At Cubert School, we believe that every child is an artist. Our art curriculum supports children to explore their ideas, express themselves creatively and develop confidence using a wide range of media and techniques. We want pupils to enjoy taking risks, try new approaches and learn positively from their mistakes.

As an AccessArt school, we follow the AccessArt curriculum to provide a rich, progressive and highly creative sequence of learning. It is our aim that by the time every child leaves primary school, they feel they have found an area of the visual arts that is relevant and engaging to them – whether that is drawing, making, designing, or talking about art.

We celebrate the whole journey of making, valuing children’s experimentation, problem‑solving and evolving ideas just as much as the final piece of work. Pupils are encouraged to reflect on their processes, build resilience and take pride in how their thinking develops over time.

Through carefully planned lessons, children learn a broad range of artistic skills while also discovering the work of artists, designers and makers from different cultures, backgrounds and time periods. We help children look closely, think critically and talk confidently about art using accessible and meaningful vocabulary.

• Develop pupils' abilities to create imaginative and personal artwork by exploring ideas, experimenting with materials and recording their observations and experiences in different ways.

• Support pupils to become increasingly confident and proficient in core techniques such as drawing, painting, sculpture, printing and other forms of art, craft and design.

• Teach pupils how to discuss their own work and the work of others, using appropriate artistic language to describe, evaluate and analyse creative pieces.

• Enable pupils to gain knowledge of significant artists, craft makers and designers, and develop an understanding of how art has changed and developed across different times, cultures and traditions.

• Provide opportunities for pupils to discover aspects of art that feel meaningful to them, whether that is making, designing, experimenting, or engaging in thoughtful discussion, so that every child leaves primary school feeling connected to the visual arts.