The visual arts curriculum comprises interrelated activities in making art and in looking at and responding to art. It presents a range of activities in perceiving, exploring, responding to and appreciating the visual world.
In St. Patrick’s BNS, we nurture these skills in our pupils and allow them to explore their creativity through many different media.
Our pupils also look at and respond to the work of particular artists at each class level. We believe that this opens their minds and allows them to further appreciate the world around them.
Our school is part of an education network with the National Gallery of Ireland and our pupils enjoy guided tours there each year. Click here to read about 3rd Class’ trip in February 2023.
Each month, we celebrate work from our own artists here in St. Patrick’s with our Artist of the Month feature, which you can see below.
| Class | Art Movement | Artists |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | Pointillism | George Seurat
Yayoi Kusama |
| Senior Infants | Post-Impressionism | Vincent Van Gogh
Paul Cezanne |
| 1st Class | Modern Art | Wassily Kandinsky
Sonia Delaunay |
| 2nd Class | Expressionism | Edvard Munch
Jack B Yeats |
| 3rd Class | Impressionism | Claude Monet
Berthe Morisot |
| 4th Class | Pop-Art | Andy Warhol
Keith Haring |
| 5th Class | Cubism | Pablo Picasso
Norah McGuinness |
| 6th Class | Contemporary | Jean-Michel Basquiat
Damien Hirst Yayoi Kusama |
| Artist of the Month | ||
|---|---|---|
| September |  |
Ryan S 4th Class Ms Flanagan |
| October |  |
Daniel 1st Class Ms Dunne |
| November |  |
Conor M
5th Class Mr Leen |
| December |  |
Blake 6th Class Mr Manning |
| January |  |
Sam P 2nd Class Ms Gillespie |
| February |  |
Adam 5th Class Mr Giles |
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