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.