Whole School Programmes
C.R.E.A.T.E.
Creativity Realised through Exploration, Artistry, Thinking and Empowerment. Our comprehensive arts programme covering Music, Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance, and Media Arts.
The promise
Every child, every discipline, every year.
Continuous Music year-round, plus a half-termly rotation through Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance, and Media Arts. Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (NCAS).
The four artistic processes
C.R.E.A.T.E. encodes the NCAS framework.
Each letter maps to one of the four Artistic Processes from the National Core Arts Standards — 11 Anchor Standards across all five disciplines.
Exploration — Creating
Imagine · Investigate · Construct. Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas; refining and completing artistic work.
Artistry — Performing / Presenting / Producing
Select · Prepare · Share. Realising artistic ideas through interpretation, refinement, and presentation to an audience.
Thinking — Responding
Perceive · Interpret · Evaluate. Understanding how the arts convey meaning; applying criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Empowerment — Connecting
Synthesise · Relate. Connecting personal experience to art; relating artistic work to societal, cultural, and historical context.
The five disciplines
Five arts. One programme.
Music runs continuously every week, all year. The remaining four disciplines rotate on a half-termly basis — six weeks of focused immersion each.
Music
Vocal and instrumental performance, composition, music theory, and music technology. Continuous all year via Music Play Online.
Visual Arts
Drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and mixed media. Half-termly rotation, culminating in an Art Exhibition.
Theatre
Acting, directing, scriptwriting, technical theatre, and improvisation. Half-termly rotation, culminating in mini-plays.
Dance
Choreography, performance, dance forms, and movement analysis. Half-termly rotation, culminating in a Movement Showcase.
Media Arts
Film, animation, digital art, sound design, and interactive media. Half-termly rotation, culminating in a Film Festival.
Yearly rotation
A discipline a half-term, a showcase every term.
Six half-terms across the year. Music sits on top continuously; the four rotating disciplines each get a six-week immersion block ending in a culminating event.
Visual Arts
Apr–May · Drawing, painting, sculpture, cultural art forms — closing with an Art Exhibition.
Theatre
Jun–Jul · Devised drama, scriptwork, staging, character — closing with grade-level performances.
Dance
Aug–Sep · Creative movement, choreography, cultural dance — closing with a Movement Showcase.
Media Arts
Oct–Nov · Film, animation, digital art, sound design — closing with a Film Festival or Digital Gallery.
Student Choice
Dec–Jan · Children revisit their preferred discipline for a deeper personal project.
Whole-School Arts Festival
Feb–Mar · Cross-disciplinary or discipline-specific showcase pieces, performed for the whole school community.
Discovery to commitment
A pathway from breadth to depth.
The in-school rotation provides breadth — every child experiences all five disciplines. The After School Programmes provide depth — children pursue sustained specialisation.
Taster
In-school half-termly rotation. Six weeks per discipline, every child, every year.
Confirm
Student Choice rotation (3.1). Children revisit their preferred discipline for a longer project.
Deepen
After School Programme enrolment — CREATE: Muse for arts, MOVE: Sway for dance and movement.
Specialise
In Grade 9, students pick two arts disciplines as electives.
Qualify
Cambridge IGCSE pathways — Music, Art & Design, Drama, or Media Studies.
Assessment in C.R.E.A.T.E. follows the four Artistic Processes — Exploration, Artistry, Thinking, Empowerment — with discipline-specific rubrics rated **Emerging · Developing · Secure · Excelling**. End of each rotation: a discipline assessment. Termly: an arts progress summary covering two rotations. Annually: a portfolio review and showcase participation.
C.R.E.A.T.E. replaces our earlier Music-only enrichment. It is broader (five disciplines instead of two), standards-aligned (NCAS instead of school-specific), and ends every rotation with a public moment — art exhibitions, mini-plays, movement showcases, film festivals — because making art in front of an audience is the point.