International academic reports indicate, year after year, that the educational systems that dedicate the most hours to the arts obtain the best results. Arts education goes beyond the usual rote learning in other subjects, in this case, the student must put into practice their creative qualities, their imagination and their mechanical ability. At theBritish School of Vila-real we know the vital importance of art education at school, that is why all our programs include subjects related to art, in which students can develop their potential. Our school has all kinds of specific spaces for artistic learning, from kindergarten to the last pre-university courses. What is art education and what is its influence Art education is the part of the curriculum that refers to the learning of art and the putting into practice of different artistic techniques. Unlike other subjects, the importance of art education in school is not only based on memorizing dates, schools or artists, we also want the student to be involved in the practical part of art, developing their own projects. The most effective models of art education are those that have adequate spaces and tools. At British School Vila-real we offer our students a complete art program, which is developed in the following classrooms: Music room is fully equipped with all types of instruments. Two rehearsal rooms. An open art room of 80 square meters, with interactive resources and all the material our students need. Theater room. Our art program tries to show the student the richness of these activities. Circumscribing art to painting or music means reducing the artistic capacity to transform a person. In our programs we include all kinds of activities so that our students can discover and develop their talents. Arts education competencies The subjects related to art are not based on traditional rote learning, however, it is essential to establish a series of competencies with which we can evaluate the student, and check that he or she has the basic artistic skills. Capabilities such as the expression of ideas, the synthesis of emotions in artistic proposals or the basic knowledge of the main artistic schools, are some of the skills that we relate to this part of the curriculum. Developing these skills in a gradual process, which begins in the first years of kindergarten, allows the student’s artistic qualities to be perfected and his or her competencies to be improved. Nowadays, visual perception and the ability to synthesize and interpret are fundamental to understand the world in which we live; artistic abilities are what allow us to grasp and understand reality, generating creative responses. If a child learns to carry out this type of process from an artistic point of view, his or her artistic skills will also be a method for interpreting his or her environment.
