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Art and Design

We at Mitchell Brook Primary School see art as an important aspect in a child’s education. Art encourages creativity, imagination, critical thinking and it stimulates original thinking in other curriculum areas. At Mitchell Brook we link the learning of art with the large topics taught in school, this supports cross-curricular links and brings the topics to life as the children explore different styles of art based on great artists.

 

Through exploring a varied range of artists the children have the opportunity to develop their understanding of art and its many forms, involving a range of materials. The children are able to talk about what materials they are using and the processes involved in creating their piece of artwork. Through discussions about art the children can communicate what they see, feel and think through the use of colour, texture, form, pattern and different materials and processes.

 

At Mitchell Brook Primary School we aim to offer opportunities for children to:


 - Understand and enjoy art, craft and design
 - Experience a broad and balanced range of art activities and show progression within these experiences
 - Develop their ability to observe, investigate, respond to and record the world around them through a growing variety of forms and media
 - Develop use of a range of tools, media and processes

 

Topic:

History

Black History

BookBased: Shakespeare

World History

 

EYFS

Self-portraits-

Mixed Media

 

Artefact from that moment in time

Year 1

Self-portraits –

Abstract Henri Matisse

Contemporary

British artists -Chris Ofili

Artefact from that moment in time

Year 2

Self-portraits –Cubism

Pablo Picasso

Contemporary

British artists -Andy Warhol

Artefact from that moment in time

Year 3

Self-portraits –Impressionism

Vincent Van Gogh

Contemporary

British artists -Rex Preston

Artefact from that moment in time

Year 4

Self-portraits –Black and white

Collage

Contemporary

British artists -David Hockney

Artefact from that moment in time

Year 5

Self-portraits –Black and white

Collage

Contemporary

British artists -Banksy

Artefact from that moment in time

Pre- secondary

Self-portraits –Modern art

Frida Kahlo

                  Contemporary

British artists - Damen Hirst

Artefact from that moment in time

Design Technology

Design and Technology helps to develop children’s skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products. It incorporates many traditional skills such as drawing, cooking, model making, problem solving, observation, discussion and puts them together in an approach which encourages the children to become inventors and designers! At Mitchell Brook Primary School we feel it is vital to nurture creativity and innovation through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live and work.  The Design and Technology National Curriculum is followed in KS1 through to KS2. Three Design and Technology units are covered each school year with lots of opportunities for cross-curricular learning such as the properties of materials in Science, the use of measuring in Maths, Computing and Art.

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