At Prudhoe Castle First School we follow the CUSP curriculum which we feel delivers the aims of the National Curriculum whilst offering a wide range of knowledge, skills and levels of challenge. ‘A high-quality art and design education should 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’ (National Curriculum)
Skills lead teacher instruction inspires pupils to acquire knowledge, as an artist, and enables them to skillfully explore and attempt new techniques and apply their understanding.
The CUSP Art curriculum is organised into blocks with each block covering a particular set of artistic disciplines, including drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, 3D and collage. Vertical progression in each discipline has been deliberately woven into the fabric of the curriculum so that pupils can revisit key disciplines throughout their Primary journey at increasing degrees of challenge and complexity. (CUSP)
