Avonbourne School

Our aim is to inspire and encourage students to achieve the highest standards in the work that they produce - giving them the skills to progress with confidence.

Art Means Work
Beyond the qualities of creativity, self-expression, and communication, art is a type of work. This is what art has been from the beginning. This is what art is from childhood to old age. Through art, our students learn the meaning of joy of work—work done to the best of one’s ability, for its own sake, for the satisfaction of a job well done. Today we hear much about productivity and workmanship. Both of these ideals are strengthened each time we commit ourselves to the endeavour of art. We are dedicated to the idea that art is the best way for every young person to learn the value of work.

Art Means Language
Art is a language of visual images that everyone must learn to read. In art classes, we make visual images, and we study images. Complete literacy includes the ability to understand, respond to, and talk about visual images. Therefore, to carry out its total mission, art education stimulates language—spoken, written and created—about visual images. As art teachers we work continuously on the development of critical skills. This is our way of encouraging linguistic skills. By teaching pupils to describe, analyse, and interpret visual images, we enhance their powers of verbal expression. That is no educational frill.

Art Means Values
Art teaches values: We expose our students to the expression of a wide range of human values and concerns. We make students aware of the fact that values shape all human efforts, and that visual images can affect their personal value choices. All of them should be given the opportunity to see how art can express all aspects of the human spirit.

Art activity, as well as being important in its own right, is a useful vehicle for exploring common and contrasting concepts in other subjects in a direct and dynamic way.

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Sam Learning makes a difference!

This programme is available to all students in and out of school for free. Students using SAM Learning develop a strong revision habit and improved exam technique. This increased confidence is reflected in improved results. Give it a try.

Go to http://www.samlearning.com .
Log in with the centre ID: BH7AS 
The user ID is the 6 digit date of birth followed by the student’s initials, eg Jane Williams’ date of birth is 25/7/95 so her ID will be 250795jw