Our Art & Design Curriculum Vision
At Crestwood Park we encourage inventive and creative artists. Throughout the school, from the first days in Reception to the end of Year 6, our children are exposed to a high quality, progressive art and design curriculum that not only ensures they are exposed to a wide range of art and craft methods, artists and designers, but also challenges them further as they move throughout the year groups.
We believe in an inclusive environment and a broad and balanced curriculum. All children, including those with SEND, will have high but attainable targets to enable them to achieve their full potential. Each child’s individual learning styles will be respected and facilitated in order for children to succeed with their Art Gems. If needed during art lessons work can be differentiated by the class teacher to ensure success for all learners. Similarly activities can be scaffolded or support can be given by adults within the classroom. Art allows the child to develop their imagination and creativity, to make connections through their inventive minds and gives children the skills to record their imagination and ideas. Our art curriculum allows ALL our children to shine.
In the first instance, we encourage our children to explore and experiment with art. As they develop their techniques we introduce the work of other artists and children learn to find differences and similarities. We teach our older children how to develop their skills so they become increasingly confident with exploring ideas and experimenting. A key part of our curriculum is understanding how art and design has featured in our local history and heritage. Similarly, our surroundings offer plentiful opportunities to experience art in a range of environments so ways to take advantage of these local galleries, buildings and works of art is threaded throughout our units of work.
As we prepare our children for the next stage of their education, we ensure that children have experienced a sufficiently deep and robust art and design curriculum. By working closely with secondary schools, we ensure that children at Crestwood Park begin Key Stage Three fully prepared and ready to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding further, with the aim of them becoming confident and creative artists and designers of the future.
