Art & Design

“Art is not just a subject you can learn but an activity you can practise with your hands, eyes, your whole personality.” - Quentin Blake

Vision

At St John's we believe all children have the right to artistic freedom, that children have the right to express themselves creatively and communicate through art what they see, think, and feel. Through allowing the children the freedom to be creative, inventive, and imaginative we inspire and challenge pupils equipping them with skills and knowledge to experiment invent and create their own works of art, craft, and design. 

Our Art and design curriculum provides valuable educational as well as social and cultural experiences for children of all ages from our youngest Nursery children to our oldest year 6 pupils. It provides visual, tactile, and sensory experiences as a way of understanding and responding to the world around us.  We provide children with the opportunities to study artists from different eras, cultures and gender using their work as inspiration for their own individual pieces using different media.  

Inclusion and SEND: Our curriculum is fully inclusive. Teachers make reasonable adjustments so that pupils with SEND can access and achieve in lessons. Strategies may include scaffolded tasks, pre‑teaching of vocabulary, adapted resources, visual supports, assistive technology and targeted adult support, in line with our SEND Policy and pupils’ support plans.

Finding out more: Parents/carers can request further information about our curriculum by contacting the subject leader via the school office. Long‑term plans and progression documents are available to view on this page.

Our curriculum follows the National Curriculum for Key Stages 1 and 2 and is sequenced to build knowledge and skills over time.