Contact Name: Mrs C Hodgson
Who's who:
Mr. C K Williamson
Mrs. C Hodgson: Head of Art & Design
Mrs. C Ralphs
Mrs. S E Serrano
Mr. G Ward
Details of KS3
KS3 is a two year program of study following national guidelines
Year 7 pursue a program covering all the formal elements of line, tone, texture, and colour through drawing, painting and printmaking culminating in a mixed media outcome at the close of the academic year
Year 8 build on the experiences from year 7 and extend their practice into 3D ceramics and team / group work
Details of KS4
GCSE AQA from Sept 2009
Unit 1: Portfolio of work - accrues 80 marks - 60% of the overall grade and is completed during the duration of the course and must include more than one project.
- Painting and drawing
- Mixed media, including collage and assemblage
- Sculpture
- Printmaking: relief, intaglio, screen processes and lithography
Unit 2: External Set Task Paper - 80 marks - 40% of the overall grade, should be issued to candidates from 1 January in the year of the examination.
There is unlimited preparation time followed by a 10 hour period of sustained focused study in which candidates are expected to develop their own unaided work informed by their preparatory studies.
The preparatory period - During the preparatory period, teachers may discuss starting points with candidates and give them general guidance on the choice of materials, how to carry out preparatory studies or how to begin research on their chosen starting point.
EDEXEL BTEC First Certificate
During the course you will cover three units, each of which takes up 60 hours of studio time.
These units are:
Unit 1: 2D and 3D Communication
To achieve this unit a learner must:
- Use mark making and making skills when working from primary sources.
- Communicate ideas using mark making and making skills.
- Describe formal elements, materials and techniques, when discussing own work.
Unit 2: Vocational Contexts
To achieve this unit a learner must:
- Identify the influences of historical and contemporary art and design developments.
- Explore historical and contemporary references in researching and developing own response.
- Present information about the work studied in an appropriate format.
Unit 11: Working to Visual Arts Briefs
To achieve this unit a learner must:
- Research and record visual and other information from primary and secondary sources in response to a project brief.
- Explore and use appropriate materials, equipment and techniques.
- Plan and develop ideas, and produce final outcomes that meet the requirements of the project brief.
- Discuss experimental, progressive and final project outcomes.
Details of KS5
GCE Art and Design
AS exams 2009 onwards
A2 exams 2010 onwards
Fine Art (ARTB)
Introduction
Candidates should be introduced to a variety of experiences exploring a range of fine art media, techniques and processes. They should be made aware of both traditional and new technologies.
Candidates should explore relevant images, artifacts and resources relating to art and design from the past and from recent times, including European and non-European examples. This should be integral to the investigating and making process. Their responses to these examples must be shown through practical and critical activities, which demonstrate the candidates' understanding of different styles, genres and traditions.
Candidates should be aware of the four assessment objectives to be demonstrated in the content and skills presented and of the importance of process as well as product.
Candidates should explore drawing using a variety of methods and media on a variety of scales.
Candidates should use sketchbooks/workbooks/ journals to underpin their work where appropriate.
Areas of Study
Candidates are required to work in one or more area(s) of Fine Art, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas.
- Painting and drawing
- Mixed media, including collage and assemblage
- Sculpture
- Installation
- Printmaking: relief, intaglio, screen processes and lithography
- Film, photography: lens-based and/or light-based media and new media
Skills and Techniques
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate skills, as defined in Section 3.5 of this specification, in the context of their chosen area(s) of Fine Art. In addition candidates will be required to demonstrate skills in all of the following:
- Appreciation of different approaches to recording images, such as observation, analysis, expression and imagination
- Understanding of the conventions of figurative/ representational and abstract/non representational imagery or genres
- Appreciation of different ways of working, such as modelling, carving, etching, engraving, dry point, mono printing, lino printing, screen printing, photo silkscreen and lithography
- Understanding of pictorial space, composition, rhythm, scale and structure
- Appreciation of colour, tone, texture, shape and form.
Candidates must show knowledge and understanding of: Knowledge and Understanding
- How ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and artefacts in the chosen area(s) of study within Fine Art
- Historical and contemporary developments and different styles and genres
- How images and artefacts relate to social, environmental, cultural and/or ethical contexts, and to the time and place in which they were created
- Continuity and change in different styles, genres and traditions relevant to Fine Art
- The working vocabulary and specialist terminology which is relevant to their chosen area(s) of Fine Art
BTEC National Award
Four core units:
- Visual Recording in Art and Design: [Unit 1]
- Materials, Techniques and Processes: [Unit 2]
- Ideas and Concepts in Art and Design: [Unit 3]
- Visual Communication in Art and Design: [Unit 4]
