The Ysgol Acrefair Curriculum nurtures and develop the creativity of learners so that they achieve their potential, grow as well rounded individuals and are prepared with skills for life. They help  to make sure that in a rapidly changing world, children and young people in Wales are able to meet the needs of the economy and to thrive within the increasingly competitive environment of day-to-day life.

We believe that creativity is essential to the success and fulfilment of young people; that it is the basis of lifelong learning, and that this begins in our school.

We celebrate innovation and actively look for ways to ensure that our curriculum is full of ‘Magic Moments’ which motivate and engage the children.

We also seek to engage with professional inquiry to ensure that our pedagogy has the greatest possible impact on the progress made by pupils. 

On several occasions we have worked with the Arts Council of Wales who have supported us to work closely with Creative Agents and Practitioners to achieve this vision.  

Clay Kids- Cynefin

 

 

 

One particularly special project linked to our local area but was so successful that we were invited to the Tate London so share the children’s wonderful work. 

The aim of our project was to help children to develop skills in literacy, through their engagement with the arts.

We wanted to provide the children with opportunities to develop their spoken and written language in a meaningful and exciting way.

We chose the local area as a focus for our work and our teachers worked closely with Ben and Ed to explore the ways in which we could help the children to develop their literacy skills whilst also learning about this theme.

Whilst all of the adults had lots of good ideas, the children in Year 3 have played a huge role in ‘leading the learning’ throughout the project and the great success that we have seen has been a credit to their interest and engagement!

During the project the children have explored the local area, investigated the history of clay and brickworks and dug up their own clay which they have worked with during the art sessions. They have reflected upon what the area was like in the past and what it will become in the future- samples of all of the work that the children have created will be buried in a time-capsule during our celebration afternoon so that people in the future can find out more about what the local area is like now! Throughout our work in art and music  we have explored the ways that we can language to describe and explain what we have found out.

We hope that you enjoy sharing in the success of this project with us!

The Tate London

We were privileged to be invited by The Arts Council to showcase our work at the Tate gallery in London. We worked with Ben and Ed to create a new rap based on our journey down to London, and made clay sculptures.

Learn more about our work with the Arts Council of Wales:

Cynefin- Celebrating Diversity in Wales

Our most recent project focused on celebrating the diversity in Wales: