Art and Design at Bedford Drive Primary School

The school follows the National Curriculum for Art and Design as defined by the Department for Education. The National Curriculum for Art and Design aims to ensure that all pupils:

• produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences

• become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques

• evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design

• know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms.

We would like to share our work and learning

Foundation 1

Foundation 1 have been exploring mark making using a range of different writing tools; paint, chalk, pencils and rubber paint brushes. We have been learning to join materials using tape, glue and wool. The children have selected the resources they need and adapted where necessary.

Foundation 2

Foundation 2 have been learning all about how to draw. A lot of this is undertaken during child initiated continuous provision. The children have used various media to draw. We have encouraged pupils to utilise resources within our continuous provision to support their drawing such as looking at a pumpkin or some flowers to draw a still life picture. 

Year 1

In year 1, the children have been developing a wide range of art and design techniques using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space. We have explored the work of Andy Warhol and created portraits in his style. Following our work in line drawing, we learnt to observe and then draw our own portraits, developing our skills over two sketches.

Year 2

In year 2, we have been looking at Liverpool’s ‘Three Graces’. Exploring architects such as Walter Aubrey Thomas and their importance in creating buildings. We have also studied the artwork of Liverpool artist Steph Dekker and her Tula Moon pieces Using these to inspire our own work, we created our own pieces using mark-making and brusho techniques.

Year 3

During our Art topic this term, children have been looking at the topic of ‘Scavengers and Settlers’ linking it to our History unit of work ‘Stone Age to Iron Age’. Children explored the history and style of cave painting. Children also looked at a range of aboriginal art, developing the unique style for children to then create their own piece.

Year 4

We have been studying the ‘Ruthless Romans’ to find out about the patterns they used and how they decorated their villas using mosaics. The children have studied the artist Antoni Gaudi, to explore how he used patterns, shapes and vibrant colours in his mosaics. The final piece was to create simple mosaic designs using tiles.

Year 5

Year 5 looked at the famous Victorian artist, Hans Holbein. They learnt about why he was famous during the Victorian era and why he was chosen by Henry VIII for so many famous portraits. Children explored the style and technique that he used and sketched their own images in this style, of Henry VIII or Anne of Cleves.

Year 6

Year 6 have taken inspiration from a range of artists to produce their own independent piece of work. By researching influential artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Banksy and Frida Kahlo, this developed the children’s creative thinking and understanding. Taking inspiration from these artists, the children experimented using paint, wax crayons and pencils to recreate work based on their styles. Once their decision was made, the children recreated their final piece inspired by the work of some of our world’s most renowned artists.

There are a number of ways that you can support with your child’s learning at home in Art, please click here to look at the suggestions that we have made for you:

At Bedford Drive Primary School we have constructed an ambitious Art Curriculum, which follows the content of the EYFS Statutory Framework and the National Curriculum. These documents, along with our school policy are available below.