Cherrywood Community Primary School
Art
At Cherrywood we develop a love for Art by motivating and challenging children through our carefully sequenced curriculum. By equipping children with the knowledge and skills to participate in, experiment with, invent and create their own works of art, they are given opportunities to increase their cultural capital. Children take inspiration from a range of artists and designers and are able to confidently critique their own work and use it to build resilience and a love for the subject.
Our aim is for all of our children to become deeply engaged in this subject by giving them regular opportunities to experience a diverse range of visual art, and actively explore and invent using media and materials, with enjoyment, confidence and developing mastery. Cherrywood’s Art curriculum is underpinned by the following threads; drawing, painting and sculpture. Through these concepts, children develop and build upon key skills throughout their journey through school. We believe Art and design is an essential and integral part of our children’s education and entitlement to a balanced curriculum. We value every child as a creative learner from when they start with us in EYFS, to when they leave at the end of KS2.
| Drawing | Sculpture | Painting |
Year R | Basic skills pencils, scissors PD. Self portraits Plants Places around school | Diwali lamps Fairytale castle Life cycles (natural) | Fireworks Butterflies/Minibeasts Finger prints colour mixing |
Year 1 | Teddy bears – exploring lines, tone, patterns Bridget Riley | Natural Art – 3D, shapes, carving. Andrew Goldsworthy | Seascape – tints, tones, primary and Monet |
Year 2 | Local environment - exploring lines, tone, patterns Paul Nash | Houses – clay, techniques rolling, moulding, carving.
| Painting the Galaxy- Wassily Kandinsky |
Year 3 | Cave drawing – charcoal, pastels – shading, simple perspective. Grayson Perry | Roman masks – clay/painting Thomas Houseago | Painting the Weather – Brush techniques, primary/secondary colour/hues/texture Katsushika Hokusai |
Year 4 | European landmarks – perspective, using different pencils Stephen Wiltshire | Mayan masks - Wire covered in material and painted. Making armatures. Robin Wight | Pop Art Viking shields – Tones expressing mood Andy Warhol |
Year 5 | Rainforest – pastels – dark/light Abel Rodriguez | Abstract inventions – armature and clay. Barbara Hepworth | Egyptian Head dress – different techniques, patterns, texture and tone. Aala Awad |
Year 6 | Plants – lines, tone and printing William Morris | Greek Vases – papier mache/Mixed media their choice. V&A museum for research. | Hear my Voice – mood and personal style Pablo Picasso |