Art and Design

At St. Thomas More Catholic First School we are committed to the development of the whole child to reach their full potential. Our Art and Design curriculum allows children to explore their imagination and express themselves and their individuality through the exploration of a variety of mediums. We encourage children to develop as creative thinkers, exploring and celebrating their ideas, feelings, attitudes and values. We aim to foster originality and creativity using Art as a means of communication. The art and design technology curriculum is interwoven into the Hamilton Trust scheme that is followed throughout the school.

We provide opportunities to

• develop in the children a love and appreciation of art forms and build their confidence in expressing themselves creatively
• enable children of all abilities to enhance their self-esteem through success in using the new skills taught as well as enabling them to apply these skills in other areas of the curriculum
• develop the children’s ability to observe, investigate, respond to and record through a variety of forms and media
• deliver the National Curriculum and Early Years Framework in an interesting and imaginative way in order to provide a broad and balanced art curriculum throughout the year groups
• use the work of children to provide a colourful and stimulating environment around the school.
• enable pupils to express their ideas and feelings through imaginative creation in both two and three dimensions
• provide opportunities to study the world analytically
• establish an appropriate vocabulary to enable pupils to understand and discuss their own work and that of others
• enable pupils to appreciate and evaluate the work of a range of artists, from their own and other cultures
• provide opportunities to critically evaluate own work 

National curriculum in England: art and design programmes of study – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)