Subject Snapshots: A summary of what we expect our students to know and do in a unit.
YEAR 9 : Cultural project - African Art
Autumn Term (1 & 2)
Spring Term (1)
ART
Subject Snapshots: A summary of what we expect our students to know and do in a unit.
Unit Summary: The final KS3 Art project exposes students to artists and art styles from the continent of Africa. Students will also continue to be guided through the key drawing and painting skills required for GCSE Art as well as exploring new processes and techniques such as printmaking, ceramics and photography. | |||
Knowledge (Curriculum content) | This project acts as a ‘mini GCSE’ project focussing on artists and art styles connected to Africa. This unit will teach students to- - Develop drawing and painting skills - Experiment with different materials, processes and scale including printmaking (lino), textiles and ceramics - Focus on a variety of relevant artists (April Harisson, Cecil Skotnes, Pablo Picassso) with critical analysis of their work - Bring together the learning from the unit to produce semi- independent ‘final Outcome’ | ||
Academic Literacy | Students will continue to use subject specific language related to processes and techniques and when looking at the artwork of the chosen artists, students will be encouraged to use appropriate academic language and key terminology when speaking and/or writing about the work. | ||
What should learning look like at the end of a unit? | SUPPORT | CORE | EXTEND |
- Some recall from Y7/8 but still need guidance with many key skills. - Basic ability to use drawing and painting processes. - Some understanding and success with other processes and skills. - Able to recognise some key aspects within the work of the artists. | - Often able to make reference to previous projects and recall Y7/8 skills. - Students will show a merging ability in painting and drawings skills as well as other processes. - Students able to give key facts and information about the artwork of the artists focussed on within this topic and will present a collection of paintings and drawings to support this. | - Able to expand on learning from last project within their work and able to regularly use skills from Y7/8. - Able to draw and paint with an emerging, confidence and technical ability across all processes. - Students will be able to talk in detail about the formal elements within the work of the artists studied and put the artists into an historical and cultural art context. Students will present a competent body of paintings and drawings with final outcomes based on their own ideas and research. | |
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Subject Snapshots: A summary of what we expect our students to know and do in a unit.
YEAR 9 : GCSE - Objects
Spring Term (2)
Summer Term (1 & 2)
ART
Subject Snapshots: A summary of what we expect our students to know and do in a unit.
Unit Summary: As students begin GCSE Art. their lessons increase from an hour a week to 5 hours a fortnight which allows students to improve on key drawing and painting skills, as well as consolidating other processes and techniques. Alongside a series of still life drawing/painting workshops, students will examine the artwork of traditional and contemporary artists. | |||
Knowledge (Curriculum content) | This project allows students to re-examine some of the key skills from KS3 and prepare them for their coursework project in Y10. This unit will teach students to- - Develop drawing and painting skills - Experiment with different materials, processes and scale including photography, printmaking and ceramics - Focus on a variety of relevant artists (Todd Ford, Lisa Milroy) with critical analysis of their work - Bring together the learning from the unit to produce semi- independent ‘final Outcome’ | ||
Academic Literacy | Students will continue to use subject specific language related to processes and techniques and when looking at the artwork of the chosen artists, students will be encouraged to use appropriate academic language and key terminology when speaking and/or writing about the work. | ||
What should learning look like at the end of a unit? | SUPPORT | CORE | EXTEND |
• Basic painting and drawing skills. • Limited ability to reflect on work and progress. • Ideas are undefined with limited reference to contextual sources, with evidence of superficial investigation. • Demonstrates a limited critical understanding of sources. | • Ideas are developed with basic reference to contextual sources, with evidence of some relevant investigation. • Demonstrates basic critical understanding of sources. • Basic recording of ideas, observations and insights showing undeveloped links to intention. • Basic ability to reflect on work and progress. | • Confident recording of ideas, observations and insights showing fully-developed links to intention. • Confident ability to reflect on work and progress. • Ideas are developed with detailed reference to contextual sources, with evidence of confident investigation. • Demonstrates in-depth critical understanding of sources. | |
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