Creative Arts

Art brings out the creativity in children and it is also a great subject for building enthusiasm and excitement.

Wire sculpture, pottery, collage, mosaic and textiles are all used within school. Acrylics on a Sunset Theme.

At Berkhampstead even the very youngest children enjoy making things and painting. As they progress through the school, we introduce the concepts of craftsmanship, design and project management.

Those with particular talent are prepared for Art Scholarships to their senior schools and achieve a very high success rate.

Links are made across the syllabus, as in a recent Year 4 project which looked at Shakespeare's Ophelia, and the 'Bugs' project which linked to Science.

Our fantastic Art Studio is light and airy and has a wonderful range of specialist equipment. It is always buzzing with the sound of eager artists.

Prep pupils have been producing work inspired by the wildlife in the art of David Shepherd CBE. We have had great success in the Global Canvas Art and Poetry Competition run by his foundation. Winning Year 4 artists are invited to London to see their work displayed in the Natural History Museum. This year's theme 'Fragile Future' inspired the children and again we had several winners.

When Celia Smith was 'Artist in Residence' for two days and she showed the children how to make birds, create leaves, flowers, snails, caterpillars and butterflies from a variety of wires. Telephone cables, copper coil and an assortment of garden wires were used to great effect to make a super sculpture on the wall outside the entrance to the Prep building - see below.

Art Gallery Exhibition