Each Year Group at Norland Place School has a weekly art and design lesson with the Head of Art. Pupils are instructed in a wide range of media, including painting and drawing, printing, clay work, sculpture, graphic design, textiles (batik, weaving, fabric painting, sewing) mixed media & collage, papier mâché and ICT. Children also undertake Design and Technology projects each year. Pupils in Year 3 and above develop their ideas and record their observations in a sketchbook on a regular basis.

Throughout the course of the year every class participates in projects that cover the requirements set out in the National Curriculum for Art & Design and Design Technology.

Pupils learn about the approaches and practices of a range of artists, both Western and Non-Western, contemporary and traditional. Visits to Galleries and Museums further enhance the children’s learning.

Children are often given an opportunity to discuss each others’ work, as well as that of other artists. The children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 fill out a self-assessment sheet at the end of each project.