Art & Design

Our Pupil's Perspective:

“In Art and Design, we explore how artists use skills and tools in their work and have fun experimenting, inventing, taking creative risks and developing as artists ourselves.”

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Curriculum Intent:

At St. Stephen's , our aim is for Art and Design to provide a context in which the self-esteem, confidence, resilience and wellbeing of our children can flourish, and in which children of all abilities are included and can enjoy participating. We intend that children should develop their artistic skills to a level where they have the understanding and ability to find joy in and talk about the creations of artists, designers and craftspeople, and are inspired to create their own works of Art. We aim to teach Art and Design in a way that ensures meaningful and relevant progression of skills, building on previous learning and projecting towards future learning. We aspire to nurture a long term love of Art, helping pupils develop to such an extent that they will confidently arrive at secondary school with an array of knowledge, vocabulary and cultural capital as well as artistic and critical skills that they can build on and succeed in, perhaps even choosing to enter an artistic or related career.

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