Art

The aims of Art and Design are:

To foster an understanding and enjoyment of art, craft and design.
To provide all children with a broad and balanced education
To learn about art and the appreciation of the work of other artists and crafts people from different times and cultures.
To learn through Art, extending and enriching other curriculum areas.
To develop children’s ability to observe, investigate, respond to and record the world around them through a variety of forms and media.
To make increasingly informed and creative choices of media, tools and techniques for a given purpose.
To develop their visual language and the ability to express their ideas and feelings in order to evaluate their own work and that of others.
To deliver the National Curriculum by integrating the elements of art with the processes and practises of art to provide a broad and balanced art curriculum throughout each year.
To integrate the two strands of the National Curriculum, investigating and making and knowledge and understanding, wherever possible.
To train children in the safe and appropriate use and maintenance of tools and techniques in accordance with health and safety requirements.