Welcome to the Art page!

Art Co-ordinator – Mrs T. Sibley

Art Governor – Mr W. Newham

Art at St Botolph’s

Intent

As a school we believe that Art is a vital part of children’s education and has a valuable role in the taught curriculum, as well the enrichment opportunities we offer our pupils. The Art curriculum will develop children’s critical abilities and understanding of their own and others’ cultural heritages through studying a diverse range of male and female artists. Our intent is that all of our pupils will develop their understanding of the visual language of Art with effective teaching and considered sequences of lessons and experiences. Our curriculum will be broad and balanced and will allow children to reach their full potential in order for them to ‘Strive to be the best they can’. Our Christian Values are incorporated in the curriculum and are highlighted in the Long Term Plan: Perseverance, Thankfulness, Truthfulness, Compassion, Respect and Friendship. British Values are threaded through the curriculum and are highlighted in the Long Term Plan: Democracy, Rule of Law, Mutual Respect, Tolerance, and Individual Liberty.

Implementation

The skills and knowledge that children will develop throughout each Art theme are mapped across each year group and throughout the school to ensure progression using skills outlined and covered by Chris Quigley and the National Curriculum. The emphasis on knowledge ensures that children understand the context of the artwork, as well as the artists that they are learning about and being inspired by. This enables links to other curriculum areas, including humanities, with children developing a considerable knowledge of individual artists as well as individual works and art movements. A similar focus on skills means that children are given opportunities to express their creative imagination, as well as practise and develop mastery in the key processes of Art: drawing, painting, printing, collage, textiles and sculpture.

Coordinated whole-school project work will ensure that Art is given high status in the curriculum. The school recently took part in the ‘Lincolnshire imp trail’ which enables further focus on children’s artistic skills and knowledge in collaboration with other local schools and we aim to continue to be involved in similar projects.

The school’s high-quality art curriculum is supported through the availability of a wide range of quality resources, which are used to support children’s confidence in the use of different media. The children will take their sketch books through school to revisit previously taught skills and encourage the progression of those skills.

Impact

As a result of the knowledge and skills that we intend to and will implement within the school, our pupils will achieve well. Classroom displays reflect the children’s sense of pride in their artwork and this is also demonstrated by creative outcomes across the wider curriculum. The school environment also celebrates children’s achievements in Art, with outcomes including sculptures and enhancing the outdoor as well as indoor environment.

The Art curriculum at St Botolph’s contributes to children’s personal development in creativity, independence, judgement and self-reflection.

For more information, have a look at our Art Policy. 

Thank you.

Art Documents

Useful Links

Tate Kids

Children can explore and read about the work of well-known artists, follow instructions to make different expressive pieces of art and join in with art games and quizzes.

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids

BBC Bitesize

Video clips about famous artists, techniques and how to create different art are available through these links. Many areas of art including: design, mixed media, photography, 3Dimensional, collage, printmaking, painting and drawing are covered on this website. It also provides video clips on specific areas of interest such as ‘Surrealism’ and looks at the work of famous artists including William and May Morris, Banksy and Eduardo Paolozzi.

KS1 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zmyvcxs

KS2 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zxv346f

Examples of Art at St Botolph’s

Year 3 have been learning different techniques for using watercolour paints. They used a range of paintbrushes to achieve thicker or thinner strokes and explored multiple methods of creating a watercolour wash. This is in preparation for painting their own interpretation of Georgia O’Keeffe’s art.

During a unit on sculpture, the children applied their new skills of rolling, shaping and creating texture to enable clay to stick together to create a sculpture of their favourite childhood toy.

The children applied their knowledge of tone and texture to recreate drawings of Stone Age cave paintings and sculptures.

As part of their learning on printing, Year 1 children explored a variety of different printing techniques including pressing, stamping and rubbing. Their designs were inspired by natural forms. The children moved on to block printing with two different colour paints and then used rolling and stamping to creatre their own print.

Prior to sculpting a dinosaur, the children in Year 2 identified the different shapes and lines they could see in figures and images of dinosaurs. This was to help them when it came to sculpting their own. They sketched out their design and considered the different shapes they’d need to make when putting their sculpture together. Some children annotated what techniques they’d use when making it too. The children particularly enjoyed using the tools to carve details into the clay.

In Year 2, the children have made boats by weaving sticks together with strings and tie dyeing the sail.

Art Showcase – June 2024

St Botolph’s hosted their first showcase in the hall where pieces of the children’s art had been framed. Everyone enjoyed seeing their work so beautifully presented and it was like having our very own gallery to visit within school.

Year 6’s previous visit to The Hub, Sleaford where they created clay tiles.