Art and Design

Art and Design at London Colney is mainly taught as part of our thematic approach to learning. Within our Learning Adventure each half term, our pupils have the opportunity to learn, practice and consolidate key skills within art doing so in a cross-curricular, contextual way. Our children also develop their knowledge of art and design through learning about key artists or art for particular periods of time. Our pupils also get to develop their entrepreneurial skills during our focus art week each year. Each class study a famous artist for and finish the week by creating our very own ‘London Colney Art Gallery’, whereby pupils’ art work is displayed and auctioned.

By the time our pupils leave London Colney, we intend to;

• Develop children who are artistically expressive and can communicate their individuality through their artwork. Our children will work to master key skills (painting/sketching/collaging/sculpting/photographing) within art and be selective over which they use when designing and creating key pieces.
• Support pupils to build a portfolio of work based on personal experience and exploration of significant artists over time, reflecting on style and form, building this into their own artistic expression.
• Encourage our children to become reflective artists, evaluating their work by recognising successes, communicating where they feel they could further enhance their pieces and growing their resilience to be able to persevere until outcomes are complete.
• Provide our children opportunities to showcase their artwork and outcomes through the use of galleries that are planned and executed by the children, allowing them to develop their entrepreneurial skills.