Curriculum

ART & DESIGN

Our Art and Design curriculum provides pupils with the opportunity to demonstrate imagination and creative flair. Pupils are able to develop and refine their drawing and observational skills through sketching a range of everyday objects and primary images and making their work personal.

Pupils have the opportunity to experiment with and select methods and approaches, synthesise observations, ideas and feelings to create compositions for paintings, collages, textiles and other creative responses. They are encouraged to explore their artistic styles by studying a range of artists and their ‘drawing and making’ styles.

Curriculum Overview

Year 7	Year 8
Mix Media: colours, black & white, textures, surfaces, digital, photography, raw, print making, lino printing Colour Theory: primary, secondary, understanding application, tone, contrast, theme Artist Study Print Making Textiles: basic needle handling, stitching techniques, selecting fabrics Sketching: application, tone, techniques, lines Lino Print: colour, inks, textures Observational Drawing: lines, tones, pictures, techniques Kandinsky Pointillism Negative space African art	Illustration: Drawing, colour, digital, hand design Colour Theory: primary, secondary, understanding application, tone, contrast, theme Drawing: lines, tones, pictures, techniques Sketching: application, tone, techniques, lines Print Making Textiles: design pattern, sew, stitch creative design, embellish using beads/sequins/cotton/ buttons, Fabric painting technique, silk painting technique, design bags and paint Painting 3D Design Mix Media: colours, black & white, textures, surfaces, digital, photography, raw, print making, lino printing Aboriginal art Islamic pattern Chalk Oil pastels Pop art

Year 7

Year 8

Mix Media: colours, black & white, textures, surfaces, digital, photography, raw, print making, lino printing
Colour Theory: primary, secondary, understanding application, tone, contrast, theme
Artist Study
Print Making
Textiles: basic needle handling, stitching techniques, selecting fabrics
Sketching: application, tone, techniques, lines
Lino Print: colour, inks, textures
Observational Drawing: lines, tones, pictures, techniques
Kandinsky
Pointillism
Negative space
African art

Illustration: Drawing, colour, digital, hand design
Colour Theory: primary, secondary, understanding application, tone, contrast, theme
Drawing: lines, tones, pictures, techniques
Sketching: application, tone, techniques, lines
Print Making
Textiles: design pattern, sew, stitch creative design, embellish using beads/sequins/cotton/ buttons, Fabric painting technique, silk painting technique, design bags and paint
Painting
3D Design
Mix Media: colours, black & white, textures, surfaces, digital, photography, raw, print making, lino printing
Aboriginal art
Islamic pattern
Chalk
Oil pastels
Pop art

GCSE Option Choice: Art, Craft and Design

Year 9	Year 10	Year 11
Illustration Observational sketching Textiles Painting Water colour drawing 3D design Graphic design ‘Shade’ project ‘Journey’ project	How sources relate to individual, social, historical, environmental, cultural, ethical and/or issues based contexts How ideas, themes, forms, feelings and concerns can inspire personally determined responses that are primarily aesthetic, intellectual or conceptual Students to develop ideas and intentions relevant to fine art	Students must choose a project inspired by topics covered in previous years Coverage of the four assessment objectives A sustained project evidencing the journey from initial engagement to the realisation of intentions A selection of further work undertaken during the student’s course of study Evidence of drawing activity and written annotation

Assessment

Internal assessments take place every half-term.

KS4 Exam Board Specification: AQA GCSE Art and Design (8201-8206)

Enrichment Offer

The Department offers subject-specific enrichment clubs and organises a range of educational visits throughout the year. Pupils are able to take part in school-wide competitions, as well as representing the Academy in local and national competitions designed to increase their engagement and enhance their subject knowledge. Intervention sessions to consolidate prior learning and ensure maximum progress are at the heart of our delivery model.