Our approach to the Art & Design curriculum is taught through units of work which are carefully planned by subject leaders. The Art & design curriculum is delivered through discrete lessons and our approach is underpinned by the HCAT accelerated learning approach to teaching and learning.
The key concepts, principles and themes have been developed from the National Curriculum into a range of progressive knowledge and skills through which the children are helped to grow and develop to succeed in 21st century Britain and ensure children learn more and remember more. Our progressive document is split into 3 essential sections and shows the progression from transition (EYFS) to KS2, these are: drawing, painting and 3D sculptures. In addition to this, we have two additional optional curriculum excellence strands of photography and printing.
The Art and Design curriculum we offer is designed to meet the needs of all our pupils. It is rich, varied, imaginative, ambitious and meets the needs of individual learners including adaptions for pupils with additional needs
At WGPS, we aim for our children to progress by building on their knowledge and skills year upon year. We want children to progress by building on their knowledge and skills each year. We believe that children should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation. Our progressive documents reflect this and support our teachers to deliver appropriate lessons for the children they teach.
The Accelerated Learning Cycle, based on the work of Alastair Smith, is applied in all lessons. It stems from the idea of a supportive and challenging learning environment. The cycle has active engagement through multi- sensory learning, encourages the demonstrating understanding of learning in a variety of ways and the consolidation of knowing.
A gather, skills, apply approach to planning and delivery of lessons is taken across school to ensure children develop a deep understanding of specific skills and are able to apply these in a range of situations. This ensures that children learn how to work like an artist as well as acquiring the relevant knowledge and skills to be able to achieve this successfully.
Formative assessment is ongoing throughout each lesson. It judges progress and enables teachers to make flexible adaptions to their planned teaching.
Through this regular ongoing assessment, tasks are matched to the ability of each child through differentiated activities, adult support, providing a level of challenge that is stimulating for pupils and questioning skills.
INSIGHT is used as a summative assessment to assess foundation subjects. The curriculum is regularly reviewed to identify any gaps or misconceptions to be addressed or passed onto the following teacher.
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