Visual Arts
The visual arts are central to life at our school. All children receive a double lesson of Art and Design Technology each week, and both departments are often open at lunch times. We also provide a number of art and design based activities as part of our extensive Hobbies Programme, offering fun and creative extracurricular opportunities.
Our Art Programme allows children to work in a diverse variety of mediums; sculpture and ceramics are an important part of the curriculum. Our Design Technology classes offer the opportunity to use wood and plastics in addition to learning basic electronics. Our purpose-built Butterwick Centre is extremely well-equipped, offering state of the art machinery and modern facilities
.We also aim to further enhance children’s understanding of the visual arts beyond the classroom through regular excursions to places such as the National Gallery and the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia.
Our pupils regularly win Art scholarships to Senior School and we are keen for children to enter for Design Technology scholarships if they are available.