At Townville Academy we believe that being creative and expressing ourselves is extremely important. Across the school we explore a wide range of artists, both modern and classical. All classes work closely with our Art Specialist, Emma Bairstow, to ensure every child has the opportunity to experiment with different materials and produce high-quality artwork they can be proud of.

Each year we also hold a Community Art Gallery, a brilliant celebration of creativity. Each child creates artwork around a shared theme, which is then showcased in an exhibition. This special event brings pupils, families and the wider community together to celebrate talent, imagination and the power of art. 

We also have our wonderful Art studio space in EYFS through which we seek to emerge our youngest pupils with the full breadth of their creative development.

 

Our Curriculum Statement for Art

At Townville Academy, we aspire to offer the best possible early education for all our children in a happy, safe, inclusive environment.  

Our school values of aspire, collaborate, and explore are threaded throughout our Art curriculum.  Within each unit, we aim to promote a love of Art, exposing children to significant artists and artist movements. We allow children to work collaboratively so that children can experience a sense of shared pride and achievement in their work. Our children explore a diverse range of artists from different backgrounds, including artists within the local area where possible. We hope that through this, children will experience how art has the opportunity to change the world around them and encourage children to engage with creative practices.  

Through our Art Curriculum we aim to ensure our Key Stage 1 children: 

• Develop as confident and keen artists, inspired to explore many ways to create their own works of art, craft, and design using a range of artistic media and techniques. 

• Have the knowledge and understanding to make links to how art and design shapes our history and our daily lives. 

• Gain knowledge of significant artists and works of art. 

• Reflect and use knowledge they have gained of significant artists and pieces of art to describe, make links, and evaluate similarities and difference. 

• Become confident in using a range of media and artistic techniques and to explore their ideas and record their experiences. 

• Understand the value and importance of Art in our society and in the wider world.  

This builds upon the children’s prior knowledge gained through the foundation stage for Art where children: 

• Safely use and explore a variety of tools. 

• Learnt to use a variety of materials and techniques to create what they design. 

• Experiment with colour and colour mixing. 

• Express their own ideas and feelings through their creations and explain how they have achieved them. 

• Look at other artists and say what they like and don’t like about their work. 

• Create portraits and then look at how to improve them. 

• Learn to draw with increased complexity and accuracy.  

Our Long-term plan for Art

Art Long-term plan