Art
At Cleves Cross, our main aim is to equip children with the creativity and imagination that allows them to experiment and develop their own artwork. We want to equip children with the knowledge and skills needed to create, craft and design art as well as allowing them to experiment with their learned techniques when entering their secondary school environment.
Children will understand the importance of art and how it contributes to our local community and wider cultures. Using links such as local mining artist ‘Norman Cornish’ we will ensure children understand the uses and application of art within hobbies and careers. Children will also learn about other significant local and national artists, designers, and architects and how their work has influenced society.
We recognise art as an important subject that adds value to other subjects allowing them to build links within skills. Our progressive curriculum from Nursery to Year 6 allows children to experience a wide range of art forms. At Cleves Cross we aim to develop valuable, experimental and creative citizens that will flourish in a society beyond our school.
Click on the image below to explore our Art curriculum in more detail.
Our Aims for Our Pupils
Curriculum Overview
Year 5 have had a lovely afternoon making parachutes to help answer the question ‘Does the size of a parachute affect the time it takes for it to fall to the ground?’ as part or our air resistance unit. Everyone had fun measuring their parachutes, discussing the variables and collecting their results! Well done Year 5, super science work! 🪂 ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 3 took advantage of the nice weather and went on a hunt for some natural resources to use in art. They pretended they were in the Stone Age and searched for natural pigments to put into their ‘prehistoric palettes’ We couldn’t believe how bright the colours were from leaves, petals and berries! 🍁🍃🫐🌼 ... See MoreSee Less
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What a super debate Year 3 had today! After watching some clips from the Houses of Parliament, we created our own debate on whether we would have enjoyed living in the Stone Age or not! Elvin and Jax did a great job leading their parties and Mrs Brentnall even popped along to check who was more convincing! Fantastic oracy skills on show by lots of children! 👍🏼 ... See MoreSee Less
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Group 1 thoroughly enjoyed the Challenge Course this afternoon. The car wash was even on and some children got a bit of a splash 😁 ... See MoreSee Less
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We are on the road! Our ETA at school should be 4:05pm. Please do not park between the chicanes at school to allow plenty of space for the bus and children to get off. See you all soon - we will send an update closer to school. 👋 ... See MoreSee Less
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Slid, climbed, and balanced—Group 3 powered through the final activity of their residential! 😀🌳 ... See MoreSee Less
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Group 2 loved abseiling this morning! Lots of resilience and determination from everyone, well done! 🥳🥳 ... See MoreSee Less
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Gorgeous weather for building and sailing a raft! Super efforts from everyone in Groups 3 and 4! ... See MoreSee Less
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Super resilience on show this morning from group 1 during the Abseiling. They even convinced Mr Blood to have a go… ... See MoreSee Less
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