Creative Arts

Art

Art gives girls the perfect setting to be creative and imaginative. They learn to communicate their ideas and feelings through various mediums. Through the study of various artists and designers they learn to appreciate different styles. It teaches them to be thoughtful, to prize the aesthetic and to be practical in their approach. Art is taught as a specialist subject in Senior 5 and Senior 6.

Dance

All girls do dance in PE lessons. Ballet and Jazz classes are offered as an extra-curricular subject on a weekly basis. A dance specialist runs 6 week courses for the Senior girls to choose from as an after-school activity. The Northern Ballet Theatre Dance company runs a couple of workshops on an annual basis as a talent-spotting exercise. Many girls were asked to go for further auditions this year and two have been chosen to train with the company.

Drama

There are many opportunities for drama and performance at Moorfield. Each class takes turns in producing a mini-drama for their class assembly in which every girl takes a speaking role and Church services at Harvest, Christmas and Easter give these presentations a wider audience. All girls from Form 3 are given the opportunity to take part in the poetry or prose classes at Wharfedale Festival and an adjudicator provides drama workshops for our Upper School classes at Moorfield during this week. Reception has a day at the Upstagers' Barn as a class outing each year. Drama Club runs every week for any girls in the Upper School. The Lower School produce a wonderful Christmas nativity each year and the Senior girls entertain us with an annual drama production.