Year 11 Curriculum
Curriculum Leader: Sophie Pearce
Specification: Edexcel Art and Design (Unendorsed)
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/Art/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/
What will your son study?
In Year 11, your son will work on his coursework - Unit 1‘Personal Portfolio’. This is worth 60% of the final grade. Your son will complete 2 projects throughout Year 10 and until February of Year 11 - one project based on Everyday Objects and one object based on People. He will chose an aspect of the theme to explore in more detail and personalised final outcomes will be made during the 10 hour mock exam early in January of Year 11.
Your son will have the chance to explore the following practical areas:
The theme for the externally set exam is set by the exam board - it is released at the end of January 2013 and will be completed by a 10 hour exam at the end of April 2013/2014. Once the paper is published, we plan both a trip to a relevant gallery and a launch day to promote independent enquiry.
The course sets out to provide your son with a range of creative, exciting and stimulating opportunities to explore his interest in art and design in ways that are personally relevant and truly developmental in nature.
Skills and Techniques
The practical use of colour, line, tone, texture, shape, form, scale and structure. Using different approaches to recording images, showing in his work an understanding of the conventions of representational and abstract imagery. Building the ability to communicate to an audience through visual language.
Knowledge and Understanding
How ideas, feelings and meanings are conveyed in images, artefacts and products within art design and craft. Describing how images, artefacts and products relate to their social, historical, vocational and cultural contexts, exploring a range of contemporary and historical artists, craftspeople and designers from different cultures to inform opinions. Annotations will include specialist terms and vocabulary.
How can you help your son?
Homework is an important element of the subject. Your son needs to match the work he produces in class with a similar amount at home. This should be a minimum of 2-3 hours a week. There will be opportunities for your son to attend art club after school to complete work or work on homework.
Having a suitable place at home where your son can work and providing a basic range of art equipment will help him to develop his ideas at home.
Seeing art first hand is an invaluable experience. So taking your son regularly to galleries and museums will help him to develop both his ideas and his skills. Here are some key galleries and museums:
www.artcyclopedia.com;
www.wikipedia.org;
www.tate.org.uk ;
www.nationalgallery.org.uk;
www.npg.org.uk;
www.vam.ac.uk;
www.courtauld.ac.uk;
www.haywardgallery.org.uk;
www.edexcel.com
Assessment:
There are four assessment objectives:
AO1 - Develop their ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding.
AO2 – Refine their ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes.
AO3 – Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to their intentions in visual and/or other forms.
AO4 – Present a personal, informed and meaningful response demonstrating analytical and critical understanding, realising intentions and where appropriate, making connections between visual, written, oral or other elements.
The weighting of each of the Assessment Objectives is an equal 25% each. Coursework is worth 60% of the final GCSE grade, with the exam making up the remaining 40%.
This means for your son to be successful he needs to be consistent in his effort over the year.
Specification: Edexcel Art and Design (Unendorsed)
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse09/Art/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/
What will your son study?
In Year 11, your son will work on his coursework - Unit 1‘Personal Portfolio’. This is worth 60% of the final grade. Your son will complete 2 projects throughout Year 10 and until February of Year 11 - one project based on Everyday Objects and one object based on People. He will chose an aspect of the theme to explore in more detail and personalised final outcomes will be made during the 10 hour mock exam early in January of Year 11.
Your son will have the chance to explore the following practical areas:
- Painting and drawing
- Mixed media
- Sculpture
- Installation
- Printmaking
- Lens-based media and new media
The theme for the externally set exam is set by the exam board - it is released at the end of January 2013 and will be completed by a 10 hour exam at the end of April 2013/2014. Once the paper is published, we plan both a trip to a relevant gallery and a launch day to promote independent enquiry.
The course sets out to provide your son with a range of creative, exciting and stimulating opportunities to explore his interest in art and design in ways that are personally relevant and truly developmental in nature.
Skills and Techniques
The practical use of colour, line, tone, texture, shape, form, scale and structure. Using different approaches to recording images, showing in his work an understanding of the conventions of representational and abstract imagery. Building the ability to communicate to an audience through visual language.
Knowledge and Understanding
How ideas, feelings and meanings are conveyed in images, artefacts and products within art design and craft. Describing how images, artefacts and products relate to their social, historical, vocational and cultural contexts, exploring a range of contemporary and historical artists, craftspeople and designers from different cultures to inform opinions. Annotations will include specialist terms and vocabulary.
How can you help your son?
Homework is an important element of the subject. Your son needs to match the work he produces in class with a similar amount at home. This should be a minimum of 2-3 hours a week. There will be opportunities for your son to attend art club after school to complete work or work on homework.
Having a suitable place at home where your son can work and providing a basic range of art equipment will help him to develop his ideas at home.
Seeing art first hand is an invaluable experience. So taking your son regularly to galleries and museums will help him to develop both his ideas and his skills. Here are some key galleries and museums:
- The National Gallery and Portrait Gallery
- Tate Britain and Tate Modern
- The British Museum
- The V&A Museum
www.artcyclopedia.com;
www.wikipedia.org;
www.tate.org.uk ;
www.nationalgallery.org.uk;
www.npg.org.uk;
www.vam.ac.uk;
www.courtauld.ac.uk;
www.haywardgallery.org.uk;
www.edexcel.com
Assessment:
There are four assessment objectives:
AO1 - Develop their ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding.
AO2 – Refine their ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes.
AO3 – Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to their intentions in visual and/or other forms.
AO4 – Present a personal, informed and meaningful response demonstrating analytical and critical understanding, realising intentions and where appropriate, making connections between visual, written, oral or other elements.
The weighting of each of the Assessment Objectives is an equal 25% each. Coursework is worth 60% of the final GCSE grade, with the exam making up the remaining 40%.
This means for your son to be successful he needs to be consistent in his effort over the year.
