Art at Parkgate House

	Many of the activities are arranged to coincide with classroom project work. Exercises include painting, drawing, printing, collage, textiles, 3D, architecture and photography. Biannual art exhibitions promote the children's work throughout the school. The children are encouraged to take part in our school art competitions and annual visists to art galleries and museums to enhance their learning.
In Pre-Prep the children explore and investigate paintings, prints, photographs and other images. It is at this stage that the children begin to look at and comment on the work of photographers and illustrators. In Prep the children produce a mixed-media work, combining drawing, painting, collage and printmaking techniques. They learn about artists, craftspeople and designers who communicate their ideas through signs and symbols. They use shape, form, space, colour, texture and pattern to develop and communicate their ideas.