Art, Music, Drama and Photography are essential parts of life at Quinton House.
Championed as part of the core curriculum and supported through co-curricular activities and clubs, we are proud advocates of the immense benefits of the creative arts. All 4 subjects are offered at GCSE and, depending on demand, at A-level.
Within the school day, students can participate in art, theatre and drama clubs, drama lessons, school music groups (including singing groups and choirs) and enjoy peripatetic music lessons.
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ART
Taught in our dedicated Art Studio
Art plays a vibrant role in school life, with specialist teachers inspiring creativity throughout both the Prep and Senior School years. Pupils explore a wide range of artistic disciplines, developing their skills and confidence through hands-on experiences such as clay modelling, fabric dye printing, pastel drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media. By encouraging experimentation and self-expression, our art programme nurtures imagination, technical ability and an appreciation for the creative process, helping every pupil discover and develop their unique artistic talents.
MUSIC
Music is an integral part of our well-rounded education.
Whether interpreting, composing or performing music, we value the way in which music educates and inspires children. It is essential to their cognitive development and it offers a creative outlet that is so valuable in a busy school day.
The lessons we offer:
Brass
Guitar
Percussion
Piano
Singing
Strings
Woodwind
DRAMA
Drama lessons are part of our core curriculum
Drama is an important strand of Quinton House School’s cultural heritage, designed to promote student confidence, creativity and imagination. Drama enables students to develop a wide variety of essential life skills, including co-operation, collaboration, and communication.
We work with the children to create imaginative productions, with roles both on stage and back stage. Recent Senior School performances include ‘Into the Woods’, 'Shrek Jnr' and 'Wizard of Oz', as well as our Preparatory School performance of ’Pirates of the Curry Bean' and 'When sherlock met Cinders'.
Photography
Students develop strong technical skills and understanding.
They follow a series of short introductory skill-building projects around a broad range of concepts from portraiture to abstraction and narrative. A significant amount of time is devoted to developing skills of critical analysis in evaluating their own work and that of other photographers.
Students utilise their learning and experiences from the introductory tasks to craft their own chosen theme for their coursework investigation.