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“But now, Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter, And all of us are the work of Your hand.”

Isaiah 64:8 

Our vision

At St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, we intend to provide an Art curriculum, which is accessible to all children across the whole of the primary phase. We deliver lessons that are engaging and well resourced to enable access to learning for all children. Our children aspire to be the best they can be in art lessons, developing their creative and artistic skills is a valuable aspect of children’s learning. It enhances creativity, which in turn fosters problem-solving skills. By participating in art, children develop resilience and confidence in their abilities and learn new things.

 

What does art and design look like at St. Joseph's?

Art at St. Joseph’s promotes risk-free exploration, and it is this freedom that inspires confidence. The power in art is not about what is there, but about how it makes you think and feel. Observing art improves creativity because it broadens your perspective by introducing new ways to look at the world. It invites inspiration by helping you think things you would not have thought before. It is this message that we aim to instill in our pupils as they REACH in everything they do.

Every child has a unique perspective to bring to their art lessons. With this in mind, by supporting pupils to reach their creative potential, they are able to confidently talk about their creativity describing what it looks like and what it means to them.

Art is a global concept and it is important that we enable every pupil to feel entitled to cultural capital. By this, we mean that pupils feels comfortable in a museum/gallery; they should feel like they have a voice when they think about or talk about art. Alongside this, our intent is to provide pupils with the vocabulary and language to talk about art in a confident way. This links to our schools belief that we are all made in God’s image and likeness understanding that we are all unique and special and are entitled to cultural capital.

By helping to develop skills and understanding, we are able to help pupils connect with their minds and bodies. Art is used as window to guided pupils through their emotions and understanding how they can be expressed through various artists and their own art. Furthermore, providing them with a positive outlet for processing their emotions and ideas. This links closely with our school value of empathy and truly understanding the concept, what it means and how it can be displayed.

At St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary, we look to draw all these concepts together to provide them with wide and varied experiences, whilst developing the whole child through our values (resilience, empathy, achievement, confidence, high expectations) and virtues (Faith, Hope and Love).

 

As it was once famously said:

“Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate,” Harvey Fierstein.

Sacraments Art work
Medium: Oil pastels
Year 5 worked together during a REACH activity to recreate a sacraments inspired art. They worked in small groups to draw and use the medium of oil pastels to create sections of a final image. They thought the final works of art showcased their skills, resilience and aspiration in creating and a lasting impact on the school.  
Weaving in action- Year 4
During a textiles/collage unit, Year 4 created textured collages from a variety of media and used a variety of techniques with a particular focus on weaving. They looked at vocabulary, such as, tearing, overlapping, layering, materials and decoupage. 
Blessed are the peacemakers week
Medium: sketching pencils
Inspiration: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse.
During our version of anti-bullying week, each year group looked at a different aspect of what it takes to be a peacemaker and how this links to how we treat one another.
In Year 5, we focused on perspectives. Specifically, we considered illusions and what you can see in them before creating our own. These pictures show us at the start of our journey exploring how to create illusions and then moving on to develop our own. 
One of the images you can see clearly in the photo's, is the eye that is also a man playing the piano.
The Night Watchman
Medium: Acrylic paint
Art club held an Art Gallery evening where they served drinks and cakes to their families whilst taking in their amazing works of art.