Art

The PKC art curriculum is designed to enable children make connections between the work of artists, architects and designers and their own work. The curriculum provides meaningful opportunities for self-expression to give children the space to learn who they are as an artist by exploring different mediums. We aim to ignite children’s love for art by giving them the ability to express themselves through drawing, painting, sculpture, printing, collage, photography and textiles. The curriculum also provides extensive opportunity for children to develop their skills in visual literacy by looking at, thinking and talking about art.

The curriculum fulfils the requirements of the National Curriculum for England. This course of study seeks to show how art shapes our history and contributes to our national culture. It looks at key movements and historical periods including, studying art from ancient Greece and Rome, Anglo Saxon England, the Italian Renaissance, Victorian art and architecture, French Impressionism and 20th century Modernism as well as art relating to different religions and cultures such as Islamic art, art from Western Africa and Chinese painting and ceramics.

We provide a subject rationale that explains the thinking behind how the curriculum has been designed, videos of teachers delivering the curriculum in the classroom, and ‘unit rationales’ that explain how each unit fits in with the wider narrative of the curriculum. Our unit rationales signpost teachers on how to help pupils develop their skills using different mediums. We also provide assessment materials including knowledge organisers, multiple choice quizzes and advice about how children can evaluate and assess their own work

We also encourage art subject leaders to attend our CPD sessions. These sessions help subject leads to establish a sound understanding of our art curriculum and provide support for their teachers in the classroom.

We meet and go beyond all National Curriculum requirements. The PKC helps schools deliver a full art curriculum for year 1 through to year 6.