Art and design offers opportunities for pupils to:

- develop their creativity and imagination through visual, tactile and sensory experiences;
- develop practical, technical and critical skills and use visual and tactile language to communicate their ideas, feelings and meanings;
- learn to make value judgements and aesthetic and practical decisions, becoming actively involved in shaping environments;
- explore ideas and meanings in the work of artists, craftspeople and designers and learn about the diverse roles and functions of art, craft and design in the contemporary world and in different times and cultures.