Our Values
KindnessCreating happiness
Friendship Showing patience Sharing encouraging words and our time Thoughtfulness |
CuriosityInquisitiveness
Exploration Discovery Asking questions Making connections |
UnderstandingWelcoming all
Celebrating difference Being inclusive Asking for help when we need it Being tolerant |
BraveryTaking risks
Being adventurous Trying new things Challenging one’s self Standing up for what is right |
ResponsibilityDoing the right thing
Being reliable Care for self, others and the environment Using our manners Taking ownership |
Intent
Art and design are a crucial part of our children’s education. We believe that every child is an artist.
Children at Norbury Hall Primary School explore and experiment whilst building upon their skills and knowledge to create. We are committed to ensuring that our children can recognise their individual potential and provide structure and learning opportunities to develop and hone their skills.
As our pupils progress through the school, we encourage them to think critically about the work of others and to reflect on their own art. We critique and question, using both technical and emotive language to describe and compare. We build upon the 7 elements of art: colour, form, line, shape, space, texture and value to develop an understanding of the key building blocks of art and design. This allows our children to play, create and evaluate their work with a critical eye.
We endeavour to introduce the children to artists from a wide range of practices including illustrators, architects, ceramicists, sculptors, collagists, photographers and printmakers. We study a diverse range of artists, understanding the cultural and historical significance of those from the past but also the impact contemporary artists have within our communities and around the globe.
We want our children to understand how art and design reflects the world around us, contributes to culture but also how it has shaped our history. Art acts as a portal to transport our children to a different times and space, allows them to see the world through others’ eyes and understand the importance of different points of view. Art allows children to think creatively but also critically, to question and observe and delve in a little further.
We make use of our outdoor space to explore natural art, creating art from found resources and taking inspiration from the natural world. We want our children to understand that art is an expression and they have the freedom to build, create and play.
Our intent is to empower, excite and engage our children by equipping them with the skills and understanding to be successful and confident artists. We want our children to enjoy the process of experimenting with new techniques, inspiring them to create and build independent learning skills which extend outside the classroom.
Art and design are a crucial part of our children’s education. We believe that every child is an artist.
Children at Norbury Hall Primary School explore and experiment whilst building upon their skills and knowledge to create. We are committed to ensuring that our children can recognise their individual potential and provide structure and learning opportunities to develop and hone their skills.
As our pupils progress through the school, we encourage them to think critically about the work of others and to reflect on their own art. We critique and question, using both technical and emotive language to describe and compare. We build upon the 7 elements of art: colour, form, line, shape, space, texture and value to develop an understanding of the key building blocks of art and design. This allows our children to play, create and evaluate their work with a critical eye.
We endeavour to introduce the children to artists from a wide range of practices including illustrators, architects, ceramicists, sculptors, collagists, photographers and printmakers. We study a diverse range of artists, understanding the cultural and historical significance of those from the past but also the impact contemporary artists have within our communities and around the globe.
We want our children to understand how art and design reflects the world around us, contributes to culture but also how it has shaped our history. Art acts as a portal to transport our children to a different times and space, allows them to see the world through others’ eyes and understand the importance of different points of view. Art allows children to think creatively but also critically, to question and observe and delve in a little further.
We make use of our outdoor space to explore natural art, creating art from found resources and taking inspiration from the natural world. We want our children to understand that art is an expression and they have the freedom to build, create and play.
Our intent is to empower, excite and engage our children by equipping them with the skills and understanding to be successful and confident artists. We want our children to enjoy the process of experimenting with new techniques, inspiring them to create and build independent learning skills which extend outside the classroom.
Implementation
The teaching and implementation of Art and Design at Norbury Hall Primary School is based on the National Curriculum and is linked to themes taught through our Quest lessons. Our planning is guided using documents which refer to the Elements and Principles of Art and Design and our whole school progression of skills. Our progression of skills also highlights key vocabulary which refers to each area of the art and design curriculum. This allows us to build upon the children’s prior knowledge and technical vocabulary.
We monitor previous learning, techniques used and areas for development which allows us to see which artists have inspired our children and how this has been presented to the children in the context of their learning. Assessments allow us to see how to support our budding artists whether that be to structure, teach and scaffold or to challenge, extend and encourage independent skills and further technical development.
We want to tap into our children’s innate curiosity and willingness to play, explore and learn. We use cross-curricular learning to link and extend our ideas, putting our learning into real life context to create purposeful work. We use relevant texts such as storybooks, non-fiction texts and biographies to promote reading and to encourage further research into specific artists or art movements. We want our children to be inspired and curious to learn more, seeing creative work as an aspiration. When exploring picture books, we discuss the illustrators and the significance of the illustrations when supporting the text.
Learning is based around opportunities across the school year:
The teaching and implementation of Art and Design at Norbury Hall Primary School is based on the National Curriculum and is linked to themes taught through our Quest lessons. Our planning is guided using documents which refer to the Elements and Principles of Art and Design and our whole school progression of skills. Our progression of skills also highlights key vocabulary which refers to each area of the art and design curriculum. This allows us to build upon the children’s prior knowledge and technical vocabulary.
We monitor previous learning, techniques used and areas for development which allows us to see which artists have inspired our children and how this has been presented to the children in the context of their learning. Assessments allow us to see how to support our budding artists whether that be to structure, teach and scaffold or to challenge, extend and encourage independent skills and further technical development.
We want to tap into our children’s innate curiosity and willingness to play, explore and learn. We use cross-curricular learning to link and extend our ideas, putting our learning into real life context to create purposeful work. We use relevant texts such as storybooks, non-fiction texts and biographies to promote reading and to encourage further research into specific artists or art movements. We want our children to be inspired and curious to learn more, seeing creative work as an aspiration. When exploring picture books, we discuss the illustrators and the significance of the illustrations when supporting the text.
Learning is based around opportunities across the school year:
- During our autumn and spring term the children use a variety of skills to produce front covers for their Quest books linked to their curriculum focus. These covers include a range of drawing, painting and collage skills.
- In the summer term we celebrate the arts through a creative Quest which ends in a Norbury Fest celebration. The children produce work related to a whole school theme using their printing and sculpting skills. Textiles is also incorporated into this quest as a cross-subject discipline whereby in design and technology we make products using a given brief but also recognise that the artistic and aesthetic element of textile design within the art and design curriculum has a place.
- Throughout the year, our children will use their sketchbooks to record their work. Every child at Norbury Hall from Reception to Year 6 has their own sketchbook which tells the story of the artistic journey they have taken throughout each project. Sketchbooks provide the space for children to play, explore, try, and wonder. They also provide a safe space in which to fail, struggle and get lost, all of which bring growth in vital skills. When used well, sketchbooks allow children to go on their own journeys, and make their own choices about what and how they explore, and so build confidence. In this subject, children do learn from mistakes and those should be valued as part of the working process. Sketchbooks develop critical thinking skills and are very important in tracking progress and the development of both thinking and ideas, and the mastery of techniques.
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Impact
The impact of our curriculum is measured in various ways: through the children’s work, pupil voice and feedback from our teaching staff and school community. It is recognised in the celebration of the arts which is shared in our end of year festival – Norbury Fest!
Our learners enjoy the process of experimenting with different techniques and materials and are proud of their work. Norbury children take their learning from school and continue to feel inspired at home. For home learning we see a wide range of artistic activities and many of our children then read books or visit exhibitions relating to artists they have studied in school.
After-school clubs allow our children to further explore our school themes and allow extra opportunities to explore, collaborate and develop their artistic skills.
The impact of our curriculum is measured in various ways: through the children’s work, pupil voice and feedback from our teaching staff and school community. It is recognised in the celebration of the arts which is shared in our end of year festival – Norbury Fest!
Our learners enjoy the process of experimenting with different techniques and materials and are proud of their work. Norbury children take their learning from school and continue to feel inspired at home. For home learning we see a wide range of artistic activities and many of our children then read books or visit exhibitions relating to artists they have studied in school.
After-school clubs allow our children to further explore our school themes and allow extra opportunities to explore, collaborate and develop their artistic skills.
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Art at Norbury Hall Primary School
Our children are artists! They love exploring the multiple opportunities to explore, play and create through art and design throughout the year
Our children are artists! They love exploring the multiple opportunities to explore, play and create through art and design throughout the year
- During our autumn and spring term the children use a variety of skills to produce front covers for their Quest books linked to their curriculum focus. These covers include a range of drawing, painting and collage skills.
- Throughout the year, our children use their sketchbooks to record their work. Every child at Norbury Hall from Reception to Year 6 has their own sketchbook which tells the story of the artistic journey they have taken throughout each project. Sketchbooks provide the space for children to play, explore, try, and wonder. They also provide a safe space in which to fail, struggle and get lost, all of which bring growth in vital skills. Children learn from mistakes and those should be valued as part of the working process. Sketchbooks develop critical thinking skills and are very important in tracking progress and the development of both thinking and ideas, and the mastery of techniques.
- Every year the children have multiple opportunities to explore the work of both traditional and contemporary artists who are carefully selected to show progression throughout the school. We endeavour to introduce the children to artists from a wide range of practices including illustrators, architects, ceramicists, sculptors, collagists, photographers and printmakers. We study a diverse range of artists, understanding the cultural and historical significance of those from the past but also the impact contemporary artists have within our communities and around the globe.
- Each year we also complete stand-alone art projects throughout the school. Last summer we hosted our very first Norbury Fest with a whole school art focus themed around ‘Heroes or Villains?’. Every year group produced artwork and a performance to share with friends and families. We explored fairy tales which featured wolves such as Little Red Riding Hood and produced dances, plays, songs, poems, prints and collaborative textile projects! Nursery made sock puppets, Reception created a bunting to advertise our Norbury Fest celebrations and Year 1 used tie-dye techniques to create their own t-shirt and celebrate together! Year 2 made a Norbury build-a-bear swap shop where they created superhero accessories for their bear friends. Year 3 used their printing and stitching techniques to create group artwork sharing the story of Peter and The Wolf. Year 4 worked collaboratively to create scenes from the story of Red Riding Hood using their textile skills. In year 5, the children designed and printed their own bags using stencils to decide if they were ‘Team Wolf’ or ‘Team Red’ and Year 6 created felt keyrings deciding on a well-known hero or villain!
- In 2024 we also designed a stained-glass window which is now proudly displayed in our school entrance. After a whole school focus on local history and geography, we wanted our children to create a lasting legacy to display their learning. Each class explored the work of both contemporary and traditional stained-glass artists linked to their history and geography focus. We then asked each child in the school to put forward a proposal to be incorporated in our Norbury Hall stained glass design. The children have created a piece of art which will remain as their legacy and every child in the school can recognise their part in the designing and making of the glass.
- Another whole school focus in 2023 was the creation of a book titled ‘Find My Happy’ inspired by Emily Coxhead’s ‘Find Your Happy’. Our book which promotes mindfulness and positivity included a self-portrait from every child in the school, published alongside their written work. Each year group were given a specific artist relevant to their objectives to ensure a clear progression in skills and knowledge throughout the school.
- In previous years we have invited families to visit the school grounds to create and share their own natural art inspired by a wide range of earth artists. We make use of our outdoor space to explore natural art, creating art from found resources and taking inspiration from the natural world. We want our children to understand that art is an expression and they have the freedom to build, create and play.
