Academic Information

Art & Design

Aims

  • To stimulate and maintain student curiosity, interest and enjoyment in Art

  • To develop recording and creative thinking skills

  • To understand that Art is an important, pleasurable and fundamental realm of human experience

  • To provide suitable examination qualifications

  • To encourage, develop and prepare those pupils who wish to pursue an Art career

Staff

Mrs Jones
Miss Brown
Miss McFlynn
Miss Neill

Key Stage 3

Year 8

  • Visual Elements of Art and Colour Theory 

  • Natural and Human Forms 

  • Animals and Creatures 

  • Pop Art 

Year 9

  • Visual Elements of Art and Colour Theory 

  • Food  

  • World Cultures 

  • Graffiti and Street Art 

Year 10

  • Visual Elements of Art and Colour Theory 

  • Drawing Skills 

  • All About Me  

  • GCSE Style Project – based on a chosen theme 


Key Stage 4

GCSE Art and Design, OCR

Component 1

  • Portfolio - 60% (non-exam assessment)

Component 2

  • Externally set assignment - 40% (non-exam assessment)


Post 16

OCR A2 Art and Design

  • Personal Investigation
    Sketchbook and experimental pieces
    Final Outcome - Coursework = 60%
    Written requirement 1000 - 3000 words

  • External Examination 40%
    Sketchbook and experimental pieces
    Final outcome - 15 hours’ examination

Skills Developed

  • Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigation

  • Independent learning

  • Being creative

  • Experiment and select resources, media, materials and techniques

  • Record observations

  • Become aware of a wide range of artists, designers and craft workers and be able to make connections to their artwork

  • Prepare the pupils for third level education

Careers

  • Architect

  • Ceramicist

  • Fashion Designer

  • Fine Artist

  • Furniture Designer

  • Graphic Designer

  • Interior Designer

  • Jeweller

  • Photographer

  • Product Designer

  • Set Designer

  • Prop Maker (Film/TV Production)

  • Printmaker

  • Web/Game Designer

SF Digital

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