Curriculum Intent

Art, Craft & Design

Our children will be…Expressive

 “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”- acclaimed artist and sculptor Michelangelo.

Art, craft and design encourages creativity and imagination. It provides visual, tactile and sensory experiences and a unique way of understanding and responding to the world. Art is a powerful tool which allows children to express what words cannot. It allows children to explore and communicate thoughts, feelings and deeper meaning. Art and Design as a subject provokes powerful emotional responses and stimulates both creativity and imagination in response to life experiences and day to day observations. Art provides children with the concepts, subject knowledge, skills and more importantly the confidence to express themselves by experimenting, inventing and creating their own work of art and their own designs.

At Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, we believe art embodies some of the highest forms of human expression and creativity. We strive to build upon each child’s curiosity, passion and appreciation for art and design by exposing the children to different artists and cultures, as well as acquiring new skills along the way impacting on their own artwork as they transition through our school and beyond.