At Dereham Junior Academy we want our children to have the courage to be adventurous and experimental when creating their work and have pride when it is completed and displayed.  We will achieve this through sequential and progressive learning, where our children are supported to be reflective, creative and resilient learners.

Our children are encouraged to express themselves through a variety of mediums and genres; building skills throughout their time at our school. Our art teaching enables the children to trust in their growing skills and raises their artistic aspirations keep improving.

We deliver first-hand experience of producing their own art, alongside the exploration of the ideas and meaning within the work of artists from different times and cultures. Developing their own opinions on these works and knowing they will be met with kindness, allows the children to appreciate, respect and reflect upon the awe and wonder artistic pieces provide.The majority of our art curriculum in each year group is delivered as part of a cross-curricular topic. Some lessons are taught discretely including when studying particular artists.

To see a more detailed overview for Art, click here.

ART	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Year 3	Through topic	Through topic	Through topic	Through topic	Through topic
Year 4	Through topic		Through topic	Through topic
Year 5	Through topic		Through topic	Through topic	Through topic	Through topic
Year 6		Through topic		Through topic		Through topic
Almost all of DJA’s bespoke art curriculum is taught within topics. The only exceptions to this are where some year groups may study artists in discrete sessions.