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ART AND DESIGN

The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School recognises the importance of art and design education and its role in engaging, inspiring and challenging pupils. We want our children to be able to communicate what they see, feel and think through the use of line, colour, texture, form, space, shape, pattern and language. Our aim is for our children to develop the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.

We follow the KAPOW scheme for art which is designed to give pupils every opportunity to develop their ability, nurture their talent and interests, express their ideas and thoughts about the world, as well as learning about art and artists across cultures and through history. The scheme supports pupils to meet the National curriculum end of key stage attainment targets and has been written to fully cover the National Society for Education in Art and Design’s progression competencies. See What Art & Design looks like in our school below.

The Kapow Art revised scheme of work is designed with five strands that run throughout. These are:

generating ideas,
using sketchbooks,
making skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour),
knowledge of artists,
evaluating and analysing.

Units of lessons are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes.

What Art and Design looks like in our school

Cygnets 3D - Collaged junk modelling sculpture
Cygnets 3D - Sand sculpture
Cygnets Collage - Using natural materials like leaves and petals
Cygnets Painting - Exploring with paint and different tools
Cygnets Printing - Potato cutouts recognising primary colours
Nursery 3D - Clay Workshop (handprint animal tiles)
Nursery 3D - Daisy sculptures join different materials and explore different textures
Nursery 3D - Join different materials and explore different textures
Nursery Drawing - Create closed shapes with continuous lines inspired by artist Mondrian
Nursery ELG Creating with materials - Rainbow fish when role playing characters
Nursery Focus artist - Matisse 'The Snail' collage
Nursery Painting - Explore mark making using brushes
Nursery Printing - Experiment printing with hands, fingers etc.
Reception Drawing - Creating self-portraits
Reception Drawing - Self portraits accurately using mirrors
Reception - Drawing houses
Reception Drawing - Create simple representations of objects
Reception - Drawing portraits in continuous provision
Reception 3D & Painting - Decorating mod roc mask of the Queen of Hearts
Reception 3D - Making sculptures using construction blocks.
Reception 3D - Sculpture walk in school grounds.
Reception Drawing - Van Gogh 'Sunflowers' create simple representations of flowers
Reception Painting - Explore mark making using brushes
Reception Painting - Explore what happens when they mix colours
Reception Focus artist - Van Gogh 'Sunflowers' explore what happens when colour mixing
Year 1 Focus artist - Andy Warhol
Year 1 Painting - Experiment with colour mixing and make patterns - know primary colours
Year 1 Printing - Arcimboldo fruit faces incised printing by cutting into fruit and vegetables
Year 1 Printing - leaf prints
Year 1 Printing - press printing leaves.
Year 1 - Drawing minibeasts
Year 2 3D - Clay workshop experiment with glaze colours and make patterns
Year 2 Collage - Recreate designs from other times and cultures
Year 2 Drawing - Great Fire of London explore marks and create images using chalks and pencils
Year 2 Printing - Heather Galler inspired work
Year 2 Painting - Rousseau jungle
Year 2 Painting - Rousseau inspired rainforest pictures
Year 2 Textiles - Develop simple textile techniques with fabric crayons to decorate material
Year 2 - Creating African jewellery based on Maasai tribal designs
Year 2 - Creating African jewellery based on Maasai tribal designs

We hold The Warrington Arts Award which shows our commitment to the creative arts at our school. We are also founder members of the Primary Art Network (PAN) in Warrington and exhibit every year with the other schools in the network. The theme for each exhibition guides our planning across the school for an Arts week. Our display usually includes a range of artwork both 2D and 3D and is exhibited at the Golden Square in Warrington. We invite artists into school to support learning in the arts and produce specialist artwork for displays. Volunteers also regularly help in school with art or textile projects.

See what our children think about Art and Design in Pupil Voice below.

The formal elements, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Units in each year group are organised into three core areas which are taught half termly across the year.

Drawing,
Painting and Mixed Media,
Sculpture and 3D.

In our Early Years setting continuous provision provides ongoing opportunities for children to explore art and creative activities independently and at their own pace. This is achieved through a carefully planned and resourced learning environment where children can access a variety of materials and tools, encouraging them to experiment with different media and techniques. The goal is to foster their creativity, imagination, and self-expression.

At our school we also recognise the importance of observational drawing for our children to enhance their observation skills, hand-eye coordination, and improve concentration. It also helps them develop fine motor skills, spatial reasoning, and an understanding of perspective, ultimately fostering creativity and visual literacy. For this reason, children have opportunities to revisit and practise observational drawing skills throughout the year.

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