Art & Design

Art & Design Curriculum Statement

Our Art and Design curriculum aims to inspire children to express themselves creatively and imaginatively. Throughout the school, children will be introduced to a range of work by both famous and local artists. This will enable pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of artistic styles and to extend their vocabulary in this area.

We aim to provide our children with an Art and Design curriculum which enables them to become confident, creative and independent learners. We seek to broaden children's real-life experiences, both inside and outside of school, through educational visits, visitors, experimentation, exploration and discovery of a wide variety of art, in a range of media.

We aim to provide children with the opportunities to develop and extend their proficiency and skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, textiles, print and digital media. Our children will develop their skills progressively and will also be encouraged to think critically about art, be reflective, and evaluate their own work and that of others.

We believe that through the teaching of Art and Design, our children can acquire a range of knowledge and skills, which can be applied to enhance and enrich the learning that takes place in other curriculum subjects.

Art and Design is a subject of study that is highly valued and celebrated at Fairfield. Through this celebration, children gain an understanding of how art shapes our history and contributes to our culture, on both local, national and international levels.

Examples of Art Subject Maps

The Art of Anatomy & Albrecht Durer

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Surrealism & Salvador Dali

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Abstract Art & Wassily Kandinsky

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At the Seaside & Claude Monet

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Art Curriculum Overview

Art & Design Curriculum Overview

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Sketch Book Look: Examples of work from across the school

Our Annual Art Gallery

Each year, we transform our school hall into a public gallery to showcase our amazing artitic talent. Each child, from Nursery to Year 6, have their artisic skills celebrated and recognised.

Jubilee Art Gallery: Art through 70 years (2022)

Over 1000+ visitors...

Our incredible art gallery showcasing the children's amazing work celebrating the jubilee.

Each year group focused on a decade from the Queen's seventy year reign and created artwork inspired by historical events and artistic styles from that decade.

Our wonderful school archive was also on display for all to enjoy.

Art and Design & Technology Gallery (2023)

Our fabulous whole school gallery 2023 showcasing our bespoke Art and Design & Technology Curriculums, from Nursery - Year 6.

A huge thank you to the hundreds of people who came to visit the gallery.

We are so incredibly proud of our talented children and how spectacular our hall looked.

Art from around the World (2024)

Inspired by different artistic cultures around the world, this year's gallery was a celebration of global inspiration. Each class had a different country of focus and the children produced artwork (in a range of different mediums) inspired by their country during our special 'colours of the world day' celebration.

Once again, our hall was transformed and each child from Nursery to Year 6 were celebrated artists by having their work proudly displayed in our gallery. The doors were opened to hundreds of visitors throughout the evening, who were all united in their praise and admiration. This event linked to our school values, British Values, Art and Geography Curriculums, whilst also promoting our Equality and Diversity ethos.

It was another fantastic success.

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