Art and Design

Art Curriculum spine:

Fostering creativity, enthusiasm and passion for the arts in an environment where it is safe to take risk, learn from mistakes and excellence is achieved by all. Our philosophy for the Arts curriculum experience is to broaden skills in depth recognizing the demands of the students as individual’s appropriate pedagogy and core concepts that will engage all our young people.

Year 7

Year 7 Study Topic Art Self Portrait/ Fragmented portraits To increase confident in own ability using proportions and drawing skills to produce an accurate self-portrait. Pupils may enlarge and use the influence of chosen artist to produce a painting which reflects the work of others.

Knowledge and Skills Independent study – Draw yourself without the help of the teacher. This is a benchmark to show how much you improve over the course of the project.Understand how to plan a portrait and use proportion.Improve features using detailAdvance tonal, value and shading skillsProgress portrait through the use of artist influence and use of the colour wheel. Develop portrait through the use of artist influence.Fragmenting Portrait and adding colourReflect on your project throughout writing annotations about key points of your learning, what has gone well, what hasn’t you and what you’re going to do next.

Assessment Students will be assessed on their ability to draw, applying tone and adding detail throughout the topic. Assessment will also be made on the pupil’s final outcome.

How to support your child. Having a sketch book at home and drawing materials is always a good way to support your child’s art skills development. To foster a love of art, it is highly recommended that you visit art galleries with your child. Some excellent local galleries include; Yorkshire Sculpture Park Manchester Art Gallery Chris Cypress Art

Year 8

Year 8 Study Topic Still Life Observational studies To increase confident in own ability using proportions and drawing skills to produce an accurate self-portrait. Pupils may enlarge and use the influence of chosen artist to produce a painting which reflects the work of others.

Knowledge and Skills Independent study – Draw from observation without the help of the teacher. This is a benchmark to show how much you improve over the course of the project. Understand how to plan and draw from observation.Develop colour palette knowledge.Building evidence in sketch booksResearching in more depth the work of other artists.Build upon skills in drawing, mark marking techniques, shading, enlarging, scaling down and understanding artist workCreate a sculpture using clay techniques Reflect on your project throughout writing annotations about key points of your learning, what has gone well, what hasn’t you and what you’re going to do next.

Assessment Students will be assessed on their ability to draw from observation, drawing in proportion and mark making ability. Assessment will also be made on the pupil’s final outcome.

How to support your child Gathering objects from around the house and getting your child practicing drawing from observation will have a remarkable impact on their ability. Online drawing tutorials are a fantastic resource on websites such as YouTube

Year 9

Year 9 Study Topic Food To create a personal response to the theme of food . This is preparation for Ks4 style of responding to themes. Students will research relevant artists, experiment with different techniques and create a final piece. Food has often inspired artists. Images of food appear in art from Ancient Egypt to the present day. Food featured in the paintings of Pieter Aertsen and Juan Sánchez Cotán. Pop artists Claes Oldenburg and Wayne Thiebaud produced work in a wide range of media based on food such as hamburgers, sweets and cakes. The installation artist Anya Gallaccio has used fruit and vegetables in her work. Sam Taylor-Wood took time-lapse photographs of food decaying for her ‘Still Life’ video. Investigate appropriate sources and develop a personal response to Food.

Knowledge and Skills Independent study. You will develop your own ideas and create a personal and original final piece working to theme.Experiment with materials and techniques to develop ideas.Use artist research as inspiration for your ideas and final piece.Building evidence in sketch books and learn to generate ideas from primary source materials (photographs)Researching in more depth the work of other artists.Build upon skills in drawing, mark marking techniques, shading, enlarging, scaling down and understanding artist workCreate a final outcome linked to the themeReflect on your project throughout writing annotations about key points of your learning, what has gone well, what hasn’t you and what you’re going to do next.

Assessment Students will be assessed on the four art assessment objectives. Artist research ExperimentationDevelopment of ideasFinal personal response

How to support your child A trip to London to experience some of the world’s best art would benefit hugely benefit your child artist knowledge.

Year 10

Year 10 Topic Portraits To create a personal response to the theme of portraits. This is the major project for component 1 of the AQA Art and Design course Fine art practice is defined here as the need to explore an idea, convey an experience or respond to a theme or issue of personal significance.

Knowledge Students should be introduced to a variety of learning experiences, which encourage the development of skills through the use of appropriate media, processes, techniques and technologies relevant to their chosen title(s) and related area(s) of study. Students should show knowledge, understanding and skills in the development of their personal work informed by first-hand experiences and appropriate secondary sources. Students should be encouraged to progressively develop their own strengths and interests in the subject and, increasingly, follow their own lines of enquiry. Students must develop the knowledge and understanding as specified below through sustained practical application of skills to realise personal intentions. Students must learn how sources inspire the development of ideas. For example, drawing on: the work and approaches of artists, craftspeople or designers from contemporary and/or historical contexts, periods, societies and cultures contemporary and/or historical environments, situations or issues other relevant sources researched by the student in the chosen qualification title and area(s) of study the ways in which meanings, ideas and intentions can be communicated through visual and tactile language, using formal elements, including: colour line form shape tone texture the characteristics, properties and effects of using different media, materials, techniques and processes, and the ways in which they can be used in relation to students’ own creative intentions and chosen area(s) of study the different purposes, intentions and functions of art, craft and design in a variety of contexts and as appropriate to students’ own work.

Assessment The exams and non-exam assessment will measure how students have achieved the following assessment objectives. AO1: Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources. AO2: Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes. AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses. AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language.

How to support your child Buying a good art set with brushes and paints would aid your child as they take the GCSE course.

Year 11

Year 11 Topic Shoes Exploring the theme of shoes to create a personal response. Exam Theme – Set by AQA

Working for at least an hour a week in their GCSE sketch book at home will help ensure your child gains the highest grade they can.

GCSE Fine Art /Art Craft and Design

GCSE Art, Craft & Design offers a wide range of artistic and creative learning experiences. This course will give you the opportunity to develop your art skills and creativity in 2 of the following component options: Fine Art; painting, drawing, printing and mixed media, ceramics, 3D design, Lens based art using Photoshop, Textiles and art textiles. You will research both contemporary and historical artists and art movements to inspire your art work. You will then develop your ideas by experimenting and exploring art techniques to create your personalized artwork.

How you will be assessed:

Coursework component 1 marked out of 96 (60%) Externally set component by exam board also marked out of 96 (40%)

During the course students will build up a portfolio of work during year 9/10, developing their skills, creating work around the themes decided on by your teacher. They will building up coursework around two areas of the course and 1 externally set component. Each component will involve researching and developing ideas to create a final individual piece of artwork. The externally set component allows you to choose an area of study from a selection issued by the examining body. This final component of work contains a controlled timed 10 hour. You will create your final piece of art work in response to the area of study you have chosen. Pupils must be committed to complete extensive independent study.

Fine art

Component One

Coursework Portfolio (96 marks – worth 60% of final grade)

The portfolio of work will be built up from year 9 (foundation) /10 experimental work creating work around a variety of themes throughout the course ranging from Natural forms, Food, Ghana Culture looking in depth at all the assessment objectives.

Ao1 Artists work
A02 Research work and techniques and media
A03 Observational studies
A04 Final piece combining all of the above:

These all need to be complete to a high standard both inside and outside of the classroom.

Fine Art themes covered :

Architecture /Close up/Collections/other themes decided upon by your teacher.

Component Two Exam:

Controlled Test (96 marks – worth 40% of final grade)

This exam will be set in January of Year 11. The pupils will have around 8 weeks to complete a new project based on the themes on the exam paper. In March the pupils will sit a 10 hour exam which will be the culmination of their 8 week project. You will have 10 hours to complete your final piece of work. You must cover all 4 Assessment Objectives.

Extracurricular

During Extracurricular activities the Art and Drama department worked collaboratively to design and create the set design for our amazing production of ‘Annie’

The pupils worked hard to create large scale flats that helped to create the setting of the New York scene and Mr Warbucks Home. These photographs show the developments of their work!