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Monday 13 May 2013 Years 7 & 8 CE Revision
Monday 20 May 2013 Year 5 - Tea at The Orchard
Tuesday 21 May 2013 Vibes in the Library
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Art

For an outline of the art curriculum by year group, please see our Curriculum Guides.

Philosophy of the Art Department

To produce a dynamic and creative environment that combines traditional media and new technologies to enable pupils to express their creativity, realise their imaginations and increase their self-esteem. This environment will give every pupil the opportunity to engage in and learn about the range of media and breadth of artistic activities the department offers. This will ultimately prepare the pupils for independent learning by developing their own concepts individually in personal project work.

Educational Objectives

To encourage a passion for art.
To enrich pupils’ visual understanding.
To allow pupils to realise their imaginations and develop original thought, and to express themselves in a variety of media.
To provide pupils with the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for them to express their responses to ideas, feelings and experiences in a visual and tactile form.
To enable the pupils to become visually literate by understanding art as a visual and tactile communication and to develop their ability to appreciate and evaluate images and artefacts.
To develop pupils’ aesthetic awareness and enable them to make informed critical responses about their work and that of others.
To introduce a broad spectrum of artists and Art movements, to develop the meaning and values of art from past, modern and contemporary art; to encourage a sense of Art history and an awareness of the contributions of artists from many cultures.
To engage in the processes of art enthusiastically with two-dimensional and three-dimensional images.
To embrace new technology in art and encourage experimentation with developments in this field.
To provide equal opportunity for all pupils to fulfil potential, regardless of their gender, cultural background or ability.

Art Galleries

Year 4 Art Exhibition, Saturday 11 May 2013 (32 images)

The pupils investigated patterns in textiles from different cultures. They used fabric design ideas as a starting point for developing their own designs. They investigated fabric dying and printmaking techniques. They explored ways of combining and organising shapes, colours and patterns to make a decorative textile piece. These ideas were combined to create the Holmwood House banner that was used at their O2 ‘Young Voices’ Concert last term.

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Art: Portraits (32 images)