All children have an Art book that travels up with them from Year 1 to Y6 that they use to show their journey of developing skills, art appreciation and ideas.

Early Years

By the end of EYFS, we aim for our children:

• to begin to understand that an artist produces different kinds of art and uses different materials to create.
• to talk about different art work, saying what they like and dislike and apply this skill to their own work.
• to use a range of drawing materials, art application techniques, mixed-media scraps and modelling materials.
• to begin to develop observational skills.

Key Stage 1

By the end of KS1, we aim for our children:

• to generate ideas from a range of stimuli, exploring different media and techniques.
• to develop some control when using a range of tools to draw, paint and create crafts and sculptures.
• to develop observational skills; to look closely and aim to reflect some formal art elements
• to explain their ideas and opinions about their own and others’ artwork, then begin to talk about how they could improve their own work.
• to experiment in sketchbooks, using drawing to record ideas

Key Stage 2

By the end of KS2, we aim for our children:

• to confidently use sketchbooks to record observations and research, test materials and work towards an outcome more independently.
• develop ideas more independently. Explore their ideas and evaluations towards an outcome.
• work with a range of media with control in different ways to achieve different effects, including experimenting with the techniques used by other artists and combining a wider range of media.
• recognise how artists use materials to respond to feelings and memory and choose materials, imagery, shape and form to create personal pieces.
• give reasoned evaluations of their own and others’ work which takes account of context and intention.