Arts
Arts at Beechwood
As a school we are passionate about developing the whole child. Art and culture are, in our opinion, pivotal to this. Embracing a creative curriculum gives all children a sense of excitement and purpose for their learning. For children who have a natural flair for the Arts it gives them a platform to showcase their learning and the opportunity to develop skills for their future. Arts is crucial for all children, it helps to develop their confidence and also build up their team work and cooperative skills. For some of our children Arts is the one area that they excel in, developing and strengthening this area gives them the confidence in other subjects that do not come as easily to them.
As a school we use Kapow as our carefully selected scheme of work for art however, we further enhance this where possible with additional opportunities for children to artistic abilities including our HPAN exhibition, special performances and whole school theme weeks.
HPAN
In June 2016, Beechwood established Halton Primary Arts Network, HPAN was formed to manage the provision and development of the Arts across Halton as well as giving the children a platform to showcase their talents. Each academic year, schools work together to create an exhibition and performances linked to a set theme. This year, we created an exhibition linked to the theme 'It's a Wonderful World'. You can view our display in our school entrance hall.
Music Provision
Thanks to the support from our PTA, we are able to go above and beyond with our music provision. By working in conjunction with Accent Music Education Hub our KS2 children receive specialist music tuition. Because of this, our children are able to achieve awards in their music and many of which choose to continue this after they leave Beechwood.
- In 2016/2017 10 children achieved Foundation Levels 1-3 with their instrument and 2 children achieved Grade 1.
- In 2017/2018 our music has gone from strength to strength with 8 children taking their Grade 1 brass, 2 Grade 1 woodwind and 2 Grade 2 woodwind exams.
- In 2018/2019, our whole Year 6 cohort achieved Foundation Level 1 on their instrument and 6 children achieved Grade 1 on their instruments.
- In 2019/2020 2 children managed to take their exams and pass Grade 1, the other 6 children who were working towards achieving their grade 1 unfortunately didn't get the chance due to lockdown.
- In 2020/2021 2 children achieved Grade 1 and in 2021/2022 4 children achieved Grade 1 and 2 children achieved Grade 2.