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Art
At Cockshutt CE Primary School and Nursery, our goal is to inspire creativity and build confidence in every child. We encourage pupils to experiment, invent, and create their own artworks, drawing inspiration from artists, designers, craftspeople, and architects from different times and cultures.
Our Art and Design curriculum is based on the Kapow scheme, enriched with specialist activities and creative opportunities throughout the year. We want children to see creativity as a journey—not just a finished product—where exploration and imagination matter most.
We chose Kapow because it offers cultural breadth and depth while reinforcing the empowering message: “As an artist, you can never be wrong.” Alongside this, we provide extra experiences such as workshops with visiting artists and community projects to broaden pupils’ horizons.
Through this approach, children experience a wide range of art forms and practices, encouraging discussion, empathy, and a sense of belonging in the creative world. The Kapow scheme, written by experts, ensures pupils develop skills, nurture talents, express ideas, and learn about art across cultures and history. It fully meets National Curriculum requirements and aligns with the National Society for Education in Art and Design’s progression competencies.
As an Artsmark partner, we aim to begin our Artsmark journey, inspiring every child to create, experience, and participate in great arts and culture.
Have a look at the video resource centre to find out about our Big Draw day, we have such a lot of fun when we get creative.
Land Art Project 2024
In the summer of 2024 pupils took part in a very exciting land art project with the very talented Kate Raggett. Kate is a Land and Environmental Artist who makes earthwork drawings using natural found materials to express the sensation and deeper experience of being in the landscape. The earthwork drawings are temporary, site-specific works made in direct response to the rhythms and patterns of the materials used and land they are sited within. The drawings are not preconceived but emerge in the moment of their making following the flow of their natural environment.
The children created this Mandala out of just lids (mainly bottle tops) and the results were stunning. It brought about lots of conversations about natural art, the importance of recycling and looking after our environment. We estimated that we used roughly 5,000 bottle tops to create this masterpiece.
The children created this Mandala out of just lids (mainly bottle tops) and the results were stunning. It brought about lots of conversations about natural art, the importance of recycling and looking after our environment. We estimated that we used roughly 5,000 bottle tops to create this masterpiece.