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“Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves, instead of more like everyone else.” – Sydney Gurewitz Clemens.
Before a child talks, they sing. As soon as they stand, they dance. Before they write, they draw. Art is fundamental to human expression.
We believe that through a range of diverse interactions with a huge variety of art and photography, we will open our student’s eyes to the highly visual world we are surrounded by. Reading & interpreting imagery; having personal emotional reactions to art and photography; developing creative problem-solving skills and the pure joy of making using their hands, using a wide range of materials and techniques; are all part of a child’s experience and learning through a visual and tactile means.
Our students experience a highly personalised, modern curriculum, rich in variety of mediums and diversity of artists, craftspeople, architects, and designers, which is underpinned by traditional drawing knowledge and skills.
We believe in the potential of all our students. Through our curriculum we will instil a drive in our students to aspire to achieve excellence and to become the very best they can be.
Our curriculum enables all students to learn practical, theoretical and disciplinary knowledge. The content is carefully selected around our teaching staff expertise, skill set and student choice. Skills are broken down and sequenced into tangible components, to activate prior knowledge, that are re-encountered in different contexts.
Students gain the breadth and fundamental skills needed to produce quality artwork. Our GCSE students should leave Ercall Wood Academy with the skills, confidence and ability to be successful and inspired in whichever creative field they choose to pursue post KS4.
