Art & Design
Welcome to Art and Design at Richmond Hill Primary Academy
Creativity brings into existence new ideas, original ways of doing things and new creations of all kinds. Art is essential to prepare pupils to participate in tomorrow’s rapidly changing world. All the teachers at RHPA encourage children to develop their investigating, designing, making and evaluating skills by thinking and intervening creatively.
Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shapes history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of nations.
Art and design is concerned with the way we respond to, understand, interpret and shape our world through our senses and emotions. Taking part in art and design allows us to investigate what we see; to make visual responses; to interpret; to discriminate and reach decisions. Art and design has its own language based upon the visual elements.
Aims
The following aims underpin teaching and learning within Art at Richmond Hill Primary Academy:
To develop visual and tactile sensitivity and to encourage children to find satisfaction through use of their senses – noting changes
To encourage an enjoyment in making/evaluating images and giving ‘personal form’ to thoughts and perceptions of the known/imagined world
To promote the development and learning of new skills, ideas, concepts and attitudes through the exploration of different materials and technical processes
To use these skills to complement and extend other areas of learning
To give the children the opportunity to understand their world by response to first-hand experiences
To encourage the children to take a pride in their own work, and to be in contact with and understand the work of others – therefore developing social skills by working with others
To access cultures, traditions to the children, fostering understanding and respect
To encourage the children to think for themselves and develop self-motivation and discipline
To encourage independence and confidence handling, choosing and using media/techniques
Using our Cornerstones curriculum planning, we are able to provide exciting and varied art and design technology activities that link with our cross-curricular termly class projects and teaches the skills set out in the National Curriculum . The cross curricular approach gives us the opportunity to expand the variety of art forms being used within school, such as drama and dance, to support learning in other areas of the curriculum.
How it works
Children will progress through four distinct stages of learning in each ILP – Engage, Develop, Innovate and Express.
Engage: At the ‘Engage’ stage, children:
Gain memorable first-hand experiences, such as going on a visit or inviting a special visitor to school.
Enjoy ‘WOW’ experiences
Get an exciting introduction to a topic or theme
Begin researching and setting enquiry questions
Get lots of opportunities to make observations
Develop spoken language skills
Take part in sensory activities
Have lots of fun to fully ‘engage’ with their new topic.
Develop:
At the ‘Develop’ stage, children:
Improve their knowledge and understanding of the topic
Develop and practice their new skills
Compose, make, do, build, investigate, explore, write for different purposes and read across the curriculum
Research their own questions and those set by others
Follow new pathways of enquiry based on their interests
Complete homework activities that support their learning.
Innovate:
At the ‘Innovate’ stage, children
Apply skills, knowledge and understanding in real-life contexts
Solve real or imagined problems using everything they’ve learnt
Get inspired by imaginative and creative opportunities
Revisit anything not fully grasped at the ‘Develop’ stage.
Express:
At the ‘Express’ stage, children:
Become the performers, experts and informers.
Share their achievements with parents, classmates and he community
Evaluate finished products and processes
Link what they have learnt to where they started
Celebrate their achievements!
At RHPS we have carefully selected inspiring, engaging and exciting topics from the Cornerstones Curriculum that involve a range of different contexts.
We value the help, support and skills that our parents contribute to delivering our creative curriculum.
Artsmark
Together with Music, we are looking to work towards our Artsmark – more information to follow. We hope that this page provides you, as parents, with useful information and support that will aid home learning, as well as encourage families to engage with the creative arts.
Working with Professional Artists
KS2 have been working with a local Young artist Called Hannah to join her National competition Called “Pink sheep” with a special prize just for RHPA. And we look forward to ever more closer ties to discover how an Artist works in the modern world.
https://www.richmond.doncaster.sch.uk/work/pink-sheep/63747