opinions on it. The curriculum covers a range of substantive knowledge (practical knowledge of how we make art, the methods, techniques and media), theoretical knowledge (knowledge of art and its history) and disciplinary knowledge (paradigms of art , such as modern, traditional and contemporary).