Art & Design

At Morley Primary Academy, we place a high value on Art and Design as an important part of the children’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum.
The National Curriculum states that ‘Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education should inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their
own works of art, craft and design.’

Early Years Foundation Stage

In the EYFS, children are given free opportunities to explore art through the senses both indoors and outdoors. They are taught to safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, and become confident in experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function through continuous provision. Experiences are planned in line with the curriculum for the rest of the school.
 

Key Stage 1 and 2

We teach CUSP Art and Design and we are unapologetically ambitious in our teaching and expectation of our pupils. Our curriculum focusses on excellence in the subject through a myriad of media and incredible artists and is organised into blocks; each block covering a
particular set of artistic disciplines; drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, 3D and collage. Vertical progression has been deliberately woven into the fabric of our curriculum so that pupils can re-visit key disciplines throughout their primary journey at increasing levels of
complexity and challenge.
Central to the learning modules are activities designed to develop pupils’ oracy and vocabulary skills enabling them to use artistic language meaningfully when talking about their work and the work of others.
Ultimately, we want our children to leave our school with a love of the subject through having experienced a connected and well-sequenced art curriculum. We want them to be confident and articulate artists who feel the freedoms that art and creativity can offer to their lives.

Sketchbooks

Every child has a sketchbook and the children take ownership of these books. They can record their thoughts, work and reflections in their own creative ways and we seek for the children to be inspired by others and see how sketchbooks are used by artists the world over.
 

Our vision for Art and Design

Curriculum Progression in Art and Design

Inclusive Curriculum Art and Design