Our Art Curriculum

At LCPS, we are passionate about delivering an art curriculum that nurtures creativity, builds skills, and encourages every child to see themselves as an artist. We use the AccessArt curriculum as the foundation for our planning. It offers a rich and progressive framework that emphasises visual literacy, exploration of materials, and engagement with diverse artistic processes.

While AccessArt provides a strong pedagogical approach, we thoughtfully adapt units to reflect our local context, connect with wider curriculum themes, and respond to our pupils’ interests. For example, in Year 3, the unit on cloth and paint is linked to the local Fen landscape and our geography topic on agriculture. In Year 2, our collage and mono-print unit is themed around the Great Fire of London, enriching children’s historical understanding through artistic expression.

We also draw on high-quality literature to inspire creativity. Year 6 pupils have responded to Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak by creating their own Wild Thing characters through expressive mark-making, and explored symbolism and atmosphere in still life work linked to Macbeth. In Year 4, pupils used Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky as the basis for imaginative illustration, while Year 5 created abstract collages inspired by William Blake’s Tyger, Tyger.

Throughout the school, children engage with a wide range of artists, designers and craftspeople—not as figures to imitate, but as sources of inspiration to broaden their own creative repertoire. For example, Year 3 explore Van Gogh’s mark-making techniques, while Year 5 investigate Cézanne’s use of composition in still life. In Year 1, children are inspired by Paul Klee as they experiment with watercolour. Contemporary artists such as Nnenna Kalu, Charlie French, and Vanessa Gardiner help our pupils see the relevance and diversity of art today. Designer Louise Fili inspires Year 5’s typography unit, while Year 4 explore pattern and nature through the work of William Morris in their clay tile project.

These adaptations ensure our art curriculum is meaningful, vibrant and inclusive—giving all children the opportunity to explore, express and develop their own voice through art.

Award Winning Art

We were thrilled that we won 1st prize in both the KS1 and KS2 categories at the Babylon Gallery East Cambs Schools' Exhibition in the spring of 2024! This is a wonderful exhibition of work across schools in our region. We were even more blessed to have won the Anglia Ruskin Schools' Award for the greatest range of media within our collection!

Our Music Curriculum

In Music, we use the Sing Up Music curriculum which we love!  Covering a broad and diverse range of repertoire, approaches, and musical traditions, Sing Up Music supports a fully-integrated approach to musical development, connecting the interrelated strands of singing, playing, performing, composing, improvising, listening, and appraising!