Curriculum

The study of Art and Design enriches the lives of our pupils by developing their visual perception and aesthetic experience. It is both a form of communication and a means of expressing ideas and feelings, whilst offering opportunities equivalent in importance to literacy and numeracy in a child’s development.

The aims of the Art and Design Department are:To enable pupils to become visually literate: to use and understand Art as a form of visual and tactile communication and to have confidence and competence in reading and evaluating visual images and artefacts

• To develop particular creative and technical skills so that ideas can be realised and artefacts produced
• To develop pupils’ aesthetic sensibilities and enable them to make informed judgements about art
• To develop pupils’ capacity for imaginative and original thought and experimentation
• To develop pupils’ capacity to learn about and observe the world in which they live
• To develop pupils’ ability to articulate and communicate ideas, opinions and feeling about their own work and that of others
• To develop pupils’ ability to value the contribution made by artists, craft workers and designers and to respond thoughtfully, critically and imaginatively to ideas, images and objects of many kinds and from many cultures
• To develop pupils’ enthusiasm about Art and Design and encourage their capacity to enjoy art within society