Within the Art and design progression of skills document, our progressive objectives identify what pupils should know by the end of each year group and link to prior learning. These enable teachers to identify and plug gaps in pupils’ knowledge and skills.

Within Art and design, pupils will develop a deep understanding of key concepts and second order concepts. These key concepts have been carefully considered and identified as the core knowledge and skills required to successfully achieve in Art and design. The key concepts are revisited and developed as the pupils move through the school to ensure the knowledge and skills are firmly embedded within the long term memory. These key concepts compliment work carried out across the school in line with our key curriculum drivers. The expectation is that, by the end of primary school, children will know and understand these key concepts and have the knowledge and skills to enter the KS3 Art and design curriculum.

In addition to first order concepts, subject specific second order concepts have been identified. These can be used across all aspects of a subject to organise the substantive knowledge and skills taught.

Key concepts: These concepts are explored through each unit of art and build progressively as pupils move through the school.

• Knowledge of artists and designers: (factual knowledge)
• Exploring and developing ideas: (conceptual knowledge)
• Making skills and Formal elements: (procedural knowledge)
• Evaluating: (metacognitive knowledge)

Second order concepts: These can used across all aspects of a subject to organize the substantive knowledge taught.

• Chronology: (history of art and changes over time)
• Similarity and difference: (comparing works of art, identifying common/different styles and techniques)
• Significance: (significant artists, works of art and art movements)
• Written, oral and creative expression: (using artistic terminology, evaluating, refining, describing, experimenting, creating, presenting)

In Art and design, by the end of EYFS children will:

• Be able to use art to be creative and express themselves in different ways
• Be able to create pictures of what they can see and imagine
• Develop some control when using pencils, paint brushes and other materials

They will know that art conveys both thinking (ideas) and feeling (emotion). They will use a variety of ways to express and communicate through art. They will know that creative thinking involves original responses, not just copying or imitating existing artworks. They will use their imagination, curiosity, creativity, cognition, critical thinking and experimentation skills to allow them to improvise, collaborate, interact and engage in artistic sustained shared thinking. They will have time, space and opportunity to revisit and reflect on artistic experiences.

Children in EYFS will safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. They will share their creations, explaining the process they have used. They will make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.

By the end of Key Stage 1 children will:

• Be able to use a range of materials in a creative way to design and make products.
• Be able to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.
• Develop their own use of colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.
• Know about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describe similarities and differences between different practices and principles, and used some of their techniques in their own work.

By the end of Key Stage 2 children will:

• Develop their techniques to create and experiment with greater control and choice of materials through the study of great artists and designers.
• Be confident in the use of sketch books to record their observations, develop review and refine their ideas.
• Have improved their mastery of a range of art and design techniques including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials.
• Be aware of different kinds of art, craft and design and the techniques that are used to create them.

The content that is taught is categorised into 5 areas: Making Skills, Generating Ideas, Formal Elements, Knowledge of Artists and Evaluating. Each unit contains lessons which are designed to be taught in sequential order, with the exception of the lessons in Making Skills and Formal Elements units which can be taught in any order. These 2 units feature within each of the year groups and develop the discrete skills and techniques of art, craft and design. Work is planned with reference to the National Curriculum. The National Curriculum breaks Art down into 4 strands; Materials, Techniques, Artists and Expression and Imagination. Skills in the EYFS are planned through the objectives within the EYFS Statutory Framework and ensure progression into Key Stage 1.