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​Art Course Structure

Art:

TitleType of AssessmentOverviewFilterPercent of Final GradeWhen
Unit 1 coursework3 Extended projects assessed on 4 Objectives. (SEE CURRICULUM INFO)
Year 10 projects: Working in paint, three- dimesional materials, and printmaking methods. Year 11 Mock exam is based on exam paper questions from previous year
60%Year 10 and first term of year 11
Unit 2: ExamControlled Assessment
Ten Weeks to make responses to chosen question from examination paper. Teacher help allowed. Ten hour unaided final piece over two days.
40%See year 11 Curriculum info. for dates

Assessments
AssessmentStructureFilterDescriptionFilterName of Topic
Expand/Collapse Unit :  ‎(2)
Coursework
Projects introducing a range of techniques and materials
DEVELOP(links to artists), REFINE(Experiment with ideas and materials), RECORD (work from first hand and secondary sources) AND PRESENT(final piece)
Close-up; Patterns from other Cultures; Heads.
Unit 2 : Exam
Choose one question from exam paper
Exam paper issued in January.  Pupils have ten weeks to show that they have DEVELOPED ideas based on artists, REFINED work through expeimenting with ideas and materials, RECORDED ideas from direct observation and secondary sources, PRESENTED  a final piece in the unaided 10 HOUR TEST. DATES BELOW

Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March 2015:
11F - KNU/11E - SHV/11E - MGR/11G - FHY
Chosen from exam paper

How you can help your child....
• Ensure your child has somewhere to work and some art materials to use. A small set of acrylics, oil pastels, decent colouring pencils and drawing pencils (2B and 4B). Other useful materials are PVA glue, a black fine-liner and a white gel pen.
• If it is difficult to provide space and materials at home encourage your child to use Open Studio at lunchtimes and after school
• Allow your child to make a mess. Sometimes a mess is necessary to get the experimental art effects. It also allows them to practise that excellent skill of tidying up when finished.
• Discuss the theme that your child has chosen. Encourage them to go out and take some photographs.
• Volunteer to take your child to some more unusual locations. A camera is better than a camera phone as it is easier to download and print images at school.
• A Children’s encyclopaedia of art is useful. Children’s art books are often much better. The language is clearer and the ideas behind the art are much easier to understand.
• Technique books ,‘How to draw people’ etc, are also really helpful and can be borrowed from the public library. There are some beautiful little books available at reasonable prices.
• Look on YOUTUBE for tutorials if a technique is difficult e.g ‘Drawing with continuous line’
• Use PINTEREST… addictive!
• Take your children to galleries for first-hand experience of art. You don’t need to go to London. Brighton Art Gallery, the Towner in Eastbourne, The Jerwood in Hastings, Pallant House in Chichester are all great art galleries.
• Talk to your child about the artists that they are linking with for their exam. Discuss reasons behind the work.
• If your child is not sure about ideas behind artist’s work, search websites together. Students who understand ideas behind the art are much more likely to develop their own art in interesting ways.
• Art is assessed through four assessment objectives. If your child cannot explain what these are and what they involve – tell them to ask their art teacher to remind them
Check the SLG for resources to support students in the production of work for the controlled assessment