Aims & Purposes
Our aim at N.C.H.S is for Art & Design to offer opportunities which:
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stimulate children’s creativity and imagination by providing visual, tactile and sensory experiences and a unique way of understanding and responding to the world;
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develop children’s understanding of colour, form, texture, pattern and their ability to use materials and processes to communicate ideas, feelings and meanings;
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explore with children ideas and meanings in the work of artists, craftspeople and designers, and help them learn about their different roles and about the functions of art, craft and design in their own lives and in different times and cultures;
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help children to learn how to make thoughtful judgments and aesthetic and practical decisions and become actively involved in shaping environments.
Combined with the opportunities offered for children in Design & Technology to:
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develop their designing and making skills;
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develop their capability to create high quality products through combining their designing and making skills with knowledge and understanding;
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nurture creativity and innovation through designing and making;
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explore values about and attitudes to the made world and how we live and work within it;
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develop an understanding of technological processes, products, and their manufacture, and their contribution to our society.