Music/Art and Design Technology

We integrate the arts into the teaching of other subjects and find that this not only enhances pupils’ enjoyment but leads to better outcomes for all.  The arts have the power to inspire, inform, stimulate, challenge and entertain. 

 We have a shared vision: we appreciate and value the way that performing arts and visual arts can help children to develop their imagination and improve their self-esteem. 

Participation in the Arts is a therapeutic experience, allowing children to develop their imagination and curiosity.  Performing arts improves physical coordination and well-being, whilst visual arts teach children to observe, reflect, make judgements and assess. 

We believe that the arts have a special place within the curriculum in helping all children to achieve their full potential. Our schools have developed their own creative cross-curricular contextualised approach which enables all pupils to make connections across their learning. 

Within the curriculum pupils have the opportunity to work with artists over a broad range of specialisms.

One of our main aims as a school is to promote children’s enjoyment of art by establishing a working partnership with artists. We look for opportunities to work with organisations and businesses in our local community, to build valuable links from curriculum to the workplace, which then inspires future career choices. 

We encourage pupils to play musical instruments including percussion instruments and arrange for a peripatetic music teacher to come in to school.

Parents and families are invited into our schools to celebrate the children’s successes, for example at Christmas performance productions and end of year, leavers’ events.