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- Members of Staff and Roles/Responsibilities
- Subject Overview
- KS3 Structure
- KS3 Content
- KS4 Structure
- KS4 Content
- Additional Information
- Opportunities in Art
- Student Galleries
Members of Staff and Roles/Responsibilities
| Mr A Redman | Teacher in Charge of Art with responsibilities for Arts College |
| Miss V Rhodes | Teacher of Art and Assistant Principal with KS3 Manager and Year Team Leader Responsibilities |
| Mrs K Muir | Teacher of Art |
| Miss J Billingham | Teacher of Art |
| Mr A Herickx | Digital Arts Manager |
| Miss G Wright | Community Arts Manager |
| Ms B Parker Mills | Art Technician |
| Ms L Westbury | Art Technician |
Subject Overview
The teaching of Art within the department is seen as a year on year accumulation of skills, knowledge and experience over a period of 3 or 5 years. The schemes of work for KS 3 go forward to build on the range of KS 4 examination on offer within the curriculum.
These are:
GCSE Art Long and Short courses.
Level 2 Certificate in Animation.
BETEC Level 1 Introduction to Art and Design.
KS3 Structure
The main areas of study in Key stage 3 are;
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Drawing |
Ceramics |
Still Life |
Colour |
Animation (Digital) |
Still Life |
Intro Digital Art |
Still Life |
KS3 Content
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Shoe drawing assessment.
Digital Art- In rotation with other groups- Using one of the artists already studied, all groups take a 6/8 week course using Adobe Photoshop in D17. Using photographs and drawings, Photoshop techniques will intro. the use of layering images one on top of another, to create complex digital art.Homework- artist Research Project Artists/Art Movement: Matisse- early and later works.
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Hand drawing assessment.
Ceramics - Slab or coil pots/ structures. Starting point:Natural Forms/Folded forms/ African masks/ Structural Forms. Drawings on the theme. Techniques/vocab: rolling, coiling, joining, scoring, damping, using slip, biscuit ware, firing, glazing. Artists/Art Movement: Key Architects of the 20th and 21st century. Frank Ghery, Gaudi, Zara Hadid, Norman Foster,
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Pepper drawing assessment
Planning- |
KS4 Structure
The KS 4 GCSE course is made up of 2 coursework projects that start in Year 10 and are completed in the first term of Year 11. These projects are thematic and are open to student’s interpretation with guidance.
The Externally set brief for the Final Exam will be given to the students in January of Year 11 with the exam its self taken in March of Year 11. The exam is thematic and will be similar to the course work project set in year 10.
KS4 Content
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
| Project 1 Theme = Landscape Themed Brief given to students at the end of Yr 9. Project based on Artist research this research is then used to inspire the students work. A trip is organised to the Tate Gallery for potential GCSE Art students. This project will be completed half way through Yr 10. Project 2 Theme = Layers |
Complete Project 2 Produce the final piece under exam type conditions. Final Exam Project GCSE Art Student work displayed in the main Hall at the end of the Summer term. |
Additional Information
Clubs and ActivitiesHomework Policy
Sketchbooks
Art links with our feeder Primary Schools
Clubs and Activities
The art department run a variety of extra-curricular activities including a 2D and 3D art club and a digital art club at lunchtimes and film & animation club after school. Please click here to view the art extra-curricular timetable
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Homework Policy
The Art Department supports the whole school policy on homework and will set tasks according to the criteria stated.
Homework will be set that is relevant and appropriate to the work that pupils are currently involved with during their courses at school. Homework will usually be set in the form of sketchbook tasks or project work that will supplement the pupil’s personal portfolio. Any work that is undertaken outside normal lesson time including lunch time sessions and after school clubs will be considered as homework.
Tasks that are set may not necessarily be always practical. Collecting evidence, researching themes, making enquiries, developing a sensual or emotional response, to emphasise looking and experiencing, writing will be considered as an important contribution to developing an enquiring mind thus extending the pupils creative thinking.
In year 10 and 11 it will be a compulsory element in the GCSE syllabus. Homework will contribute to and support the 60% coursework section of the Art GCSE. The commitment shown by the pupil towards homework tasks serves as a good indicator of the attitude to be expected from the pupil at examination time. This can help art staff to determine estimated grades when required.
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Sketchbooks
All pupils are encouraged to keep and use a personal sketchbook. This will be used in all art areas throughout the pupil’s courses. The sketchbook is considered to be an essential item of school equipment. In KS 3 all students will be asked to contribute £3.50 towards the price of a sketchbook. This will last them throughout their key stage 3 course. If students go on and opt for the GCSE course in Art they will be expected to work in an A3 size sketchbook this again can be purchased through the school. At this level home work will be set and will be produced and kept in their sketchbooks. The sketchbook or journal is an integral part of the GCSE Art course and it is expected that students become familiar with the use of a sketchbook for the majority of their class work, as well as personal observations pupils will be required to make notes, research and experiment.
Sketchbooks and homework will play an important part in our pupil’s assessment both at KS3 and KS4. They will serve as an illustration of how pupils go about the process of developing their own ideas and skills. The use of sketchbooks to develop the pupils’ confidences is seen by the department as a vital tool in encouraging independent learning.
Pupil’s homework tasks and sketchbooks will be marked according to the criteria set for each piece of work. A project might be a single unit or a series of pieces working from a given starting point. These could involve various processes or techniques. Where appropriate positive comments and grades will be given to identify strengths and possible weaknesses. This can then assist the pupils in setting appropriate and positive targets for improvement.
Art staff will be expected to keep a personal record of pupils homework tasks and record the standard and attitude that the pupil has shown towards home work projects. Our system of grading will given in levels, these will be broken down into three parts – a b and c. and numbers 1 – 5. 1 being excellent 5 being unsatisfactory.
