Art
Across the Curriculum
Just as language contributes to all aspects of learning, art also makes many contributions. For example, competence in drawing, which is the basic means of communication, can be developed through recorded observations in Science, making designs in Technology or illustrations for topic work. Some examples of contributions which art can make or indeed how art skills can be further developed are listed below.
Literacy
Speaking and Listening: Responding to art works, communicating observations, ideas, feelings.
Reading: Reading picture book, art books, information on Activity pages and Picture pack.
Writing: Personal, informative, imaginative kinds of writing relating to art works.
Presentation: Display design, lettering, mounting etc.
Literature: Stories and poems illustrating art themes.
Drama: Tableaux of art works, miming, acting scenes from the lives and works of artists.
Knowledge about Language: Building an art vocabulary, use of captions, titles, lettering.
Numeracy
Using & Applying: Talking about art work using mathematical language e.g. shape, size, number.
Number: Counting, measuring, adding and subtracting, identifying halves etc. in art work.
Shape & Space: Shapes e.g. in patterns, symmetry in art and design, 3D shape constructions.
Handling
Data:
Sorting art works e.g. via
subject, media, artist, time, place, exploring chance effects
(probability), colour charts, art timelines.
Science
Scientific Investigation: Close observational drawing as part of scientific investigation.
Life and Living Processes: Recording living things in drawing, painting etc.
Materials and their Properties: Study of art materials, recording chemical changes.
Physical Processes: Recording aspects of electricity, energy, forces, light, sound, universe etc.
Design
& Technology
Identifying Needs and Opportunities: Investigating design in social contexts e.g. fashion design.
Generating a Design: Using drawings to plan or respond to a design task.
Planning or Making: Using art media to make or model artefacts, systems and environments.
Evaluating: Judging and seeking ways to improve art works.
Information Technology: Using computer aided art work and word-processing.
History
Knowledge and Understanding: Concepts of time and change in art from the past.
Interpretations: Interpreting environmental and historical evidence in art, buildings and artefacts.
Historical Sources: Stories, myths, legends, eye witness accounts, lives of famous men and women, including artists, in art.
Geography
Geographical Skills: Using maps and atlases to locate places in art.
Places: Developing knowledge through art of distant and local places.
Physical Geography: Exploring weather, water, land forms and nature through art work.
Human Geography: Exploring homes, shops, work, transport through art.
Environmental Issues: Investigating different environments e.g. jungle, desert, cities, farms through art.
Music
Interpretation:
Using music as a stimulus for art e.g.
programme music such as 'In
the Hall of the Mountain King' (Grieg).
Appreciation: Using favourite pieces as a background to art activity.
P.E.
Movement: Interpreting shapes and patterns in space.
Dance: Interpreting art themes through dance.
Outdoor Education: Art in an outdoor environment e.g. sketching trip, playground art.
Religious
Education
Religious Art: See Picture Pack (1.9, 1.10, 4.1, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.20)
Beliefs: Stories and beliefs from different traditions illustrated in art.
Worship: Sacred places e.g. Temple (1.3), books e.g. Psalter (1.9), and customs e.g. flowers (4.1)
Festivals: Festival arts and crafts e.g. greetings cards (page 62), costumes.