Arts
Policy
Sacred Heart RC Primary School
offers its students a challenging and interesting curriculum that encourages
them, as individuals, to achieve their fullest potential, and to develop the
skills needed to face the future with confidence.
Our children are encouraged to
use their initiative, to be inquisitive and creative, develop responsibility
and independence, and enjoy all that they do.
As part of our belief in the
equality of opportunity for every individual, we are committed to ensuring that
all students have an arts entitlement.
Engagement in the Arts will
vary according to age and individual talents but will include both active
involvement and appreciation as a spectator.
Sacred Heart RC Primary
School’s ethos strongly supports the Arts in all its forms, both in terms of
curriculum time and extra-curricular activities.
We believe:
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that all pupils, regardless of gender, ability, cultural or
ethnic origin, have the right to experience the Arts in as broad a context as
possible.
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that every student should be taught to be creative and
appreciative of the Arts and that this appreciation helps our students to
develop a greater understanding of the world around them.
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that the Arts allow students to investigate and explore both
their own cultural heritage and those of other nationalities.
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that the Arts can enhance a student’s understanding and learning
within the curriculum. We acknowledge that students learn most effectively
through a variety of media, including aural, visual and written and that,
therefore, use of the Arts across the curriculum allows the teaching staff to
employ a broad range of teaching strategies in their day-to-day work.
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that these subjects allow students to develop their abilities
and opportunities for self-expression, original thought, imagination and
inventiveness.
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that the Arts encourage skills of empathy, negotiation,
co-operation and teamwork.
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that the Arts allow students to develop their critical and
evaluative skills in order to help others and also improve their own work.
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that it is our job to widen the children’s experience of the
Arts as an aesthetic, social, practical and enjoyable aspect of the curriculum.
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that like Physical Education, the Arts curriculum provides
routes to success for students who are less academically inclined. We believe
in giving every student in our school the chance to shine and achieve wherever
their talents lie. We give equal credit to successes achieved across the
curriculum, thus allowing our students to grow daily in self esteem and
confidence.
Aims
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to value the Arts and to acknowledge their important place
within our school.
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to celebrate and share the success of student’s achievement in
the Arts.
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to ensure that all students including SEN pupils and the Gifted
and Talented benefit from an entitlement in the Arts and have access to a broad
and balanced range of arts activities.
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to encourage ambitious Arts projects and to strive for
continuous improvement in skills and creativity.
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to encourage an interest in the Arts and a development of
artistic appreciation.
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to involve the wider community, including experts, whenever
possible.
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to value varied experiences from different cultures and
traditions through the arts.
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to encourage the use of technical vocabulary for the arts.
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to provide the opportunity to achieve higher attainment in other
curriculum areas through the Arts, including ICT, the Humanities, Literacy and
Mathematics.
Objectives
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to provide experiences in each of the Arts at all key stages
including Foundation stage.
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to raise self-esteem and appreciation of the Arts through class
activities, performances, exhibitions and individual work.
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to provide an exciting and varied program of extra-curricular
activities.
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to encourage and develop all students artistic talents and creativity
by providing a range of Arts activities, music, dance, drama, art and design.
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to develop strong links with a wide range of professionals and
outside agencies in the field of The Arts.
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to have focus Arts weeks to introduce, develop and enhance
certain aspects of the curriculum through the Arts.
Focus Sessions
These sessions will focus the
whole school on arts activities. Various themes, such as a country or a period
in history, will be chosen and a wide range of activities offered to all
pupils. These will include visits to school by various experts and
professionals, workshops, performances and demonstrations. There may be visits
to other schools or arts venues. These sessions will celebrated through
display.
Facilities and Resources
We have a large Hall which is
used for dance, drama, school productions, visiting arts practitioners, etc. We
also have a few smaller rooms which can be used for group activities when
necessary. We also have our own ICT Suite.
Outside Agencies
We already have links with
local Arts agencies such as Tees Valley Arts, The Music Service,
Extra-curricular clubs
We aim to use staff, parental
and local expertise in offering a wide range of arts based clubs at lunchtime
and after-school. During the year these will include: dance, drama, recorders,
choir, computer, arts and crafts. Each Key Stage will have a number of
opportunities to attend something within the school year.
Cross-Curricular Planning
We use a cross-curricular
approach to planning and the Arts play a prominent part in each terms work
throughout the year. More details are available in subject Action Plans and
individual Year Planning. These and the relevant assessments will provide the
basis for future planning.
Monitoring
The Arts Co-ordinators will
monitor Arts provision and review this policy.
Art
and Design Policy
Introduction
Art and Design is a foundation
subject of the National Curriculum. It is a subject which has natural
cross-curricular links with other subjects and as such a large proportion of
‘art time’ will be linked to other areas of the curriculum.
Aims
In teaching Art and Design
within the school, we are seeking to make pupils visually sensitive to the
world around them, through their powers of observation and their ability to
select, record and interpret what is seen, imagined or felt. We encourage our
pupils to enjoy and experience art and design, gaining pleasure from them and
in so doing foster their individual creativity.
Objectives
To implement the aims of our policy, pupils will have experience
of/be taught skills in;
1.
Recording from experience, observation, memory and imagination.
2.
Exploring a range of starting points as a base for some aspects
of practical work e.g. themselves, their experiences, stories, pictures,
artefacts, preparatory sketches.
3.
Developing their manipulative skills and discovering the
qualities and limitations of the range of materials and tools with which they
are working.
4.
Exploring the basic elements of the subject – colour, form,
line, pattern, shape, texture and tone.
5.
Increasing their awareness of art and design in their environment
(both natural and manmade)
6.
Appreciating the work of other artists, craftspeople, and
designers from other times, styles and cultures.
7.
Reflecting on and considering ways of developing their work.
8.
Making use of appropriate ICT skills in the context of their
work.
9.
Expressing opinions of their own and others’ work and having
value given to their feelings.
Methods of Teaching
Lessons are taught in order for pupils to learn and
develop skills new to them, in order that they develop their own work. We encourage
pupils to work individually, in small groups and as a whole class. This is at
the discretion of the teacher and will relate to the task being undertaken. We
value the use of QCA and LCP schemes of work and a variety of other resources
which support delivery of our creative curriculum on a two year rolling
programme.
Inclusion
For reference to general teaching requirements on
inclusion ref SEN and Inclusion Policy.
With particular reference to this subject
We aim to provide effective learning opportunities
for all our pupils. To overcome any potential barriers to learning in art and
design we may need to provide:
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alternative tasks to overcome any difficulties arising from
specific religious beliefs relating to ideas and experiences they are expected
to represent
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access to stimuli, participation in everyday events and
explorations, materials, word descriptions and other resources to compensate
for a lack of specific first hand experiences and allow pupils to explore an
idea or theme
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alternative or adapted activities to overcome difficulties with
manipulating tools, equipment or materials
·
help to manage particular types of materials to which they may
be allergic
Health and Safety
We encourage pupils to use materials, tools and
techniques for practical work in accordance with health and safety
requirements.
Use of ICT.
Pupils will be given access to relevant paint and
draw programs in order to develop their work. They will also be given access to
use of digital equipment to record observations. Digital images may be used as
starting points for their work.
Internet access is available for research into work
of artists, craftspeople and designers.
Assessment and Review
Portfolios of work in art and design are kept for
all pupils.
As we work to National Curriculum levels in all
subjects within a prescribed range of levels it is a simple process to
recognise how individual pupils are progressing. We are able to describe what
we need to do next to take children’s learning in art and design forward. Ref
Skills Ladder.
Each year pupils will produce a self-portrait as
evidence of their skills progression. These will be kept in pupils’ portfolios.
