Art

At Grinling Gibbons, we want our children to be engaged, inspired and challenged as they develop the skills to express themselves creatively. We follow the Art national curriculum, and through our teaching, our children learn to:
• produce creative work exploring their own ideas and recording their experiences
• become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
• evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
• know about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understand the historical and cultural development of their art forms

In addition to the lessons in school, wherever possible, children are encouraged to visit Galleries and Museums linked to their areas of study, to see examples of other people’s art.

LINKS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

In February 2020, Cal Byrne, our nursery teacher, and artist, held a solo exhibition entitled ‘Good Days Bad Days’, at the local venue – ‘Deptford Does Art.’ The exhibition comprised 700 portraits drawn over the preceding 700 days.

Year 3 at Tate Britain

In 2019, our school took part in the Year 3 at Tate Britain project, where Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen invited all Year 3 children in London to be photographed in school with their teachers, as a ‘hopeful portrait of a generation to come.’ Explored through the vehicle of the traditional school class photograph, this vast new artwork is one of the most ambitious portraits of children ever undertaken in the UK. The work will be displayed in the gallery from November 2019 to 3rd May 2020.