The value of art, craft and design in primary schoolThis rationale will discuss the value of art, craft and design in primary school. I will highlight the importance of art and design within the primary curriculum. I will also highlight how my resource pack promotes the value of creativity in the primary classroom. There are many benefits to teaching art and design, one of the main benefits being that it promotes creativity in children. In today's society, we live in a world driven by technological modernizations, creativity is an essential element; human skills and the influences of individual creativity and imagination constitute substantial resources in a knowledge-based economy (Robinson, 2001, 2009). It is essential to understand exactly what creativity is. Creativity is described as a “state of mind in which all our intelligences work together” involving “seeing, thinking and innovating” (Craft, 2000: 38), also defined as “creative imaginative activity designed to promote results, which are both original and valuable', (NACCCE, 1999: 29). Art has a distinct role to play in children's learning, in that it nurtures personal creative exploration, which will primarily impact on children's wider achievements, (Driscoll et al 2012). craft and design are about culture, a quest for meaning through creation and reflection (Penny 2002). My resource pack helps children think about issues affecting their daily lives, particularly issues relating to our environment. Art and design provide alternative methods of communication for children, giving them the confidence to communicate across a range of methods (Kress, 1997 in Driscoll et al. 2012). The Plowden Report (1967, in Herne et al, 2009) states that ... middle of paper ... you think less. London. Fourth Estate.Cox, S. (2007), Teaching Art and Design 3-11, Continuum International Publishing Group, London.Craft,A. (2000) Creativity across the primary curriculum: framing and developing practice, London: RoutledgeFalmer.Driscoll. P, Lambbirth, A, Dr, Roden, J. (2012), The Primary Curriculum: A Creative Approach, SAGE, London.Herne. S, Cox.S and Watts.R (2009), Readings in Primary Art Education, Intellect, Bristol. National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education (NACCCE) (1999) All Our Futures: The Report of the National Advisory Committee on Creativity and Cultural Education, London: DfEE/DCMS.Penny.S (2002), Teaching the Arts in primary schools, Learning Matters, Exeter.Robinson,K (2001) Out of Our Minds, London: Capestone.Robinson,K (2009) The Element: How finding your passion changes everything, London: Allen Lane.