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Art encourages self-expression and creativity and develops critical thinking. It has the potential to build our pupils’ confidence and their sense of individual identity (The Tate). It can be an expressive tool to support the mental health and wellbeing of our pupils.

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A high-quality art and design curriculum engages, inspires and challenges our pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to:

  • Experiment

  • Invent

  • Create

As pupils progress, they can think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They learn know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity, and wealth of our communities.

We aim to do this by teaching fundamental skills in mark making, colour theory, analysis and creating personal response work to art topics and themes. Our pupils research artists and styles of art and are introduced to art history at the start of each unit.

Year 7 students compete in creating student planner cover and practice skills of still art drawing on a cross curricular visit to the botanical gardens. Year 8 student make creative Eid cards as part of a community care package. KS3 students are selected for Artist of the Month Award, encouraging them to develop their unique style and interpretation. 

Overview of our Art curriculum

Students research art forms and artists at the start of their units. Our students develop independent research skills, analysis and evaluative skills. They use their in-depth understanding of the topic to produce work and critically assess each other’s work. Consequently, they are inspired to develop their own style.
 
Art lessons have several cross-curricular links; history, geography, mental health and wellbeing, literacy and mathematics, and study of different perspectives in buildings, architectures and grid methods.
 
We expose students to artists from various ethnic backgrounds, neurodiversity and disabilities as well art forms from around the world, such as Islamic art, aboriginal art and African Art. Students explore mental health and wellbeing through study of Van Gogh and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
Autumn term 1

Introduction
to the Elements of Art.  

Covering:
Karla Horst, Line, Shape and Tone

Study of Form
and Tone in Cityscapes – Observational Drawing

Covering:
cityscape with Stephen Wiltshire, Lucinda Rogers and tonal values

Embedding
Drawing skills

Covering:
Stephen Travers, Perspective, John Piper and buildings.

Extended
Project Component 1
Growth and Decay
AO1 Develop ideas through investigation

Component 1:
mock exam assignment

Study from
Past Paper

Idea
explosion of images, photos and notes on theme:

‘Fragments’
Assessments
Base line test and Observational drawing
Observational drawing of cityscape
Perspective observational drawing of a building
Portfolio
Personal Portfolio
Autumn term 2

The Basics of
Colour

Covering:
Colour wheel and Harmonious colours

Colour Theory

Covering:
Contemporary Artist Alai Ganuza and in-depth study of colour theory

Colour Mixing
& Pattern Painting – Carolee Clark and William Morris 

Covering;
harmonious, monochromatic, and complementary colours.

Growth
and Decay
AO3 Record observations relevant to work as it progresses

Vincent
Van Gogh – Sunflowers

Georgia
O’Keeffe – Shells

Component
1: mock exam assignment
AO2 Refine and Explore AO3 Record Ideas
 AO4 Present

  • Experimenting
  • Presenting personal response
Formative assessment
Colour abstract painting
Abstract painting
Abstract still life painting
Portfolio
Final Piece (Mock Exam 5hrs +)

Spring term 1

Hundertwasser
and Birmingham

Covering
contextual art and
Architecture/ buildings in Birmingham

STILL LIFE

Covering:
Jacqueline Poirier and Sarah Graham.

Sweets and
food

Surrealism

Covering:
Salvador Dali and Georgia O’Keeffe

Painting techniques
with watercolour

Growth
and Decay
AO2 Refine and Explore
AO4 Present

  • Experimenting
  • Presenting
  • personal response

Component 2:
Externally Set Assignment

12 weeks to
complete a project following one of the directed themes provided by the exam
board.  Assessment Objectives 1, 2, 3
and 4
Assessment
Artist research page
Artist research page
Observational drawing
Final Piece
Exam Portfolio
Spring term 2

Hundertwasser
patterns and Zen tangles

Covering:
Patterns, textures, zen tangles

Develop final
piece

Hundertwasser
patterns and Zen tangles

Covering:
Patterns, textures, zen tangles

Develop final
piece

Sweets tooth
– Final Piece (Still life)

Covering:
Mixed Media crayons, water colour paint and pen drawings.

Final Piece
on Plate

Extended
Project 2

Component 1
Cityscapes project – Paul
Kenton and Ruth Allen
AO1 and AO2

Developing
(research)

Recording

Component
2: Externally Set Assignment Investigation Experimentation
Personal Response

Preparation
for 10-hour period of sustained focus
Assessment
Final piece
Final piece
Research and final piece
Portfolio
Exam Portfolio
Summer Term 1

Pop Art

History

Covering: Roy Lichtenstein and Yayoi
Kusama,

Landscape
& Mark Making.

Covering: Georges
Seurat, Van Gogh, David Hockney, and Monet

Painting
techniques

GCSE Practise
Project: Contemporary Surrealism and natural form

Covering:  developing own response: Study of
immortality and Contemporary Artist Norman Duenas

Cityscapes
Project
AO2 Refine and Explore AO3 Record Ideas
AO4 Present
Refining
Experimenting

Component
2: Externally Set Assignment
Complete Final GCSE Piece: 10
hour externally set task on Canvas or Paper

Experimentation

Personal Response
Assessment
Sketchbook work
Sketchbook work
Research – GCSE AO 1,2,3
Portfolio
GCSE External Moderation Visit
Summer Term 2

Pop Art 3D
Sculpture and Patterns

Covering: 3D
Shapes and repetition of Patterns


In between projects:

  1. Design
    School Planner
  2. Islamic
    geometric art

Texture and
Landscape Covering: Composition and implied and real texture

Final Piece

In between
projects:

  1. Design
    School Planner
  2. Islamic
    calligraphy

GCSE Practise
Project: Contemporary Surrealism and natural form

Covering:  developing own response: Final Piece
inspired by Artist Norman Duenas and Sarah Graham

Cityscapes
Project
AO4
Present a personal and meaningful response

A final piece
of chosen city produced over several hours
Formative Assessment
3D Final piece
Final piece
Final piece GCSE AO4 – Present
Final Piece on Canvas or Paper

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