St Peter's Church of England Junior School

Art

Subject Leader: Miss K Purewal

Our Intent 

At St Peter’s Church of England Junior School, we aim to encourage children to express themselves in a creative and imaginative manner allowing them to be curious, inspired and self-expressive. Children learn key skills of drawing, painting, printing, textiles and digital art.
Throughout our high-quality Art and Design education which follows the national curriculum, children are challenged to be reflective and evaluative of their work by thinking critically. From their starting points we aim for all children to access Art and Design at St Peter’s C of E Junior School. This will provide the foundations needed to support the transition into secondary school and beyond.
At St Peter’s, we aim for the children to have an understanding of how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.We want our children to develop their skills through independent exploration, to learn from other cultures and to respect diversity.what they see, feel and think through the use of colour, texture, form, pattern and different materials and processes. We aim to give children the opportunity to record from first-hand experiences and from imagination to develop opportunities to use their own ideas intheir work.
Children will develop their ability and an increasing confidence to control materials, tools and techniques. It is paramount that artwork be purposeful; be this as a means of expression or to explore the styles of other artists that inspire our own work. To that end, we have carefully selected a wide range of unique and diverse artists, craft makers and designers for children to study.

 

Curriculum Document 

 

Careers in Art

Careers in art and design are all about creating things, which are appealing to the eye. Careers in art and design can span many different specialist areas.

The teaching and learning of art and design supports careers, such as:

  • Painter
  • Photographer
  • Animator
  • Architect
  • Web Designer
  • Illustrator
  • Prop Designer