Art & Design (Key Stage 3)

Intent

Art, craft and design embodies some of the highest forms of human creativity. Our high-quality art and design curriculum are designed to engage, inspire and challenge learners, equipping them with the knowledge, cultural skills and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. We drive students to excel and flourish through nurturing their talents.

Through our thematic, sequenced approach to our ambitious curriculum, we embed life-long skills and provide the foundations for future study and careers. As students progress, they will develop into critical thinkers and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design, ensuring pupils will be able to discuss art history to embed their knowledge of the world around them. In each lesson, every learner is challenged and supported to ensure the potential for success is maximised.

Year 7

Focus

Autumn	Spring	Summer
KEY SKILLS PROJECT Based on the formal elements to allow students to extend their skills in preparation for the KS3 course. Sketchbooks and experimental pieces alongside theoretical knowledge ensure Students have a broad understanding of the curriculum and the world around them. Pencil-pen, ink – watercolours-colour theory-line-tone-form-pattern-shape-mark making-texture. Resist Techniques-Bleach-sgraffito-print -oil pastels.	ALICE IN WONDERLAND PROJECT Students will look at designers and book illustration alongside the characters in the story. Students will explore and develop responses in both 2D and 3 D outcomes. They will gain an understanding of the links between through theoretical and practical knowledge and develop as artists producing bespoke outcomes based on their findings. Clay-wax -composition-collage-crosshatching. Detail-research-analysis-outcome.	PORTRAITURE Students will learn how to draw a portrait considering proportion and scale. They will use a range of materials to explore this topic and investigate how artists interpret the facial features and the impact these have in creating portraiture. Pupils will investigate Cubist artists to explore Abstraction and Pop art to investigate colour and produce their own portraits through 2D and 3D materials. Colour-relief-distortion-layering-research – outcome.

Year 8

Focus

Autumn	Spring	Summer
CULTURE PROJECT-Who are we? Students will explore cultures and beliefs to inform work based on their findings. Exploring their own culture and the world around them, students work collaboratively to produce and present their final outcomes. Collaboration-annotation-embellishment-personal response-textiles.	NATURAL FORMS The natural world as a platform for art. Using first hand study and research of artists and craftspeople pupils will develop design sheets and sketchbooks to create outcomes in both 2d and 3d. Observational studies-composition-soap sculpture-carving-printing.	MICROSCOPIC WORLD Looking through the lens, pupils will develop work looking into enlargement and abstraction. Linking science to this project and the relevance of the microscopic world in our everyday lives will enable students to view the world in a different way. Acrylic-ceramics-sculpture-Modroc-detail.

Year 9

Focus

Autumn	Spring	Summer
COLOUR Looking at the topic of colour, students are to investigate artists and designers who have been influenced by colour. Researching Pop Art and advertising, students are to produce artwork to reflect their findings on a large-scale board to give them an understanding of scale and work that will be expected in KS4. Advertising-graphics-paint techniques-fonts.	LOCALITY Where we live is a wealth of resources for producing art. Understanding how we can use our local environment is important as it forms part of our identity. Using photographs and scrap books pupils are to create collages incorporating their findings which will lead to large scale group pieces focusing on the area where we live. Photography-collage-printing-individual study work-first hand study.	IDENTITY Students will explore who they are and how this affects their decisions and lifestyles. Looking at topics that are important to them such as social media alongside artists and designers who are influenced by Identity-pupil will produce a visual diary of their findings culminating in a large-scale piece based on Portraiture. ICT-photography-printing-mind maps-investigation.