Intent
At North Petherton Community Primary School, our Art curriculum, guided by the Kapow scheme, is dedicated to fostering creativity, independence, collaboration, and aspiration in our students.
The scheme we are using is written by experts in their field and designed to give pupils every opportunity to develop their ability, nurture their talent and interests, express their ideas and thoughts about the world, as well as learning about art and artists across cultures and through history.
We inspire creativity by encouraging students to explore various artistic mediums and techniques, allowing them to express their unique perspectives. Our curriculum promotes independence by providing opportunities for students to take charge of their artistic journeys, fostering self-expression and confidence.
Collaboration is emphasised through group projects and discussions, teaching students the value of sharing ideas and working together. Lastly, we raise aspirations by exposing students to diverse artistic traditions and histories, inspiring them to set high goals and pursue their artistic passions.
Our Art curriculum embodies these values, preparing students to explore and appreciate the world of art with enthusiasm and insight.
Implementation
The Kapow Art revised scheme of work is designed with five strands that run throughout. These are:
● Generating ideas
● Using sketchbooks
● Making skills, including formal elements (line, shape, tone, texture, pattern, colour)
● Knowledge of artists
● Evaluating and analysing
Units of lessons are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes. The formal elements, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven
throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral
curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Units in each year
group are organised into four core areas:
● Drawing
● Painting and mixed-media
● Sculpture and 3D
● Craft and design
Lessons are always practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning with
pupils using sketchbooks to document their ideas. Differentiated guidance is available for every
lesson to ensure that lessons can be accessed and enjoyed by all pupils and opportunities to stretch
pupils’ learning are available when required. Knowledge organisers for each unit support pupils by
providing a highly visual record of the key knowledge and techniques learned, encouraging recall of
skills processes, key facts and vocabulary.
Impact
Kapow Primary’s curriculum is designed in such a way that children are involved in evaluation,
dialogue and decision making about the quality of their outcomes and the improvements they need to make. By taking part in our regular discussions and decision making processes, children will not only know facts and key information about art, but they will be able to talk confidently about their own learning journey, have higher metacognitive skills and have a growing understanding of how to
improve.
The impact of Kapow Primary’s scheme can be constantly monitored through both formative and
summative assessment opportunities. Each lesson includes guidance to support teachers in assessing
pupils against the learning objectives. An assessment spreadsheet including the learning outcomes for children with secure understanding and those working at greater depth enables teachers to keep records of summative assessments for each child.
After the implementation of Kapow Primary’s Art and design scheme, pupils should leave primary
school equipped with a range of techniques and the confidence and creativity to form a strong
foundation for their Art and design learning at Key Stage 3 and beyond.
The expected impact of following the Kapow Primary Art and design scheme of work is that children
will: