Cultural Capital
Evidence suggests that the Cultural Capital passed on through families and education helps children do better in school. We value this in art, as the National Curriculum defines it to be, ‘It is the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.’ We strive to ensure that our pupils are confident artists and creators, are able to make informed decisions about what culture they consume and participate in, having opened them up to a breadth of experience in art.
We expose the children to a wide variety of artists, from different cultures and periods in history; we ensure that children have a broad experience in developing their techniques across a breadth of art forms. We consider carefully the progressive subject-specific terminology and language that children should be exposed to and use each year and we make links with other areas of the curriculum so that learning becomes more embedded.
Furthermore, we consider how we can expose children to art in the locality, through visits to galleries and local sculpture parks in order to foster and encourage a love for the subject beyond the classroom.