AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

It is essential that all school subject documents clearly state intentions which relate to National Curriculum requirements.

• Develop pupils’ aesthetic sensibilities and enable them to make informed judgements about art;
• Develop particular creative and technical skills so that ideas can be realised and artefacts produced;
• Develop pupils’ capacity for imaginative and original thought and experimentation;
• Develop pupils’ capacity to learn about and to observe the world in which they live;
• Develop pupils’ design capability;
• Develop pupils’ ability to articulate and to communicate ideas, opinions and feelings about their own work and that of others;
• Enable pupils’ to become visually literate: to use and understand art as a form of visual and tactile communication, and to have confidence in reading and evaluating visual images and artefacts;
• Enable pupils’ to develop an understanding of the language of art through the systematic introduction of the visual elements;
• Develop pupils’ ability to understand and value the contribution made by artists, craftworkers and designers and to respond thoughtfully, critically and imaginatively to ideas, images and objects of many kinds and from many cultures, and in the broad context of contemporary society.

• Introduce a range of two and three dimensional art, craft and design activities in a systematic way which encourages confidence and progression in both understanding and skill, incorporating both Attainment Targets, Investigating and Making: Knowledge and Understanding;
• Provide opportunity for creative responses to a variety of starting points, and to encourage selection and control of appropriate tools and materials;
• Allow time and space for experimenting with materials and ideas in a creative environment;

• Encourage skills of observation and recording from a variety of natural and made sources, and to understand how such skills are applied in a variety of contexts;
• Create opportunity to address design issues from concept to realisation through appropriate challenges;
• Recognise and use the visual elements in carrying out a range of clearly targeted and appropriately resourced tasks;
• Consider works of art, craft and design from a wide range of times and cultures, and where possible relate them to practical activities and other forms of informed response;

Provide opportunity to discuss and review their own work and that of others, which can include evaluation and assessment where appropriate.

This page last updated 16 May 2005

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