Principles and practice
The inspiration and power of the arts play a vital role in enabling our children and young people to enhance their creative talent and develop their artistic skills.
The principles and practice document is essential reading for teachers as they start working with the experiences and outcomes for expressive arts.
Experiences and outcomes
All curriculum areas contribute to the totality of the experiences that make up the new curriculum. You can download the experiences and outcomes for expressive arts.
National Qualifications
Information on the expressive arts National Qualifications and links to Art and Design, Dance, Drama, and Music on the National Qualifications website.
Support materials
Learning through sketchbooks in art and design
Air Iomlich (On Exchange) is a partnership project that brings practising artists together with learners and teachers to explore their outdoor environments.
Hip-hop culture: a primary motivator
Through the context of dance, the aim of the project was to increase learner’s engagement with school and learning.
Planning around the experiences and outcomes
This material is intended to provide immediate assistance for practitioners to begin their thinking and the process of planning learning, teaching and assessment around the experiences and outcomes.
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