What topics will my child study?   

Foundation skills exploring the formal elements of Art-Colour/Mark making/ looking at the art work of Vincent Van Gogh & Andy Warhol

Collage-Using recycled paper surfaces to create a collage of an animal in the style of the British artist Peter Clark

Robots-drawing, pattern, ceramics inspired by circuit boards and tin toy robots

Frida Kahlo-ink/collage/painting drawing portrait

What knowledge will they have and what will they be able to do by the end of the KS3?

Art encompasses 2D and 3D making, and in Y7, they lay a foundation skill with key concepts and practices developed and extended through Y8 and Y9. 

All projects develop student’s skills for learning; recording, developing and refining ideas using media and sources, contextualising, making, and presenting their own work – skills that prepare for success at GCSE.

Each project provides key skills aiming to build students' ability to use and apply formal elements within a range of historical, modern and contemporary contexts. Students are exposed to a range of artists from different backgrounds and disciplines to develop and inform practical, theoretical and disciplinary knowledge.

What homework will they get?

Homework projects are set relating to artists, techniques, testing knowledge and to classwork. 

How will they be assessed in Art?

Formative assessment in each lesson in the form of verbal feedback takes place within the classroom between student and teacher to assess the progression of practical knowledge. This dialogue is important as it creates feedback that can focus on immediate changes for the students to make during the lesson. This allows the teacher to modify and refine student targets.

As a parent, how can I help my child in this subject?

Parents and carers can help to support students with Art, photography and Design by engaging with the homeworks and practically by having basic materials available for students to use watercolours, colour pencils, biro, pens, pencil sharpener, glue stick, scissors, pencil. 

Visits to galleries, exhibitions, cinema, reading, music events feed into the student's cultural capital, adding experiential learning for students to bring into the classroom. 

All students can benefit by practicing observational drawing by drawing from real life to improve their observational drawing skills, develop hand-eye coordination to improve independence.

What topics will my child study?   

Zoomorphic Portraits -drawing animal heads/proportion/mark making/shading/mono-printing

Mexican Day of the dead- drawing, pattern, ceramics inspired by Mexican day of the dead

Freaky creepy-mixed media/experimental/unconventional media and techniques to create a “zine” based on insects.

What knowledge will they have and what will they be able to do by the end of the KS3?

Art encompasses 2D and 3D making, and in Y7, they lay a foundation skill with key concepts and practices developed and extended through Y8 and Y9. 

All projects develop student’s skills for learning; recording, developing and refining ideas using media and sources, contextualising, making, and presenting their own work – skills that prepare for success at GCSE.

Each project provides key skills aiming to build students' ability to use and apply formal elements within a range of historical, modern and contemporary contexts. Students are exposed to a range of artists from different backgrounds and disciplines to develop and inform practical, theoretical and disciplinary knowledge.

What homework will they get?

Homework projects are set relating to artists, techniques, testing knowledge and to classwork. 

How will they be assessed in Art?

Formative assessment in each lesson in the form of verbal feedback takes place within the classroom between student and teacher to assess the progression of practical knowledge. This dialogue is important as it creates feedback that can focus on immediate changes for the students to make during the lesson. This allows the teacher to modify and refine student targets.

As a parent, how can I help my child in this subject?

Parents and carers can help to support students with Art, photography and Design by engaging with the homeworks and practically by having basic materials available for students to use watercolours, colour pencils, biro, pens, pencil sharpener, glue stick, scissors, pencil. 

Visits to galleries, exhibitions, cinema, reading, music events feed into the student's cultural capital, adding experiential learning for students to bring into the classroom. 

All students can benefit by practicing observational drawing by drawing from real life to improve their observational drawing skills, develop hand-eye coordination to improve independence.

What topics will my child study?   

Pop Art-typography/packaging/food products

Portraits-using YouTube tutorials to learn how to draw facial features, eyes, lips & nose/grid technique to copy an image.

Graffiti-Ink/chalk pastel/pen & wash

What knowledge will they have and what will they be able to do by the end of the KS3?

Art encompasses 2D and 3D making, and in Y7, they lay a foundation skill with key concepts and practices developed and extended through Y8 and Y9. 

All projects develop student’s skills for learning; recording, developing and refining ideas using media and sources, contextualising, making, and presenting their own work – skills that prepare for success at GCSE.

Each project provides key skills aiming to build students' ability to use and apply formal elements within a range of historical, modern and contemporary contexts. Students are exposed to a range of artists from different backgrounds and disciplines to develop and inform practical, theoretical and disciplinary knowledge.

What homework will they get?

Homework projects are set relating to artists, techniques, testing knowledge and to classwork. 

How will they be assessed in Art?

Formative assessment in each lesson in the form of verbal feedback takes place within the classroom between student and teacher to assess the progression of practical knowledge. This dialogue is important as it creates feedback that can focus on immediate changes for the students to make during the lesson. This allows the teacher to modify and refine student targets.

As a parent, how can I help my child in this subject?

Parents and carers can help to support students with Art, photography and Design by engaging with the homeworks and practically by having basic materials available for students to use watercolours, colour pencils, biro, pens, pencil sharpener, glue stick, scissors, pencil. 

Visits to galleries, exhibitions, cinema, reading, music events feed into the student's cultural capital, adding experiential learning for students to bring into the classroom. 

All students can benefit by practicing observational drawing by drawing from real life to improve their observational drawing skills, develop hand-eye coordination to improve independence.

What other opportunities do they have outside of the classroom?

Students that opt for GCSE Art or Photography visit the Biannual Fresh Air Sculpture Show at Quenington.

What topics will my child study and what knowledge will they have and what will they be able to do by the end of the year?

Teacher-led activities focus on guiding students through ways of developing an extended project on Natural Forms and Manmade Forms. Work includes developing skills using both traditional and more experimental approaches to drawing and painting and conducting research into different artists. Students then gather resource materials and ideas to develop a final outcome in response to a given brief. Both projects form part of the student's coursework. Students are given the opportunity to work to their strengths. Students tend to work in a broad range of media to develop a portfolio of work that best demonstrates their skills, and abilities as well as expressing their observations and ideas.

What homework will they get?

Homework plays a vital role in the production of coursework. Students will be expected to spend significant time on the work set. This will not be every week but students should expect to spend time finishing off work started in class, producing research pages on artists, drawing, painting and potentially taking photographs. It is hoped that all students will have a range of art materials to use at home which they can purchased for a very reasonable price from the school’s suppliers.

How will they be assessed in Art?

Formative assessment each lesson in the form of verbal feedback takes place within the classroom between student and teacher to assess the progression of practical knowledge. This dialogue is important as it creates feedback that can focus on immediate changes for the students to make during the lesson. This allows the teacher to modify and refine student targets.

As a parent, how can I help my child in this subject?

Parents and carers can help to support students with Art, photography and Design by engaging with the homeworks and practically by having basic materials available for students to use watercolours, colour pencils, biro, pens, pencil sharpener, glue stick, scissors, pencil. 

Visits to galleries, exhibitions, cinema, reading, music events feed into the student's cultural capital, adding experiential learning for students to bring into the classroom. 

All students can benefit by practicing observational drawing by drawing from real life to improve their observational drawing skills, develop hand-eye coordination to improve independence.

What other opportunities do they have outside of the classroom?

Art/Photography trip to Barcelona

What topics will my child study and what knowledge will they have and what will they be able to do by the end of the year?

In the first half of the year students devise their own project in response to open ended starting points such as Architecture, Pop art, Food, Sea life and Natural Forms .

Whilst drawing and painting form a strong basis from which to develop ideas students can choose to work in a wide range of media including print-making, stencil work, digital media, photography, sculpture and mixed media.

From January of Year 11 students begin preparation work for their final exam; this is a project that they devise themselves in response to a question selected from a given exam paper. They will have 10 hours under exam conditions in April to create their final piece.

What homework will they get?

Homework plays a vital role in the production of coursework. Students will be expected to spend significant time on the work set. This will not be every week but students should expect to spend time finishing off work started in class, producing research pages on artists, drawing, painting and potentially taking photographs. It is hoped that all students will have a range of art materials to use at home which they can purchased for a very reasonable price from the school’s suppliers.

How will they be assessed in Art?

Formative assessment each lesson in the form of verbal feedback takes place within the classroom between student and teacher to assess the progression of practical knowledge. This dialogue is important as it creates feedback that can focus on immediate changes for the students to make during the lesson. This allows the teacher to modify and refine student targets.

As a parent, how can I help my child in this subject?

Parents and carers can help to support students with Art, photography and Design by engaging with the homeworks and practically by having basic materials available for students to use watercolours, colour pencils, biro, pens, pencil sharpener, glue stick, scissors, pencil. 

Visits to galleries, exhibitions, cinema, reading, music events feed into the student's cultural capital, adding experiential learning for students to bring into the classroom. 

All students can benefit by practicing observational drawing by drawing from real life to improve their observational drawing skills, develop hand-eye coordination to improve independence.

What topics will my child study and what knowledge will they have and what will they be able to do by the end of the year?

Teacher-led activities focus on teaching students how to use a DSLR camera, guided projects teach students how to present their work, analyse images, use a wide range of physical and digital manipulation techniques. Exam style questions are used as themes to structure these activities such as “Texture” (alongside the trip to Westonbirt Arboretum) “Light and Dark” (alongside workshops in school on photographing light trails & UV paint). The trip to Bristol in the summer provides the opportunity to take photos for their Mock Exam

What homework will they get?

Homework plays a vital role in the production of coursework. Students will be expected to spend significant time on the work set. This will not be every week, but students should expect to spend time finishing off work started in class, producing research pages on artists and taking photographs.

How will they be assessed in Photography?

Formative assessment each lesson in the form of verbal feedback takes place within the classroom between student and teacher to assess the progression of practical knowledge. This dialogue is important as it creates feedback that can focus on immediate changes for the students to make during the lesson. This allows the teacher to modify and refine student targets.

As a parent, how can I help my child in this subject?

Parents and carers can help to support students with photography by engaging with the homeworks and practically by having basic materials available for students to use colour pencils, biro, pens, pencil sharpener, glue stick, scissors, pencil. 

Visits to galleries, exhibitions, cinema, reading, music events feed into the student's cultural capital, adding experiential learning for students to bring into the classroom. 

All students can benefit by practicing taking photographs in different settings.

What other opportunities do they have outside of the classroom?

Art/Photography trip to Barcelona

Photography trips to Westonbirt Arboretum, Bristol city Centre

What topics will my child study and what knowledge will they have and what will they be able to do by the end of the year?

In the first half of the year students devise their own project in response to open-ended starting points taken from previous exam papers such as Groups/Places & Spaces/Fragments

From January of Year 11 students begin preparation work for their final exam; this is a project that they devise themselves in response to a question selected from a given exam paper. They will have 10 hours under exam conditions in April to create their final piece.

What homework will they get?

Homework plays a vital role in the production of coursework. Students will be expected to spend significant time on the work set. This will not be every week, but students should expect to spend time finishing off work started in class, producing research pages on artists and taking photographs.

How will they be assessed in Photography?

Formative assessment each lesson in the form of verbal feedback takes place within the classroom between student and teacher to assess the progression of practical knowledge. This dialogue is important as it creates feedback that can focus on immediate changes for the students to make during the lesson. This allows the teacher to modify and refine student targets.

As a parent, how can I help my child in this subject?

Parents and carers can help to support students with photography by engaging with the homework and practically by having basic materials available for students to use colour pencils, biro, pens, pencil sharpener, glue stick, scissors, pencil. 

Visits to galleries, exhibitions, cinema, reading, music events feed into the student's cultural capital, adding experiential learning for students to bring into the classroom. 

All students can benefit by practicing taking photographs in different settings.