Our approach
Art provides visual, tactile and sensory experiences and is a unique way of understanding and responding to the world. Children use colour, form, texture, pattern, different materials and processes to communicate what they see, feel and think. They explore ideas and meaning in the work of artists as well as learning how to understand, appreciate and enjoy art. Visits are made by artists to provide first hand experiences. Each year the academy has an Arts Week when each child completes a piece of artwork for display in a school exhibition. Our 2018 Arts Week had a theme of "trees", to celebrate moving to our new building and its place in the park, and we used the series of Tinga Tinga created by each class to decorate our school. In Summer 2019 we selected "Our City" as the topic and each class has created a printed work celebrating London or Acton. Have a look in school to see some of the stunning individual pieces by the children.
Art Week
Each year in the summer term we give our pupils the opportunity to express themselves creatively around a different theme.
Year 1
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| Drawing - Stephen Wiltshire |
Printing – Andy Warhol (Curating an art exhibition) PUPIL PASSPORT |
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| Printing - cityscapes |
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| Sculpture - Anthony Gormle |
Year 2
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Hans Holbein: Renaissance Art Portrait of Henry VIII – Kings and Queens |
Matisse – Expressionism Collage – Great Fire of London |
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JMW Turner – Romanticism Painting a seascape using watercolours |
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Cezanne – Post-impressionism Still Life |
Year 3
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Self-Portraits
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Shadow Puppets Focus: Precision cutting and construction Focus Artist: Lotte Reiniger Outcome: Can you make a shadow puppet to retell a story? (Children to produce a puppet show in groups) |
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Biomes Focus: Use of colour to convey mood and season in a landscape Exploring different paint techniques Focus Artist: Monet (Impressionism) Outcome: Can you create a landscape of the park using an impressionist style? |
Ancient Civilisations: Greeks Focus: Developing specific sculpting skills to design and create a form Focus Artist: Greek Amphorae Outcome: Can you design, make and decorate a Marquette of a form? |
Year 4
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| Self Portraits (Picasso – cubist) | Roman Mosaic (Collage) |
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Printing material for purpose William Morris and Gustav Klimt (Tree of Life) Can you use wax resist method to design and create your own fabric? |
Design own pencil case |
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| DT- contrasting civilization of the Mayans Focus: skyscrapers (construction) |
USA Focus: refining and reviewing techniques and when to use them Georgia O’Keefe Can you draw flowers using pastel and texture? |
Year 5
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| Collage and Digital Art – mixed medial self-portraits. | Drawing and Painting – illuminating letters in the style of the Lindisfarne monks. |
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| Painting – designing a print using at least two colours. |
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| Painting and Drawing – Islamic art using geometric patterns |
Year 6
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Sculpture Designing and moulding in 3D using a structure to help. Focus: Egyptian Artefacts |
Painting Using studies to inform an original piece. Focus: Frieda Kahlo |
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Drawing By making detailed studies of different animals, create a painting in an indigenous style. Focus: Kenojuak Ashevak |