Curriculum

ART & DESIGN

The Art Department at Tong gives pupils the opportunity to demonstrate imagination and creative flair whilst learning the skills needed to effectively use different media. Drawing is often the foundation of many artistic explorations so it is expected pupils will develop and refine their observational skills through this area of study, using different methods and approaches.

Pupils are encouraged to combine observations, ideas and feelings, enabling the successful completion of aesthetically interesting final pieces. Pupils are expected to study the work of other artists and show how these studies have impacted on their own practice. They must also be able to annotate and evaluate their work using subject specific vocabulary showing understanding of their own artistic journey.

Curriculum Overview (KS3)
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
  • Observational Drawing
  • Colour Studies
  • David Hockney Landscapes (local artist)
  • Japanese Watercolour Painting
  • Martina Shapiro – Painting
  • Peter Brook – Mixed Media
  • Portrait Drawing – Pencil
  • Da Vinci Grotesque Heads – Drawing media
  • Herman Scherer – Printing
  • Sylvia Silbergsweig – Mixed Media
  • Modigliani – Mixed Media
  • Font Design
  • Perspective – 2D & 3D
  • Product Design
  • Creating a Mood board
  • Logo Design
  • Exploring colour and pattern
Curriculum Overview (KS4)
Component 1 (portfolio) Component 1 (portfolio) Component 2 (externally set assignment)

Portrait and Text

Internally moderated.

 

Students are taught how to use a range of media with increasing accuracy and skill.

  • Drawing Portraiture, developing typography, Understanding composition observational skills and mixed media.

 

  • Analysing techniques and processes employed by other artists and showing how this informs work using subject specific vocabulary.

 

  • Developing skills to use a range of techniques and media such as pencil, paint, oil pastels and other Fine Art, techniques to create portraiture preparatory work.

 

  • Producing a final piece based on portrait and text that has come from discoveries made from preparatory work.

Still Life Project

Internally moderated.

 

Students continue to use a range of media with increasing accuracy and skill.

  • Drawing still life, developing an understanding of perspective, composition, observational skills and mixed media.

 

  • Analysing techniques and processes employed by other artists and showing how this informs work using subject specific vocabulary.

 

  • Developing skills to use a range of techniques and media such as pencil, paint, oil pastels and other Fine Art, techniques to create still life

preparatory work.

 

  • Producing a final piece based still life that has come from discoveries made from preparatory work.

 

GSCE Fine Art Exam Jan-May.

Externally moderated.

 

Students respond to a starting point provided by AQA. This response provides evidence of the student’s ability to work independently within specified time constraints, realise intentions that are personal and meaningful and explicitly address the requirements of all four assessment objectives.

 

  • Research a wide range of artists’ craftsmen and designers. Work in the style of the artist using own photographs.

 

  • Write about the artist and how they have informed and influenced practice.

 

  • Experiment with a wide range of relevant media and techniques and drawing from observation.

 

  • Using annotation to explain development of ideas and research.

 

  • Producing an original imaginative outcome which shows a clear journey throughout the project.
Assessment

Internal assessments take place every half-term.

KS4 Exam Board Specification: AQA GCSE Art and Design: Fine Art (8202)

Enrichment Offer

The Department offers subject-specific enrichment clubs and organises a range of educational visits throughout the year. Pupils are able to take part in school-wide competitions, as well as representing the Academy in local and national competitions designed to increase their engagement and enhance their subject knowledge. Intervention sessions to consolidate prior learning and ensure maximum progress are at the heart of our delivery model.