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Expressive Arts
The Faculty of Expressive Arts is a very successful area at Sir Jonathan North Community College encompassing Art, Dance, Drama and Music. The number of students involved in extra curricular work and our excellent examination results underline this. We are an experienced team who work very closely in support of each other. The College is widely known locally for the distinctiveness, quality and range of its work in the Arts and has achieved Arts Mark Gold Award.
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The Expressive Arts Faculty consists of Music, dance, Drama and Art. There has been a long tradition of excellence in the Visual Arts at the College and we are a Specialist Visual Arts College, Digital Arts is a significant part of our specialism at Sir Jonathan North taught in a suite designed for the purpose. Expressive Arts is in a purpose built Arts Block where Art, Dance, Drama and Music are taught, expectations are high in this area. We have a Dance and Drama studio, two music classrooms with additional practice rooms, three Art rooms plus a Dark room and Digital Arts room. The excellent facilities and specialist staff encourage students to have a high regard for expressive Arts shown by their commitment in class work across the key stages and in extended or extra curricular activities with our own staff or visting artists who we have regularly to enhance the students experience.
At Key Stage 3 all students have three one-hour lessons of Expressive Arts each week. One of these is Art, one Music and one Dance or Drama for half a year each.
At Key Stage 4 subjects are offered within option blocks. All students are required to take one Expressive Arts subject and have the opportunity to take two if they wish. Many students take advantage of this opportunity. BTEC Performing Arts and NCFE Animation are being offered as joint courses with The Lancaster School. We are also going to be part of the pilot on the new Creative Arts and Media Diploma in 2009 now that the city has had a successful bid.
There are a broard range of Expressive Arts clubs and activities which take place throughout the week. These include Art club, Digital Art Club, Moving Pictures (Film Club), Dance and Drama rehearsals and Music practice.
