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Year Group: 11

Term: Spring Term + Summer Term

Unit Duration: 10 Weeks

Number of Lessons: 30

Unit Title: Set Exam Task

Unit Assessment: Set Exam Task + Final Piece

Fertile Question: How do ideas and experiments develop into a realised piece?

Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should have when starting this unit:

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Literacy / Key Vocabulary / Subject Terminology that students should cover:�

Suggested materials teachers could / should use:

Home Learning Tasks students should complete:

  • Coursework Based Tasks

  • Understand how to develop and refine personal ideas through independent exploration of themes, media, and techniques
  • Understand how to experiment with a range of materials, processes, and approaches
  • Know to research, analyse, and reference artists, designers, and craftspeople
  • Be able to document, reflect on, and evaluate their work effectively through annotation, sketchbooks, journals, and digital presentations, linking their process to assessment objectives

Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should cover:

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  • Explore personal and independent responses to a chosen theme, developing ideas based on prior coursework
  • Experiment with a variety of media, materials, and processes, including drawing, painting, digital media, and sculpture
  • Investigate mark-making, composition, tone, colour, texture, and form to communicate ideas effectively
  • Research and analyse artists, designers, and craftspeople to inspire and inform their own creative decisions
  • Plan and document their creative process using sketchbooks, journals, study sheets, and digital presentations
  • Refine and develop their work through iterative processes, responding to discoveries, experimentation, and feedback
  • Integrate techniques, materials, and ideas from different sources into a coherent personal response.
  • Evaluate their own work, making connections between research, experimentation, and final outcomes
  • Present a resolved final outcome that demonstrates creative intent, technical skill, and evidence of progression within 10 hours

Stretch: Key Skills / Concepts / Prior Knowledge that students should cover:

  • Develop confidence and independence in generating and refining personal ideas
  • Make informed choices about media, techniques, and composition.
  • Enhance creative problem-solving by experimenting, taking risks, and resolving visual challenges within your own work
  • Refine the ability to analyse and evaluate your own and others’ work, using GCSE-style annotation and reflection

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Art & Design Scheme of Learning

Islip Manor High School

  • Record
  • Research
  • Develop
  • Experiment
  • Develop
  • Refine
  • Response
  • Analysis
  • Evaluate
  • Reflect
  • Annotate
  • Present