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At Goose Green, we believe that children are naturally creative, and we seek to nurture this instinct through our teaching of Art, Craft and Design. Through our engaging and diverse curriculum, children are given the opportunity to think, respond and create, and to develop their own voice, inspired by a wide range of artists, craftspeople and architects from all eras and backgrounds.
We give our children the opportunity to experience a huge variety of exciting materials and processes through hands-on exploration. They are encouraged to experiment, to test and to make choices, reflecting continuously on their experience as they develop their skills to create high quality pieces of art.
We aim to equip our children with the knowledge and skills to explore, make, invent and take risks in their creative journey. Through learning art, craft and design, our pupils learn to respect their own and others’ creative decisions and to become curious about the wider world around them. Above all, we want our children to enjoy the subject, and develop a positive, life-long relationship with it. They will understand and appreciate the inclusivity of Art in all its forms and recognise its (and their own) potential to change their world.
How do children learn Art & Design at Goose Green?
Art, Craft and Design is taught discretely every week by a specialist Art Teacher. It is also embedded in classroom practice, with opportunities to revisit and develop knowledge, skills and processes.
We teach a creative and skills-based curriculum, including (but not limited to) the disciplines of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, 3D Making, Collage and Textiles. The progression of skills and knowledge has been carefully sequenced by our specialist teacher. We teach and develop vocabulary, enabling the children to talk confidently about their personal creative journey, as well as of their own and others’ Art, Craft and Design work.
We revisit disciplines and skills to deepen children’s understanding and build on previous learning. We encourage an open-ended, discovery approach to the exploration of materials and creation of artwork to develop our pupils as creative and free-thinking individuals.
We appreciate that each child’s creative journey will be unique to them and we want them to feel ownership of this. We use sketchbooks to help develop and record this personal journey, teaching them the skills to explore, reflect, create and learn from their experiences with increasing independence.
We expose our children to a diverse range of artists, craftspeople, architects and designers from all time periods and cultures, fostering an appreciation of the inclusivity of Art, Craft and Design and its potential as a force for change.
We celebrate children’s effort, progress and achievement through school displays, social media posts, entry and display in local competitions and at our annual Arts Exhibition.
We enrich children’s cultural capital (their breadth of knowledge and experience of art, craft and design) through the inclusion of immersive activities, trips to galleries and museums, workshops, whole school projects, and visitors to the school.
How do we know what children have learned?
- Questioning
- Pupil Learning Reviews
- Talking to teachers
- Learning walks
- Quizzing and retrieval practice
- Feedback and marking
- Progress in sketchbooks matches the curriculum intent
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