Art

The Art & Design curriculum at St Cecilia’s allows pupils to experience a broad range of techniques, materials and processes so that everyone is able to find and develop their own specific talents. There is a focus both on building strong practical skills in the formal elements alongside nurturing pupils creativity by encouraging them to think divergently – there can be many different solutions and ideas derived from the same starting point. Through the subject we aim for students to experience the joy that can be found in moments of creation through a series of exciting projects.

Below you will find several documents that allow you to learn more about our curriculum: 

Our 5-year plan outlines the coherently planned and sequenced learning journey our pupils will undertake, auditing and then building on what has been learned at KS2, including how substantive and disciplinary knowledge is organised within topics in order to best access both a unit end point and future learning that relies upon this. 

Alongside an emphasis on Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary within the curriculum, our reading document provides examples of how reading is prioritised and how we use the latest research to guide reading and incorporate tasks that manipulate and emphasise meaning within it

Our assessment document shares how our assessments have been designed to assess composite knowledge (the big picture) and thus provide the greatest opportunity to use teacher feedback to address pupils' gaps in key component understanding, address misconceptions and reteach where necessary. All leading to improvement in learning. 

All curriculum areas are responsible for providing information, guidance and education around future careers and careers pathways. Below, you can find out more about how we do this in our subject.

In addition, Catholic Social Teaching flows throughout our curriculum, and is given special focus each half term in the form of a departmental agreed activity. See an example of this below.

Finally, look within our school’s Personal Development Overview document for examples of how our subject contributes towards our pupils’ holistic formation.

Art Department Documents

Personal Development Programme

Staff/Context

Mr C Field Curriculum Leader