We believe Art & Design Technology are vital parts of a broad and balanced curriculum. All staff are encouraged to utilise Art & Design Technology in rich and positive ways.
Art and Design gives children the opportunity to present their sense of vision through observation, experimentation and illustration. Through our progressive scheme of work, they are taught the skills and techniques in mark making, drawing, painting, print making, sculpture and textiles. Our pupils are given the opportunity to use their imagination with a wide range of media such as pencil, paint, ink, fabric, clay, paper, and recycled materials.
Manipulative skills are developed as well as an awareness of colour, texture, design and dimension. Children study the work and techniques of a range of diverse artists and research art forms from other cultures.
In Design, technology children are taught to use tools correctly and safely to combine their designing and making skills alongside their knowledge and understanding in order to construct products that satisfy needs and challenges.
In addition, we offer the children opportunities to cook throughout each year group with a focus on a range of skills and savoury dishes.
Resilience: Through careful modelling, our children will be supported to practise and apply skills building the resilience of all children and support with low confidence. Our mantra of ‘We are all artists’ will be echoed across the school with a ‘can do’ attitude.
Respect: By learning to respect equipment and tools, our children will value these within lessons. Via discussion, children will show respect to their own and others work with positive praise and be proud of this.
Risk-Taking: With new exploration of techniques and methods our children take risks in the choice of materials, techniques and tools to create quality final pieces that express their creativity and knowledge.
Responsibility: By using tools and equipment safely, our children take responsibility in order to keep themselves and others safe.
Reflection: Children are encouraged to critically evaluate their own work and that of others in order to learn from their experiences.
