Creative Curriculum

Higher Bebington Junior School
Creative Curriculum

At Higher Bebington Junior School creativity is at the heart of our curriculum and is one of our core values. Although it is primarily found within subjects such as art, design and technology and music, we actively seek opportunities for children to confidently express their own thoughts and ideas across the curriculum. This can be seen in a range of ways including their topic work and even their homework books.

Art Curriculum

 
 

At Higher Bebington Junior School we encourage children’s creative development throughout the school. Our Art curriculum is designed to engage and inspire pupils by giving them the knowledge and skills to experiment, create and invent works of art, craft, and design. Children are shown the works of a wide variety of artists, architects, and designers from a range of different eras and cultures which they critically analyse and describe using age-appropriate technical vocabulary.

Although there is a focus on the key areas of drawing, painting, and sculpture, we provide the children with many stimulating experiences of other Art mediums. Where appropriate, Art is also used to enhance other aspects of the school curriculum and themed projects.

The National Curriculum for art and design aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • Produce creative work, exploring their 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.

Design & Technology Curriculum

Design and Technology (DT) is an inspiring, rigorous, and practical subject. Using creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. Where appropriate, the DT curriculum makes links with history, science, and geography. Students learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising, and capable citizens.

The National Curriculum for design and technology aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • Develop the creative, technical, and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks

  • Confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world

  • Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding, and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users

  • Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others

  • Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.

Music Curriculum

 
 

At Higher Bebington Junior School, music plays an important part in our children`s creative learning. Music lessons are rooted in theory with an emphasis on performance. From Year 3 to Year 6, music lessons are designed to nurture and challenge all our children to become accomplished young musicians, sharing their achievements through individual and group performances.

Each week, children participate in whole school singing assemblies where they develop a range of voice and performance skills. Singing from a select repertoire, children will explore a broad and diverse range of songs and compositions that complement their wider creative curriculum. 

In Year 4, the children access Wider Opportunities music lessons learning how to play a set instrument for a term which is currently the ukulele. This happens under the instruction of a specialist music teacher. In addition, we offer specialist group instrumental tuition in guitar, flute, saxophone, clarinet, violin, cello and viola. Lessons are taught by a team of talented peripatetic teachers during the school day who support the children in achieving recognised music qualifications. The children regularly demonstrate their musical talents through concerts to the whole school and parents. 

For several years the school has also had its very own Year 6 ‘Rock Band’ formed each year through a series of auditions. The band meet each week to rehearse and will perform to the school community towards the end of the academic year.

 As a school, we were honoured to have been asked to be part of the Wirral Schools Choir for BBC Children in Need as well as performing carols for the local community at Christ Church, Higher Bebington. Recently, we have enjoyed performing to our local nursing home.