Our "Creative and Expressive Arts" curriculum includes learning about the following curriculum areas: art and design, music, drama and dance. We teach the specific skills of each area of the arts and then apply them to work done in other curriculum areas, such as the speaking and performing strand of English, or the topic work from the "Understanding the World" curriculum.

Expressive arts and design in the Early Years Curriculum

Creating with materials:

Children at the expected level of development will:

• Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function;
• Share their creations, explaining the process they have used;
• Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.

Being imaginative and expressive:

Children at the expected level of development will:

• Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher;
• Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs; Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try to move in time with music.

Progression into KS1 and KS2

Our work in the Early Years flows into our KS1 and KS2 curriculum for the following subjects: