Art — Year 11

 

Art Overview
Curriculum

Term 1: Individual Coursework Project Cont - Developing Ideas

Students will develop ideas for their personal projects for final pieces, exploring a variety of media, and refining work as they go. Students can produce practice pieces for final pieces and should be creative and experimental in their approach.

Students will continue to be assessed under the four GCSE Art assessment objectives.

Students will be assessed holistically, taking into account the work they have done over the entire term. They will be assessed on their development of ideas, written research of artists/themes, experimentation of materials, use of materials and final outcomes.

Lino Printing
A method of reduction printing

Typography
Arranging type, font, letters, writing etc. into a new shapes that often represents an image.

Sculpture
Three-dimensional art made by one of four basic processes: carving, modelling, casting, constructing

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
The unit will develop students' use of imagination and creativity in their learning. They will need to evaluate as they work, showing a willingness to reflect on their experiences.

Create a supportive community:
Students will show an understanding and appreciation of the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped their own heritage and those of others. They will learn to participate in and respond positively to artistic and cultural opportunities.

Term 2: Individual Coursework project - Final Piece

Individual coursework project Final Piece

To complete their individual projects, students will complete a final piece. They can do this in a choice of media but will work to their strengths identified since the start of the course. Students will aim to spend 10 hours on the final piece, as preparation for the practical Art exam at the end of Year 11.

Students will be assessed on the entire project using the four assessment objectives.

Students will be assessed holistically, taking into account the work they have done over the entire term. They will be assessed on their development of ideas, written research of artists/themes, experimentation of materials, use of materials and final outcomes.

Final Piece
Final concept created based on the design journey

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
The unit will develop students use of imagination and creativity in their learning. They will need to evaluate as they work, showing a willingness to reflect on their experiences.

Create a supportive community:
Students will show an understanding and appreciation of the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped their own heritage and those of others. They will learn to participate in and respond positively to artistic and cultural opportunities.

Term 3: Exam Project: Question Paper Issued and Preparatory Period

Students are required to elicit a personal response from one starting point or project brief within the paper for which they have been entered. They are expected to develop their own work informed by their preparatory studies, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives. The project briefs are provided by the exam board and students will have a choice of which to begin this term.

Students will be assessed on their work as a portfolio against the four assessment objectives. The work is then moderated in house and by an external moderator for AQA

Shape
A circle, square or other geometrical/irregular form

Collage
The technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other media are arranged and stuck down to a surface.

Photography
The process or practice of creating a photograph – an image produced by the action of light on a light-sensitive material.

Photomontage
A collage constructed from photographs.

Composition
The way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph

Design
A plan of your work.

Focal point
The main or principal point of focus.

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
The unit will develop students use of imagination and creativity in their learning. They will need to evaluate as they work, showing a willingness to reflect on their experiences.

Create a supportive community:
Students will show an understanding and appreciation of the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped their own heritage and those of others. They will learn to participate in and respond positively to artistic and cultural opportunities.

Term 4: Exam Project: Preparatory period

Students will be producing their project work in response to a chosen exam board directed brief. Following this preparation time, a ten hour period of sustained focused study will take place in which students are expected to develop their own unaided work informed by their preparatory studies. 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. The aim is to conduct all preparation work and be ready for the final exam, in which students will use this material to inform their final examined piece (10 hours)

Students will be assessed on their work as a portfolio against the four assessment objectives. The work is then moderated in house and by an external moderator for AQA

Inspiration
Drawing comparisons to existing artwork

Response
A piece of work in the style of a chosen artist

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
The unit will develop students use of imagination and creativity in their learning. They will need to evaluate as they work, showing a willingness to reflect on their experiences.

Create a supportive community:
Students will show an understanding and appreciation of the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped their own heritage and those of others. They will learn to participate in and respond positively to artistic and cultural opportunities.

Term 5: Preparation and Practical Exam

The ten hour exam is likely to take place over two consecutive days. Work completed during this period must be the student’s own unaided work and will allow students to realise their final piece in exam conditions.

Students will be assessed on their work as a portfolio against the four assessment objectives. The work is then moderated in house and by an external moderator for AQA

Final Piece
A final piece of artwork created using media of the students choice

  • Spiritual
  • Moral
  • Social
  • Cultural

Develop the individual:
The unit will develop students use of imagination and creativity in their learning. They will need to evaluate as they work, showing a willingness to reflect on their experiences.

Create a supportive community:
Students will show an understanding and appreciation of the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped their own heritage and those of others. They will learn to participate in and respond positively to artistic and cultural opportunities.