Art & Design
At Fordbridge we view art as something that every child should be given the opportunity to enjoy. We strongly believe that art plays an integral part in children’s social, moral and cultural development. We want to create a school of budding artists where the pupils of Fordbridge feel proud of their art work. We will do this by teaching Art in fun and creative ways, to ensure children are always engaged with the topic. We teach key artistic skills that the children can practice throughout their time at school.

Our art curriculum focuses on artists such as Vincent Van Gough, Gustav Klimt, George Seurat and Julian Opie. Each year group will be given a focus artist and will use a piece of their work as a mentor piece to examine the techniques of and recreate in the style of. By studying particular artists and their styles, the children will develop an exciting and diverse range of artistic skills. They will be given the opportunity to work with a wide selection of mediums including but not limited to; pencils, clay, pastels and a range of paints. All pupils are provided with an art book to showcase their work and show the progression of their taught skills.

Design Technology

The Fordbridge design technology curriculum is designed to equip our pupils with the skills needed to design, make and evaluate projects across a range of materials and construction techniques. We provide a rich and deep learning experience through carefully planned practical opportunities.

Pupils leave Fordbridge with a wealth of positive learning experiences; a solid understanding across the broad design and technology curriculum; and the knowledge and aspirations to choose to persue a career in these areas.

DT Pioneers
Our learning begins with a reintroduction to one of our carefully selected 'DT pioneers'. These have been chosen as role models for our pupils, from a range of beginnings in life and with life stories that will appeal to and inspire our pupils to set their own high aspirations in life. These pioneers are chef Michael Caines; engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel; architect Selasi Setufe; industrialist Henry Ford; physicist Archimedes; and fashion designer George Davies. These pioneers show our pupils how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world.

Curriculum

We teach DT through the 'design, make, evaluate' approach. We have created our own curriculum, supplemented by Twinkl units, to ensure a broad coverage of the DT National Curriculum.

Pupils apply their new skills to a range of projects in food, textiles, materials, construction and mechanisms. The content covered by each year group can be found below:

Grand Designs

Some Year 6 children took part in a competition to design their own dream house for Grand Designs Live. The judges chose 10 entries as a top 10 and the children were invited along to the show where they got to meet Grand Designs Presenter Kevin McCloud. Kevin also gave our school a brilliant shout out on the TV show This Morning!