Art, design and music policies (primary)

Art and design policies

Voluntary aided school in Liverpool

St Matthew's Catholic Primary School has an arts & design policy. It sets out the school's approach to:

• Providing feedback and assessments
• Inclusion of pupils with SEND
• Identifying and developing gifted and talented pupils

It also includes the school's expectations of pupils by the end of Key Stage (KS)2.

Community school in Redbridge

Churchfields Junior School has an art policy which sets out:

• A unit plan for all year groups
• The artists, methods and media to be used in each unit
• Guidance on the use of sketchbooks
• Annual school trips for pupils to learn about art

Academy in Oxfordshire

Buckland Church of England (CofE) Primary School's art policy sets out the school's aims to:

• Develop pupils' ability to express emotion through art
• Help pupils understand the role of art in our multi-cultural society
• Teach art and ICT together through graphic design and digital photography

Music policies

Community school in Calderdale 

Copley Primary School has a music policy. Some of the areas it covers are: 

• The use of the National Curriculum for planning and assessment
• The use of external specialist music teachers
• Performances to parents and at local events
• Resources for music lessons

Voluntary controlled school in Suffolk 

Norton CofE Voluntary Controlled (VC) Primary School has a music policy, which covers:

• The school's approach to teaching composition and music notation
• The inclusion or pupils of all abilities in lessons
• Music provision in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Cross-curricular links with English, mathematics, PSHE and citizenship

Design and technology policies

Academy in Central Bedfordshire

Cranfield Church of England Academy has a combined design and technology and art and design policy. The school uses it to set out its aims to teach pupils about:

• The role of technology in everyday life
• Innovation and risk taking
• The importance of technology in the food system
• The history of technological innovation 

Community school in Hackney

William Patten Primary School has a design and technology policy that explains its approach to:

• Teaching pupils real life problem solving skills
• Encouraging pupils to evaluate their own work, and products they see around them

It also includes an invitation to any parents or carers with professional D&T skills to contribute to enrichment activities for the pupils.