Art, Craft and Design
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Below you will find information on the course with a link to the Course Curriculum.
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Year 12
Students are expected to work with a more sophisticated visual language, overcome the challenges of working on varying scales and take a dynamic approach to media. Students develop more complexity in their skill base and they independently begin to negotiate meaning within their practice, working towards refined final outcomes.
Autumn |
Induction period. Workshop based. Students generate and develop ideas by completing small, discrete projects. Students are given opportunities to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills, to include:
Students Start Component 1 - Personal Investigation. Internally set and assessed with external moderation. Incorporates three major elements: supporting studies, practical work and a personal study based on themes and ideas developed from personal starting points. |
Spring |
Students start Component 1 Personal Investigation Internally set and assessed with external moderation. Incorporates three major elements: supporting studies, practical work, and a personal study based on themes and ideas developed from personal starting points. Students given opportunities to research primary and contextual sources. Students research appropriate artist references and record practical and written observations. |
Summer |
Students continue with their Personal Investigation. Students plan and undertake a contextual enquiry relevant to their ongoing practical work. The personal study will be evidenced through critical written communication showing contextual research and understanding in a minimum 1000 words of continuous prose. |
Year 13
Portfolio preparation and personal investigation provide students with transferable skills such as; innovation, creativity, lateral thinking skills and an ability to work with sustained focus. All of these improve their employability and prepare the students for their application process for university.
Autumn |
Recap of the Personal Investigation. Students given opportunities to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills, to include:
Students will have a 15 hour sustained focus exam where they will present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and where appropriate, make connections between visual elements from their personal investigation. |
Spring |
Students continue work on Personal Investigation and submit for internal moderation. Art and Design GCE Start of Component 2 (40% of grade) Exam Paper released in February. Preparatory period begins and students start work on their preparatory studies in response to the theme set by exam board. Working from a specified theme, students will produce a series of ideas to support the development of their final piece using the media and techniques of their choice. |
Summer |
Art and Design GCE Start of Component 2 (40% of grade) AO1 Develop AO2 Explore AO3 Record Students will mount up their visual journey on black sheets to present their art work. Component 2 AO4 Present Students complete all preparatory studies before the start of the period of sustained focus. The 15-hour period of sustained focus during which students produce their final response(s) to the theme (worth one quarter of component 2 grade). This is the timed sustained focus and completed under exam conditions. |