WORKING FOR OUR CHILDREN

Art @ Spire

" Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up. " - Pablo Picasso

Art, crafting and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity and at Spire Junior School, we allow our pupils to fully explore their creativity without limit. Our pupils are able to develop their art skills, starting with basic skills in Year 3 and moving to more complex techniques in Year 6.

We have a wide array of materials available to use, kept in our craftroom that can be used for an assortment of art activities, which fall into 6 elements:

Collage
Textiles
Sculpture - including clay
Drawing and Painting
Digital Media
Printing

Every child is issued with their own sketchbook which is used for a range of reasons. The pupils can use their sketchbooks to practise their ideas and techniques and to improve their mastery of different materials. The books are also used as a record of artist and designers where they learn about their techniques, the vocabulary associated with that artist and the materials each artist favoured during their career. Furthermore, the children are taught to evaluate and critique the work of artists and those skills are transferred so the children can critique their own work and explain how it can be improved.

Art is a very important link to our community, and we pride ourselves on inviting that community into our school to share our children's' passions, creations and achievements. We build that relationship through our yearly community days, chirstmas craft afternoons, our summer art parade and end of topic presentations.

All of this gives the children an understanding of how art and design both reflects and shapes our history whilst nurturing innovation and inspiration.

To view our Art and Design Curriculum Statement click here.

Check out some of our art work below

Aqua Adventure

Some of our Year 4 children enjoyed a creative day as they visited Stubbing Wood School to take part in an arts day with an aquatuic theme. Our children put their skills to the test in order to make numerous aquatic animals.