River Beach Primary School

Our Artsmark20 Stories

River Beach Primary School

River beach primary school had a long an peppered journey towards Artsmark Gold thanks to Covid-19, however the work put to embedding arts, culture and creativity across the curriculum really paid off when Ofsted came calling! Sandra Ackerman, their Arts Specialist Teacher, talks about their deep dive into art in this blog. 

Below you’ll get an insight into how they are embedding arts, culture, and creativity across the whole school. From school productions to classroom activities, River Beach were delighted to have achieved Artsmark Gold status in July 2021. But their journey is far from over, as they have their eyes set on Platinum with a bunch of exciting projects currently being developed. Watch this space!

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An image of two children sat at a table, one is laughing and the second has his head down whilst concentrating on painting.
An image of a group of young girls stood in a circle wearing bright yellow. They're waving their arms and dancing.
An image of a classroom wall, featuring a group of children's art work labelled 'Year 5'.
An image of a group of young people stood on a stage, wearing a variety of colourful animal outfits. They're all facing forward with their right arm pointing above their heads.
An image of different handmade clay pots, all in different colours.
A small model classroom, made using carboard for school desks and people out of modelling clay.
An image of a group of young children sat around a circular table as their teacher demonstrates how to paint something on one of their pieces of paper.
An image of 6 young people stood on a stage. They are facing one another and standing on one leg. The room is dark with a projection of a scene from the link king on the wall behind them. They are wearing yellow outfits.
An image of a classroom with around 20 students sat on circular desks, concentrating on painting an image of a bird.

River Beach Primary School

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Four images of children smiling and painting

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Grimm & Co script

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Art exhibition

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An image of a Union Jack, created using collage.

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Creative cross-curricular learning at River Beach Primary School. A group of 4 children stood on a stage, wearing colourful costumes with a spotlight pointing at them.

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Students on the grass holding up art work, standing in front of a red brick building