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22/09/23

🏅️ Mr Girvan was delighted to be the host for our event, awarding our pupils for their hard work pic.twitter.com/JlPAUzK5mw

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22/09/23

☕️ We are delighted to announce that will be hosting a tea/coffee morning🤝 Chat with experts and meet other parents about managing your child's behaviour at home📍Monday 25th September between 9:00am - 10:30am located in the school dining hall pic.twitter.com/bhGL70TemA

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21/09/23

OPEN EVENT ANNOUNCED FOR SIR FREDERICK GIBBERD COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 2024 YEAR 7 INTAKE Saturday 14th October (12pm - 2pm) at Latton Bush Centre, Harlow.Full information on: https://t.co/JTGUWrQNIx pic.twitter.com/MPYjS4qinQ

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11/09/23

OPEN EVENTSOur Essex Secondary Schools Open Events kick off this week.Tue 12 5:30pm - 8:30pm Burnt Mill Academy (Harlow)Thu 14 6pm - 8:30pm Epping St John’s School (Epping)Wed 27 5pm - 8pm Forest Hall School (Stansted Mountfitchet)Thu 28 6pm - 9pm Mark Hall Academy (Harlow) pic.twitter.com/6G2FMT4mE2

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08/09/23

☀️ Mrs Wade was delighted to be the host for our event awarding our pupils for their hard work. pic.twitter.com/KUmIi3kXeJ

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11/07/23

⭐ On our way to Outstanding👏 have praised the work of Cooks Spinney Primary Academy following a Section 8 inspection, suggesting the school could be judged Outstanding with a full (Section 5) inspection.📰 https://t.co/796H1LKNni pic.twitter.com/sTYPUFTzLk

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30/06/23

👏 Well done to all pupils who took part in final enterprise event💷 After winning their individual selling to parent events, young people from all BMAT primaries were welcomed to 🎉 Thank you to all the parents, careers and members of the public who attended pic.twitter.com/ORG4YoJ2Pt

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30/06/23

👏 Well done to all pupils who took part in final enterprise event💷 After winning their individual selling to parent events, young people from all BMAT primaries were welcomed to 🎉 Thank you to all the parents, careers and members of the public who attended pic.twitter.com/ORG4YoJ2Pt

27/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Co-Educator📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/jL82oC9oha

27/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Co-Educator📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/jL82oC9oha

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26/06/23

🖌️ Our Enterprise Event is taking place on Wednesday 28th June 💷 Pupils from multiple schools will be selling fridge magnets, key rings, loom band bracelets and more!⚖️ All funds raised will go towards a charity of the winning classes choice pic.twitter.com/lEwnUKaGJA

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26/06/23

🖌️ Our Enterprise Event is taking place on Wednesday 28th June 💷 Pupils from multiple schools will be selling fridge magnets, key rings, loom band bracelets and more!⚖️ All funds raised will go towards a charity of the winning classes choice pic.twitter.com/lEwnUKaGJA

22/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Grow Provision SEMH Co-Educator📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/HSDYHkH416

22/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Grow Provision SEMH Co-Educator📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/HSDYHkH416

21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU ALL STAFF AT COOKS SPINNEY ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/52p2CjCphd

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS DACKOMBE ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/vl37RboKmG

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS WILSON ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23#ThankATeacherDay#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/UFxc6AMr3z

21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS JORDAN ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/lF76AqA982

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS WILSON ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23#ThankATeacherDay#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/aWukzn31m9

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS WADE ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/m6E1i7WKrI

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Art and Design

Art and design lessons are delivered weekly by our specialist art teacher. 

Cooks Spinney are in the fortunate position to have a custom-made art studio on site where all art and design lessons are delivered. This is a stimulating space where pupils are free to express themselves artistically and make a mess! 

As a result of our art and design curriculum, pupils will:

Art prinicples

Why is the teaching of art important for our pupils?

Art is important because it encompasses all the developmental domains in child development. Art lends itself to physical development and the enhancement of fine and gross motor skills. For instance, when pupils work with clay, they fine-tune their muscle control in their fingers. All manipulative movements involved in art help develop hand and finger muscles that are needed to properly hold and use a pencil.

Art activities also help our pupils’ social and emotional development. Children learn about themselves and others through art activities. It really helps them build self-esteem. It’s an opportunity for pupils to make a personal statement about their uniqueness through art while allowing them to express emotions. 

Art also enhances our pupils’ cognitive development; Pupils who have studied a wide range of artists and artwork will have an array of ideas to choose from when creating. Art reflects what pupils know about the world and enables them to choose how to translate those ideas and experiences.

Finally, art is important because it allows our pupils to be creative. Each piece of clay manipulated or each painting is individual to each child and should be treated with awe. 

Who will pupils learn about?

Pupils will get to study a wide range of artists from different backgrounds, cultures and epochs. 

This year, KS1 are studying the work of Eric Carle, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, William Morris, Anthony Gormley, Alberto Giacometti and Wassily Kandinsky.

KS2 will be studying Vincent Van Gogh, Bronwyn Bancroft, Hokusai, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Corbusier, IM Pei and Henri Rosseau. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ART AND DESIGN CURRICULUM PLEASE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT with our art and design teacher, Ms Clausen ON 01279 437590

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