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Curriculum » Expressive Arts |
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The Expressive Arts Department believes that links with the community are very important, both for the individual student and the school as a whole.
The department will take every opportunity to forge links with local industry, businesses and the community, allowing the work of the students to be exhibited and performed for the wider community to see.
This will not only allow the public to see what a wealth of talent we have at Purbrook, but also show our students and their parents that their work is valued enough within the department for it to be celebrated with the rest of the community. |
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Expressive Arts Dance department activities for this year have included a residential trip to London to the Pineapple dance studios working with professional performers from Grease and Mama Mia, and successful entry into the Premier League of the Rock challenge dealing with issues of the Mumbai massacre. Rock challenge was put together entirely out of school and dance runs a variety of after school clubs. |
The Expressive Arts art department has had an artist in residence, Philip Cox who made large cardboard figures with a group of pupils who have since passed on their expertise, and has run successful trips to Goodwood Sculpture Park and London galleries.
The Expressive Arts Drama department has taken part in competitions and has run successful trips to London and local theatres to see West End productions. There is a very popular drama club running after school and Drama has a very popular uptake at GCSE.
Expressive Arts Music has had visits from professional musicians and has numerous clubs and bands that pupils can join, as well as many peripatetic teachers who teach specific instruments. |
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Description of the Curriculum
The curriculum in Expressive Arts is divided into two sections; Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. In Key Stage 3 the Year 7,8 and 9 Programmes of Study supported by the schemes of work fully describe the curriculum.
In Key stage 4 the curriculum is guided by the requirements for GCSE and BTEC. |
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Department Aims
The Expressive Arts department intend to fully support the School Aims.
To develop the potential of each student and promote excellence in the areas of the aesthetic, creative and imaginative.
To demonstrate the value of the Expressive Arts in everyday life and its effect on the society in which we live.
To help students understand and appreciate the expressive arts in all its forms from a variety of cultures.
To develop the confidence to experiment and innovate through the inventive use of resources and materials.
To develop and encourage to perceive, understand and express concepts and feelings.
To be able to record and respond to observation and personal experience.
To be able to form, perform, compose and communicate.
To acquire and understand a range of manipulative and performance skills and technical competences to enable the realisation of creative intentions.
To develop the ability to identify and solve problems in visual, performance, aural and tactile form and to research, select, make and evaluate.
To give students the opportunity to develop skills and potential through extra curricular activities.
Classwork & Homework Policy
In both Key Stages, in accordance with the school policy, Classwork & Homework is set every week in Art and Drama. In Music and Dance Classwork & Homework is only set where appropriate to the lesson. In some subjects it is occasionally set as a long term project, mainly supporting work done in class. It is expected that Classwork & Homework in the lower school will take 1/2 hour per week. Classwork & Homework will be marked and marks recorded every week where necessary. In upper school, Classwork & Homework will support work for GCSE and BTEC. It is expected that Classwork & Homework in the upper school will take 11/2 hrs per week .
Classwork & Homework is set:
To research and prepare work for use in the classroom on ongoing projects
To develop skills and techniques learnt in the classroom
To ensure that Classwork & Homework furthers the broad educational aims of Purbrook's Expressive Arts Department.
Classwork & Homework will be collected in at the beginning of the lesson due, when the register is taken. Failure to produce Classwork & Homework will be recorded as a late in the markbook and the following procedure adopted:
In lower school the student will be required to bring the Classwork & Homework the next day or to the next lesson. Failure to do this will result in a letter home. Failure to produce the Classwork & Homework after this will result in a phone call home.
In upper school the student will be required to bring the Classwork & Homework at a specified time, and failure to do this will result in 1hr detention and a phone call home. Continued failure to produce Classwork & Homework will result in a 2 hour head of Department detention. |
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