Art

Intent

Art has a very important place in the curriculum at Boston Pioneers Academy.  Our world is an increasingly visually orientated one, and our art lessons aim to provide our pupils with both a way to explore the world around them and a means by which they can express their ideas and process their thoughts. It is an important form of cultural identity and therefore, has significance and meaning for all pupils.

Our art curriculum is designed to provide pupils with a range hands-on experiences, which are divided into skill areas: drawing, painting, collage, textiles, 3D design, printmaking, and digital media. Throughout their primary school art journey, our pupils will be presented with opportunities to use relevant materials, processes, techniques, and vocabulary to explore and discover first-hand the potential of different media and methods. Furthermore, the will subtly developed increased control of a range of art tools and materials.

Through our teaching of art, we aim to seek a balance between pupils using art as a form of personal imaginative expression and discovering the more formal elements of art.  In KS1, pupils are first introduced to the latter, i.e. the use of line, shape, tone, texture and colour, which are then revisited and further built upon throughout the remainder of their primary art journey and beyond.

As they learn, pupils will be exposed to a range of key artworks produced by a culturally and ethnically diverse range of artists, in a variety of styles. This in turn will allow our pupils to understand that art is made by all sorts of people, in a variety of ways and for them to feel represented by the art and artists they are exposed to.