Art and Design at St Nicholas
Subject Leader: Mrs V Mayer
Hello, my name is Mrs Mayer. My role as Art and Design Subject Leader is to instil art as a vehicle for creativity and individual expression and the opportunities it provides for collaborative work. It is an important form of cultural expression and, therefore, has significance and meaning for all our children.
Our teaching provides an understanding of all the diverse art forms so that the children experience drawing, painting, collage, textiles, 3D designs, printmaking and digital media. We have Art Days with a whole school focus on one artist or painting and we include art in our themed weeks.
Introduction
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Art and Design is a diverse range of activities, creations, and expressions that are appealing or attractive to the senses or have some significance to the mind of an individual. The Arts are a valuable means of developing confidence, communication skills and facilitating expression, ideas and feelings. In addition, through purposeful, imaginative and creative activities children learn to take managed risks, trying out new ideas and new ways of working without fear of failure. Art and Design encourages the exploration of design ideas. Children can express what they know, understand and can do, through a variety of media and various forms of presentation. Children will learn about the place and role of art, craft and design in life today, as well as in different times and cultures. |
What are our aims and aspirations for the
St Nicholas Artist?
Key Information
Please see below key information and documents about this subject, which has been developed to ensure it is accessible to everyone so that you get a real feel for what we have to offer our children.
Subject Policy, Vision and Expectations
Our Subject Policy, Vision and Expectations aims to share how we put our own stamp on this subject at St Nicholas, whilst setting out our ambitious vision of what we want our learners to experience and achieve by the time they leave us in Year 4.
In our way, we set out what we intend for our children, how we will achieve this through what we do, and how we check it is having an impact on our children’s achievement, progress and personal development.
Subject Overviews
Our Subject Overview will give you an insight into what our children learn and when. You will also find a more comprehensive overview which sets out the context of this subject in our school and how it relates to our children, and how we design our curriculum progression here at St Nicholas.
Being a Learner at St Nicholas
