Welcome to the Art Department

Students are exposed to a range of artists, art forms and movements. They learn how to analyse and evaluate their own work, and that of artists while studying art, craft, and design from ancient times up to the present day. The Art department is an enthusiastic and hard-working team of specialist Art teachers who provide exciting and equal learning opportunities for all. We build strong relationships with our students who enjoy learning in the classroom and also through the wide range of extra-curricular opportunities we offer.

Please see below to learn more about the Art curriculum at St Monica’s.

Introduction: What We Believe

In Art, KS3 Students will develop an understanding of formal elements, a range of media including sculpture, and artists from ancient history to the present day to appreciate that there are many ways to produce art, how starting points can encourage imaginative thinking and that exploration and practice will improve their proficiency in making successful art. They will develop confidence in being experimental and working accurately, learn how being creative is useful in expressing ideas and looking at the world differently, recognise the feelings they gain from creating and how this builds concentration and resilience that can be used in other areas of life. They will be challenged to ‘try it out, ‘explore’, ‘take risks’, building their confidence to not worry if it goes wrong! They will develop an awareness of creativity around them and know about what it might mean, and how and why it was made.

Subject Leadership

Head of Art: P Royle

Teacher of Art: C Walsh

Progression Documents

We use our Knowledge Organisers as part of our teaching of key knowledge and disciplinary vocabulary.

Click here to view our knowledge organisers.