Art and Design & Technology

At Stratford St Mary Primary School, we believe through high-quality planning, teaching and assessing, the Art and Design & Technology curriculum will provide a range of opportunities (as part of our broad and balanced curriculum) which

  • Gives pupils the opportunity to produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences through engaging and exciting topics
  • Allows our pupils to create work with individuality and creativity and evaluate their own and the work of others
  • Allow pupils to become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques and to evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
  • Gives pupils the opportunity to know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms. 

Art and Design & Technology in the News

Cave Art Hand-prints

We completed our final Prehistoric art lesson on the term today in forest school; the children created their own cave art hand-prints using both positive and negative art. Well done Woodpeckers!    

Fire Engines

Fire Engines

The Reception children were given the challenge to create a fire engine using recycled materials. They discussed what features a fire engine has and then got busy selecting a box and covering it with red paper. The children added wheels, a light, a ladder, windows and...

Baking Bread

Baking Bread

The children in Kingfishers Class worked together to make bread. The Year One children shared their instructions they had written for making bread with the Reception children. The children listened to the instructions and got busy making the bread. They thought about...

Henry Moore inspired Art Year 6

Henry Moore inspired Art Year 6

The Swans have been experimenting with adding contour lines to their work to create a sense of  form , focusing on how they can create a sense of weightiness and gravity. They used a potato to draw contour lines on, placed it on a piece of white paper, observed the...

Henry Moore study – Year 6

Henry Moore study – Year 6

The children have been learning about the artist Henry Moore. We are focusing our art work this term on his WW2 Shelter Drawings. This week, the children practised some of the techniques he used in preparation for their final piece. [gallery...

Colour Mixing Detectives

Colour Mixing Detectives

The Year One children became ‘artists’ and started a new unit of work - Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question - Can we investigate how to mix secondary colours. The children listened to the Sesame Street Lego Three Primary Colours. Miss...

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