Art

Art

Our Art Curriculum at KRIII

At King Richard III, we understand the importance of Art and Culture to our children.

In a school where we are so lucky to have such a diverse community, we understand how important it is for our children to share their own creative culture, but also learn about others too. We have crafted our art curriculum, with the support of resources from Access Art, into three golden threads. Every child will have the opportunity to learn about drawing, painting and sculpture with strong foci on the theoretical, practical and evaluative skills and knowledge needed to be a great artist.

Theoretical

The children have the opportunity to look at and critique the work of artists from different time periods, genders and countries, with different abilities and dis/abilities. It is important that our children see themselves and their culture reflected within our curriculum, and with a range of artists from all over the world.

Practical

It is important for our children to have the opportunity to be creative and expressive and have the confidence in their knowledge of art skills to be able to be explorative in their creating. With an open-ended expectation within the topics, there is no limit to what our children will be able to create, from most confident artists to the most reluctant. Everyone will have gained the skills to explore independently and thoughtfully.

Evaluative

We always allow time for self-reflection and shared reflection, allowing the children to evaluate their own art work as well as others, at multiple times during the process. We recognise that this as an important skill to develop as artists, but alongside this it also provides great opportunities for the children to use their Oracy skills and grow in self-confidence. In a multi-cultural school like ours with a high percentage of EAL children, art will frequently give the gift of communication to those who are still learning our language, whether that be verbal or visual.