Art
Our intent at Whiteheath Junior School is to provide a high-quality arts curriculum as an important part of a broad and balanced education. We provide all children with the opportunities to develop critical-thinking and transferrable skills to give them the confidence to express their thoughts and ideas creatively.
Art lessons should engage and inspire all pupils and enhance their well-being and self-esteem. Our students will develop skills in drawing, painting and mixed media, sculpture and 3D and craft and design, enabling them to produce unique pieces of artwork. As pupils progress, they will develop an appreciation of other artists and art movements, creating links to culture and our wider world.
Art Curriculum
Useful Websites
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Royal Academy - Art activities to try at home.
How to Support Your Child
Art Activities at Home
You can visit these artist websites to improve your artistic skills.
Years 3/4
Artist Carla Sonheim presents free children’s art lessons from painting dogs in the style of Picasso to Modigliani portraits.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroCMySQv0JOpI_S8mPiBCHw7MZpt5BC4
Years 5/6
Tom of Circle Line Art School posts a new video each week. Tutorials lean toward the technical side with an emphasis on perspective, optical illusions, and buildings.
End of Year 6 Expectations
By the end of Year 6, children will be able to:
- Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
- Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
- Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
- Learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work
- Create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas