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The three areas are interrelated and skills
will be taught in conjunction with a subject theme and an historical
study.
Year
I
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SUBJECT / THEME |
KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING |
Autumn Term
Investigate; drawing, mark making with pencil, pen, charcoal,
creating texture, the colour wheel, mixing tints and shades,
contrasting and harmonising colours in paint.
Discuss and question critically, analyse different images
e.g. photos, (Benday dots) magazines, paintings. |
‘Picturing People’. Using tints and shades, texture
and broken colour not only to show form but also to show feelings.
Depicting people from a written description.
Representing aspects of themselves in a visual way, showing
more than their outward appearance.
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Video on Impressionism and Powerpoint display on portraits.
Pupils will learn about Impressionist subject themes and techniques
and will write about and respond to the work. Museum visit
to the National Gallery London with guided tour on the subject
of ‘Colour and Light.’ |
Spring Term
Drawing from first hand experience.
The creation of a painting, using relief work and using joined
shapes made from card, paper mache and pulped paper on the
theme of architecture.
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Greek and Roman architecture as a source of inspiration for
design work.
Decoration from different cultures as well as drawings made
during a local visit to Fareham High Street. |
Pupils will become familiar with the nomenclature of parts
of buildings, and differing architectural styles such as Baroque
and Gothic. |
Summer Term
Collage, using photocopies and mixed media, painting over,
cutting and cropping to fragment text and image. |
Pupils will experiment and make their own still life arrangement
with Guitar/Violin or own personal objects arranged with a
cloth in the manner of Picasso/Cezanne etc. showing their
knowledge of composition. |
Pupils will learn about the elements of composition.
They will study the beginnings of Abstract art; Picasso, Braque,
Cezanne and Mondrian. |
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Year II
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SUBJECT / THEME |
KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING |
Autumn Term
Design and make a clock with a working automaton supported
by a wooden frame.
Learn to use machinery, tools and equipment and about using
resistant materials. |
Pupil’s own choice of theme, designing for a specific
customer. |
Cams.
Control mechanisms.
Shaping, forming and joining resistant materials.
Safety in the workshop.
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Spring Term
Repeat for second half of the year
from Spring Half term for other Form II.
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Summer Term
Repeat for second half of the year from Spring Half term for
other Form II. |
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Year III
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| ACTIVITY / SKILL |
SUBJECT / THEME |
KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING |
Autumn Term
Collaborative Group work.
The end result and activity will be determined by the participants
in each group. |
Personal Spaces, Public Places. Design a piece of sculpture
which conveys meaning by the use of visual symbols. This may
be functional as well as decorative. |
Pupils will investigate Local and International Public art
and its purpose and meaning. |
Spring Term
Collect and select images. Use the
digital camera, make observational drawings and combine images.
Experiment with linear and colour perspective. Acrylic paints. |
Surrealism; everyday objects in unfamiliar surroundings. |
Pupils will learn about the Surrealist artists including Dali,
de Chirico, Ernst, Duchamp, Magritte and will make a presentation
on a chosen artist. |
Summer Term
Research into methods and styles of Jewellery making. Junk
jewellery making using recycled materials, wire, laminating
and enamelling onto copper foil. |
Design and make an item for yourself or for a friend.
Design and make a window hanging. |
Pupils will learn about Art Deco and Art Nouveau and will
carry out their own research into Jewellery Design.
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Year IV
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| ACTIVITY / SKILL |
SUBJECT / THEME |
KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING |
Autumn Term
Drawing, using a variety of media.
Painting with Acrylics and oil paints.
Analysing paintings.
Using colour to show form and perspective. |
Portraiture.
Symbolism of objects.
Important messages - how to convey them using a visual language. |
Line, tone, form, texture and composition.
Colour and how it is used by a variety of modern abstract
artists, such as Kandinsky and Hodgkins , to add meaning,
significance and perspective, or to direct attention in a
painting. |
Spring Term
Three dimensional piece; make a card
or wire armature and cover with paper mache. Finish by painting
or plastering.
Personal Study on the theme of Still Life.
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Personal choice; 'Still Life'; either make a famous painting
in three dimensions, make an everyday object on a larger scale,
make an object for a famous artist or make an object which
has some importance or meaning for the pupil. The Human Form.
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The Pop artist, Claes Oldenburg.
Still Life painting from different genres.
Personal study of a chosen artist(s). |
Summer Term
Painting, Silk Screen printing, Batik and Silk Painting. |
Natural forms; the rich store of nature including flowers,
plants, |
The Expressionists for their use of colour. Artists who have
a decorative quality to their work such as Hundterwasser,
Klimt, William Morris. Artists who use nature in their work
such as Georgia O’Keefe. |
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Year V
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SUBJECT / THEME |
KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING |
Autumn Term
Own choice of medium chosen from any of those used during
the GCSE course so far. |
Own Choice of subject.
Preparation for Mock Examination. |
A personal study will accompany each item of work. |
Spring Term
Individual choice of technique/process
chosen from what has already been covered. |
Mock Examination.
Preparation for GCSE Examination. |
A personal study will accompany each item of work. |
Summer Term
GCSE Examination.
Pupils will be shown how to present and mount their work and
will put up an exhibition. |
GCSE Examination.
Mounting and presentation of work. |
Subject chosen from GCSE Examination Paper. |
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