Art and Design

Art and design stimulates pupil creativity and imagination.  It provides visual, tactile and sensory experiences and a way of understanding and responding to the world.  At Teesville Academy pupils are encouraged to use colour, pattern, texture, line, tone, shape, form, space and different materials and processes to communicate what they see, feel and think. Through art, craft and design activities they learn to make informed value judgments and aesthetic and practical decisions, becoming actively involved in making images, objects and learning to shape their own environment. Pupils explore, through discussion and the making of art, the ideas and meanings in the work of artists, craftspeople and designers. They learn the part that art, craft and design plays in their own and others’ lives in contemporary life and in different times and cultures. This enables pupils to become involved in, enjoy, understand and appreciate the visual arts which enriches their personal lives and enables them to understand the role they play in society. 

All pupils will experience using a variety of materials and processes in two and three dimensions, including drawing, painting and other media (e.g. collage, print making, digital media, textiles, sculpture).  The three main starting points for work are first-hand observation, experience (memory) and imagination.  Pupils are encouraged to evaluate and talk about their own work during and after they have made it.  Pupils develop their knowledge and understanding of colour, pattern, texture, line, tone, shape, form and space through the making of images and objects and through talking about and studying the work of other artists, craftspeople and designers.

We aim for pupils to think and act like creative practitioners by using their knowledge and understanding to inform, inspire and interpret ideas, observations and feelings. Pupils will be able to select and utilise materials, processes and techniques skilfully and inventively, in order to do this. We want all pupils to draw confidently and adventurously from observation, memory and imagination, working independently and collaboratively on both small and large scales.