Our Art Journey

In Art, we cover different topics each term and focus on one of three skills areas: sketching, painting and crafting. Throughout our art lessons, we learn about different artists: looking at their different styles, lives, cultures and inspirations. We develop our skills along with using our creativity to develop our own personal style as well as our understanding of different artistic form.

EYFS

In Nursery and Reception, the children are given daily opportunities to develop their Art skills. The children use a range of materials to develop their understanding of colour, lines and shapes to create images and patterns. The children can also explore the use of pliable materials and fabric to make different textiles and sculptures. 

These are skills that are vital to the development of the three key areas in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. 

Key Stage 1

Year 1

In Year 1, the children focus on crafting in Autumn term, sketching in Spring term and painting in Summer term. The children create a range of wonderful art work including: collages, observational drawings and wax resistant paining. Throughout the topics, the children look at the artwork of Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and Laura McGowan. The skills they learn in their art lessons are developed and applied across the curriculum, for example self-portrait skecthing during Local History Week. 

Year 2

In Year 2, the children focus on crafting in Autumn term, painting in Spring term and skecthing in Summer term. Art work is created linked to their current topics such as printing patterns on different materials in their India topic and using different drawing materials to create varying shapes and coloured tones in images of the Great Fire of London. The artists studies in Year 2 are Nandalal Bose and Jeannie Petyarre. 

Key Stage 2

Year 3

In Year 3, the children focus on crafting in Autumn term, sketching in Spring term and painting in Summer term. The children build on the skills they have developed in Key Stage 1 and expand their use of different materials and techniques to create diverse artwork. In year 3, the children look at the artwork of Halima Ahktar and Nicola McBribe and use this as inspiration for their own work. 

Year 4

The children in year 4 focus on sketching in Autumn term, painting in Spring term and crafting in Summer term. Throughout their topics, children develop their understanding of shape and form and apply this to their own creations. The children create artist studies of Leonardo Da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Jamie Wardley. The skills are applied across the curriculum, including some wonderful sketching of the Hartlepool Bombardment. 

Year 5

In year 5, the children focus on sketching in Autumn term, painting in Spring and crafting in Summer term. During these topics, the children look closely at the style, form and composition of different artists and use this as inspiration for their own pieces. The children study the work of Pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstien, the art of Ingi Aflatoun and the wallpaper creations William Morris. 

Year 6

In Autumn term, year 6 focus on crafting, sketching in Spring term and painting in Summer term. The children develop the use of perspective in their creations as well as thinking about the purpose and impact of their artwork. The art topics throughout the year are closely linked to other areas of the curriculum and this is supported by the artists they study. The artists studied are Currchich, Robert Leslie Howey, Olive Edis and the children revisit the work of Henri Matisse for their new year calendars.  

Competitions at Kingsley!

We celebrate Art in many different ways at Kingsley, including competitions to celebrate key events.

Last year, we created logos for the coronation of King Charles in the 'Kingsley Coronation Cup'.

The winners and runners up got to showcase their wonderful artwork to their parents, carers and the school governors. At our exhibition, the children also received their prizes and had the opportunity to create some more Coronation artwork with their families. 

Keep an eye out for our next competition for the up-coming Olympics!

Celebrating our Artwork!

We enjoy showing our creativity during our Art lessons, across a range of subjects and for various events and celebrations across the year. The children's artwork is celebrated in classes, on displays and on the class pages on our website.

Here are just some examples of the artwork created at Kingsley!