Art

At St. Margaret's, children develop their understanding of diversity and culture when learning about great artists, craft makers, and understanding the historical and cultural development of their art forms. Children develop specific skills, knowledge and understanding to enable them to work with a variety of media, style and form. Each year, children develop their skills in collage, printing, textiles, drawing, painting and sculpture. We enjoy celebrating the art that is created through displays throughout the school and in local Art Galleries. 

Art at St. Margaret's ensures that the skills required to meet the aims of the National Curriculum are covered. Children have the opportunity to:

• produce creative and imaginative work;
• explore ideas and record experiences;
• become confident in a variety of techniques, including: collage, printing, textiles, drawing, painting and sculpture;
• explore others’ work and evaluate different creative ideas;
• develop their knowledge of famous artists, designers and craft makers. 

Key Stage 2

• to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design;
• to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas;
• to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay];
• about great artists, architects and designers in history.