At Eccleston Primary School, we believe that through art, craft and design we want to engage, inspire and challenge pupils. As a school we provide a high quality Art education that engages, inspires and challenges children to develop a love of the visual arts, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. Our curriculum introduces them to a broad range of techniques, materials and artists, craftspeople and designers both past and present. We want to equip them with the knowledge and skill s to experiment, explore, take risks, invent and create. Most importantly, we want them to foster a positive, life-long relationship with the subject and have fun. Art promotes imagination, risk taking and collaboration – it engages, challenges and inspires pupils to apply their skills to create their own innovative works of art.
‘Art has the role in education of helping children to become like themselves instead of more like everyone else.' Sydney Gurewwitz Clemens.