Art and Design
Art and Design at Fairfield
At Fairfield Community Primary School, it is our aim to instil an appreciation of art and design in all our children. Our offering to pupils is broad, rich, contemporary and diverse which is aspirational, inclusive and accessible for every child. We offer a curriculum that both interests, intrigues and inspires our children while meeting the needs of all backgrounds, cultures and abilities. We intend for all children to acquire appropriate subject knowledge, skills as set out in the National Curriculum. The intent of Fairfield’s Art and Design curriculum is to engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. We wish to instil and appreciation for art and design and enthuse children to express their individual creativity as ‘artists’. Our art curriculum will develop children’s critical abilities, as well as an understanding of their own and others’ cultural heritages through the study of a diverse range of artists, designers and craftmakers.
Our Yearly Overview in Art and Design
To be an expert I need to ... think like an artist, talk like an artist and act like an artist.
Art and Design Policy 2025
A Snapshot of Art and Design from Spring Term 2025
Year 6 are beginning their learning journey into large scale expressive drawing. Here we can see the children developing ideas in their sketchbooks and using drawing media to become confident in use of a wide variety of ways to make marks with both dry and wet media (graphite, full range pencils and ink). They are using the media to explore elements of line, tone, pattern, texture, form, space, colour and shape.
Following exploration of the life and works of Stephen Alcorn, Year 4 explored Anglo-Saxon patterns from a range of sources and used tracing paper to transfer these into sketchbooks. Scroll down to see the end of their learning journey where they created their final pieces- Anglo Saxon relief print art work showcasing Anglo-Saxon design, printing with a second colour, creating their own printing tiles.
Year 3 enjoyed a fantastic visit to Bury Art Gallery where they viwed the iconic 'Going to the Match' created by L.S Lowry. The children also perfomed musical pieces inspired by the works and enjoyed an art workshop!
A Snapshot of Art and Design from Autumn Term 2024
Magnificent self portraits in Turtle Class!
Year 2 were exploring making tones and tints by adding black and white.
Below Year 6 have explored and responded to art work created by David Hockney. They have expressed opinions on his use of colour and how he uses contrast between warm and cool colours and light and dark to create depth in his compositions. Here you can see the children using a range of contrasting colours and paint application skills to created landscapes with horizon, roads and fields in the style of David Hockney.
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Children in Year 5 explored a range of great artists, craft makers of mosaic art in Greek history and through the more recent artworks of Helen Miles. They then used this to inspire their own designs for a print block for printing on fabric to create a printed mosaic tea towel. Children developed skills in two new printing styles and use these to create a final piece showcasing the knowledge and skills that they have learnt. Take a look!
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Year 1 exploring primary colours, brushstrokes and responding to artwork by Frida Kahlo...