Art

At The Oaks we strive for all our children to master art and design to such an extent that they are prepared and inspired to go into future careers within this area. Our art curriculum is ambitious and broad,  building on the requirements of the National Curriculum in an engaging, memorable and coherent way which fires children’s imagination and develops their personal expression.  The art curriculum is designed to develop children’s knowledge and skills through the following threads: drawing, painting and mixed media, sculpture and 3D and craft and design. Within these threads, children will be exposed to making, generating ideas, formal elements, knowledge of artists and evaluation. These are all taught in a progressive way throughout the school which inspires, motivates and challenges the children. 

We strive for our children to become:

• articulate by sharing their views and opinions on their own and other artists’ work. 

• independent thinkers by having their own ideas whilst creating, producing and evaluating artwork. 

• believe in themselves as everyone is an artist in their own unique way.

• resilient by learning through their exploration, mistakes and believing in themselves to overcome challenges they face within their artwork.

• reflective by planning, using their prior experiences, monitoring and evaluating their own and others learning.

We aspire for all of our children  to live and thrive as good people in a culturally and ethnically diverse modern Britain. We support this through our art curriculum by teaching children about a diverse range of artists from around the world and equipping them with essential art knowledge and skills. 

We strive for children to acquire an interconnected body of knowledge as well as to become excellent learners. We relentlessly strive to develop teaching and learning to ensure that our curriculum reflects and is adapted based on the needs of the children. We strongly believe that all can succeed and no limits are put on learning.

At the Oaks we use the Kapow’s art scheme of work but adapt and personalise where needed to provide a broad and balanced art and design curriculum https://www.kapowprimary.com

For further information please email admin@theoaksprimary.co.uk FAO Mrs Phillips