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At St Bartholomew’s, we have designed our own art curriculum. We have done this to allow for lots of organic links with other areas of the curriculum.
Each phase in school looks at a range of artistic topics over a two year cycle. Every year group covers key skills in drawing and painting and then cover a selection of the following: Sculpture, printing, collage and textiles. Year groups then have a range of key skills and understanding to teach the children to ensure they cover all of the objectives from the national curriculum.
Our children each have their own art sketchbook which follows them up through school, tracking their progress as they go through each year group. Children also have an art assessment file, where they produce a self portrait each year to show how much they are improving as they get older.
Curriculum - Art - Key Documents
Curriculum - Art - Useful Links
Art for Kids Hub - Art lessons (How to draw for kids)
Tate Kids - Play free art games and fun quizzes, find art activities, read about artists and share your art.
Curriculum - Art - Giacometti Style Sculptures
In art this week, we have been created sculptures in the style of Giacometti.
Curriculum - Art - Learning to Weave
In class 6 we have been learning about the artist Lucy Poskitt. She is a weaver. We have started to learn how to weave. We created our own looms and practiced using different materials going over and under. What do you think of our first attempts?
Curriculum - Art - Yorkshire Sculpture Park Trip
Years 3 and 4 had an amazing day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park! We started the day by looking at different sculptures around the park and using these to make sketches in our sketchbooks. In the afternoon we worked in groups to create our own sculptures from various materials.
Curriculum - Art - Focus Pages
Class 16 have been introduced to our artist of the term Jesse Treece. We have looked at some of his work which the children the critiqued and turned into an artist focus page in their sketch book. They can’t wait to have a go themselves at Treecing up a volcano collage of their own.
Curriculum - Art - God's Covenants
Some great art work by class 13 showing God's Covenants he made to his followers. Tamara drew a beautiful picture to symbolize the story of Noah's Ark and the promise God made. Brilliant work Tamara, well done.
Curriculum - Art - Seal Sculptures
Class 4 have been practising different techniques they can use to make sculptures this half term. We then made our own seals out of clay and painted them carefully.
Curriculum - Art - Pattern Planning
Class 13 have been busy planning their patterns to print for their wallpaper. They all used the same shape but have come up with some lovely individual designs.
Curriculum - Art - Tessellated Patterns
Class 16 have spent their art lesson trying out different patterns using on type of tessellated pattern piece. It’s amazing the different patterns that can be made using the same pattern piece.
Curriculum - Art - Islamic Art
Class 16 have completed their title page for their Islamic art topic. They have learnt about the ancient art of calligraphy and made their own title page ready to add to in the coming weeks. The children have been encouraged to send in any examples of Islamic art or repeated pattern designs they can see in the world around them. They can send any photos they have to art@stbartsleeds.org.uk or bring in any pictures they have drawn.
Curriculum - Art - Art at Home
Children in years 5 and 6 continue to enjoy having the opportunity to take art folders home over the weekend to complete art work of their choice. Well done!
Curriculum - Art - Remembrance Day Work
Class 14 have celebrated Remembrance Day by producing some amazing art work. Take a look at their work.
Curriculum - Art - St Bart's Art Gallery
Year 3 showed off their fantastic artworks (on canvas and in sketchbooks) inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh at our St Bart’s art gallery. Parents were astounded by our children’s incredible artistic talent!
Curriculum - Art - Remembrance Day Displays
Our final remembrance art pieces are complete and look wonderful displayed as a group. The children have worked hard and used the artist Jaqueline Hurley (remembrance artist) as their inspiration. We will remember them - Lest we forget.
Curriculum - Art - WW2
Class 14 have created amazing perspective art work with a WWII focus. Take a look at their artistic journeys.
Curriculum - Art - Starry Night
Year 3 enjoyed using watercolours to paint their version of Starry Night.
Curriculum - Art - Picasso
Year 1 have been learning about Picasso and cubism in Art. We looked at some of Picasso’s art work and talked about our favourite pieces and why we like them.
Curriculum - Art - Wartime Landscapes
Class 15 have started to sketch their war time landscapes today. They have made a great start and worked really hard. We are all really excited to see how their work progresses.
Curriculum - Art - Jaqueline Hurley
Year 5 and year 6 have been looking at the work of our artist of the term Jaqueline Hurley. Her art focuses on war time landscapes with lots of texture and depth. The children loved her work and now feel inspired to create their own piece of art in her style.
Curriculum - Art - Perspective in Landscapes
Today class 16 have learnt about perspective in landscapes and how to achieve them. They enjoyed working together first then independently to create their own landscape ready for our war time landscape in the coming weeks.
Curriculum - Art - Sunset Backgrounds
Today we created our sunset backgrounds to add our painted elephants on to.
Curriculum - Art - Underwater Scenes
Class 7 created art work for environment day based on the theme clean our oceans. Pupils drew a underwater scene and used recycled materials to collage their art work.
Curriculum - Art - Re-Using String
As part of World Environment Day class 13 have re-used string and magazines to make jewellery. Take a look!
Curriculum - Art - Dyeing Material (C7)
In art class 7 have been dying material, the pupils then used this material and others in their weaving. Pupils have worked hard to make sure they weave over and under, changing the pattern after each piece of material. This is our work so far.
Curriculum - Art - Dyeing Material
In art, class 6 have prepared and dyed some material, ready for weaving with!
Curriculum - Art - Mono Prints
Class 13 have enjoyed learning how to make a mono print today. They traced and transferred their image onto styro foam and them printed in the style of Andy Warhol. Well done class 13!
Curriculum - Art - Weaving
Year 2 have been practicing their weaving skills in art. Learning to go over under, alternating the layers. Some pupils have even managed a repeating pattern. They are also learning all about Lucy Poskitt this half term. We are going to be dying material and using it to weave a seaside scene.
Curriculum - Art - Andy Warhol Style Selfies
This half term we will be focusing on pop art and print. The artist we will be using for our inspiration is Andy Warhol with a Greek twist. The children completed their Warhol style selfies this week.
Curriculum - Art - The 3 Primary Colours
In art, we have been learning about the 3 primary colours. We talked about how we cannot make these colours by mixing other colours together. We then experimented mixing the primary colours to make secondary colours.
Curriculum - Art - Dreamcatchers
Class 10 worked really hard to create their dreamcatchers. We first researched the origin of dreamcatchers, and enjoyed learning about Amazonian tribes. We then practiced our weaving skills in preparation for making them. We showed resilience when attaching beads and feathers.
Curriculum - Art - Sculptures
Class 4 learned about the sculpture Francois Pompon. We looked at the different sculptures that he created. The children enjoyed recreating his polar bear sculpture.
Curriculum - Art - Ocean Pollution
Year 5 and 6 have completed their ocean pollution topic and made their sea creatures from single use plastics. We took inspiration from the brilliant sculptor Angela Haseltine Pozzi and our Fabulous trip to The Deep in Hull. I think you can agree they look turtally awsome. The children have had making their sculptures, while learning the importance of reducing single use plastic in their lives. Great job year 5 and 6!
Curriculum - Art - Sea Sculptures
Class 14 have started their amazing sea creature sculptures using plastics that could potentially end up in the oceans killing and hurting sea life. Great work class 14.
