Art & Design

Statement of Intent

At Barley Mow Primary we believe that art stimulates creativity, imagination and inventiveness. We believe that art gives our pupils the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for them to express responses to ideas and experiences.  It really fires their imagination. Through art and design, children can experiement, explore, take risks and make mistakes. By using a variety of medium and media, children will develop both physically and emotionally, appreciating the importance of creativity in the world around them.

Our school bases the core work in art and design around the National Curriculum which aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.
  • Become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques.
  • Evaluate and analyse creative works using language of art, craft and design.
  • Know about great artists, craft makers and designers, understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.

Art and Design National Curriculum

Art and Design Long Term Plan

Art and Design Policy  

 

The Human Form – Year 2 Art

Year 2 have been learning about how sculpture can be used to represent the human form. After looking at the work of various artists, including Antony Gormley, we used a range of 3D materials to create our own works of art.

Determined Dinosaurs!

Wow Nursery have been working their socks off this week learning all about dinosaurs for our blaze the trail unit. We started by looking at different species of dinosaurs and their characteristics such as: how many limbs, what they eat and how they move. We practised...

All About Winter

This week we have been learning all about winter and the changes which happen at this time of year. We started off by observing the changes which have happened outside in our nursery garden. We noticed that all the leaves on the trees and bushes had fallen off and...

Animal inspired Brooches

As part of their jewellery design topics, year four have designed some animal brooches inspired by the jewellery of Van Cleef and Arpels. They thought carefully about the placement of their jewels and precious metals. They then chose one of their initial designs to do...

Christmas in Nursery!

Nursery have worked extremely hard over the Christmas period! We started off by learning about the Christmas story and how it started in Bethlehem. We loved retelling the story during our play using small world figures. This helped us to understand our Christmas...

Nursery Stay and Play

What a brilliant morning we have had in nursery! First we all came in wearing our beautiful Christmas jumpers. Then all the adults came into nursery to complete Christmas activities at our stay and play. We enjoyed painting and designing a decoration for our tree at...

Stay and Play in Reception.

Reception have had such a fun and busy afternoon at their stay and play. Reception got to show their grown ups around their classroom and had the chance to complete lots of different Christmas activities, which included making Christmas trees in the art area with...

People Who Help Us

This term we have been learning about people who help us. First we focused on people who keep us safe. During this learning we focused on police officers, firefighters and construction workers. We discussed the different job roles they have and how they keep us safe....

Kandinsky.

Reception this week have been learning all about the famous abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky would listen to music and different sounds, then represent the emotion and how it made him feel in his paintings, using different colours and shapes. Kandinsky...

Earth Art

During the half term holidays the Year 1 children were asked to collect natural materials from their local area ready for our Earth Art unit this half term. So far we have created some fantastic sculptures and leaf hedgehogs. The children are currently exploring...