Intent

We value Art as part of the child’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum. Our rich, progressive and fully inclusive curriculum provides opportunities to stimulate children’s creativity and imagination to enable them to achieve their full potential. It is our aim to engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge, vocabulary and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art. We passionately believe that the teaching of art should be a creative process in which pupils have the opportunity to experiment and take risks with their work. For us the focus is not the final outcome of a piece of work but upon the creative journey that led to the piece being created. Children are taught to think critically and evaluate their own work and the work of others in a constructive way. We have high ambitions and expectations for all the children ensuring strong cross- curricular links are made which support them to become confident and enthusiastic learners