Display Policy

RATIONALE

Displays enhance the school environment reflecting standards and expectations; they are a visual representation of our school and its ethos.

Displays of children’s work recognises and values this work and gives children confirmation of their achievement.

AIMS

To enrich the child’s surroundings
To focus the child’s powers of observation.
To develop an appreciation of visual and aesthetic qualities of both two dimensional and three dimensional work and become more receptive to and discriminate more discerningly between such work.
To provide a variety of ways of communicating information.
To help generate the child’s visual, tactile and emotional experiences.
To inspire and provoke discussion.
To promote high expectations of children’s work through self-evaluation and to develop the skills to display their own work effectively.
To reflect what is best in children’s work and to value it.

GUIDELINES

The quality of the children’s work will be matched by presentation standards so that:-

Displays will be changed on a regular basis.
Backing paper used for boards should be paper on a roll, rather than sugar paper, the colour and tone of which should enhance the display.
Borders should be used around each board.
Drawing pins should not be used and all staples must be removed from the boards when displays are changed.
Work should be mounted.
Public boards should display work with each child’s name, year group and a title.
Children should be encouraged to mount their own work increasingly as they progress through the school.
Key Stage 2 children should be taught to use the paper trimmer effectively in order to facilitate independent and effective mounting of work and will initially require supervision when mounting their own work.
Children should have the opportunity to experience different ways of mounting work and producing effective displays.
Labelling may be computer generated or handwritten as appropriate since it is important for children to have experience of a variety of print and font styles.
Displays will often be informative and will use questions to promote thought and discussion.

CONCLUSION

Display immediately involves visitors in the school environment. Good display provides a valuable learning tool and enhances children’s sense of value of their own work. We will all be justly proud of our children’s work.