🎨Art 

At Lowerhouses CE Primary School, our Art curriculum is designed to spark imagination and creativity. We believe that art is a fundamental means of personal expression, giving children the skills, concepts, and knowledge to respond to ideas and experiences in a visual or tactile way. Through meaningful lessons, pupils learn to explore, reflect, and celebrate their creativity while developing practical skills that will stay with them for life.

To make progression clear and accessible, each Art topic page now includes a Learning Journey. These journeys show how knowledge and skills build step by step across year groups, helping children, parents, and staff see the pathway of artistic development from EYFS through to Year 6.

🔎 Intent

• Provide children with the skills, concepts, and knowledge to express themselves through art.

• Fire pupils’ imagination and encourage personal expression.

• Ensure all children, regardless of ability, have opportunities to engage in meaningful art experiences.

• Offer educational, social, and cultural experiences that promote reflection and creativity.

🧭 Implementation

• Bespoke Art curriculum designed to develop skills using a range of media and materials.

• Children explore and evaluate creative ideas through:

  • Drawing ✏️

  • Painting 🎨

  • Printing 🖨️

  • Collage 🖼️

  • 3D work 🧩

• Pupils study works by famous artists to learn about different styles.

• Art is taught discretely in lessons but also applied across the wider curriculum.

• Artwork is displayed around school to motivate, inspire, and celebrate pupils’ achievements.

🎯 Impact

• Curriculum planned to demonstrate progression and stimulate creativity.

• Pupils are clear about intended outcomes and reflect on their own and others’ work.

• Reflection is continuous, with age‑appropriate verbal and written evaluation.

• At the end of each unit, teachers record outcomes and address misconceptions or gaps.

• Ensures the curriculum meets the needs of all pupils and supports ongoing improvement.

📚 Art Parent Resources