Welcome to the Oxley Park Academy art page. Here you will find information about art at OPA including our subject pathway, detailing the content taught in each year group and the progression of art throughout a child’s time at OPA. Art is taught as part of our Doorways and Pathways curriculum. We follow the national curriculum programme of study and build upon the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.

Art is the application or expression of human creative skills.

In school we have 3 key concepts in art. As artists we learn to:

• Develop Ideas - by thinking about and understanding how ideas for art develop.
• Master techniques - by developing the skills needed to create art work.
• Take Inspiration from the greats - by learning from the artistic process and techniques used by great artists throughout history.

Each year the children become more skilled in these key concepts, building upon their prior knowledge
and understanding. Our intention is that when they leave in Year 6, they are able to record their
observations and use them to review and revisit ideas, and furthermore, improve their mastery of art and
design techniques and know about great artists, architects and designers in history, as well as comment on artworks with a fluent grasp of visual language.