Art
Year 7 Curriculum plans
| Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
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Autumn |
Students will learn how the 7 formal elements of Art are the core to all artwork that is created.
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Students gain a knowledge and understanding of Line, Colour, Form, Shape, Texture, Space andMovement. Students will develop drawing, mark making and different shading skills. | A student that consistently demonstrates the ability to control materials with confidence and shows in their work a clear understanding of the different formal elements of Art. | Students will be assessed on their work completed during the Shape and Space lessons. |
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Autumn |
Students will learn how to construct a colour wheel and its attributes.
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Students will gain an understanding of the primary, secondary and tertiary colours that make up the wheel. Students will learn how to mix tints and shades using the paint and will learn about the work of Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein. | A skilfully controlled colour wheel that has been painted neatly with accurately presented colours. | A written test based on the colour wheel, warm colours, cool colours, tints and shades. |
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Spring |
Students will learn about the work of British artist Julian Opie. Students will learn how to construct a portrait on his style and produce their own self portrait.
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Students will learn about the work of Julian Opie and gain an understanding of how he makes his work. Students will learn the rules on how to create work in his style and produce their own self-portrait, | An accurate self-portrait which has all the attributes if a Julian Opie portrait and has been painted with precision. The image will be completed with the addition of descriptive words that describe their characters. | Students will be assessed on their finished self-portraits. Successful completed images will have the distinctive facial features of a Julian Opie painting, be accompanied with a series of words in the background that describe the students character and will have a strong use of colour. |
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Spring |
Students will learn about the designs of different seets and will liik at the work of Claes Oldenburg and Sarah Graham. Students will learn skills used in clay sculpture to make a 3D model from clay. |
Students will gain an understanding of the different designs and styles of sweets and will learn 3D clay modelling skills. | Excellence will be a well-designed idea that has been made from clay, has no rough sharp edges and has been painted with precision. | Finished sculptures will be assessed alongside their working sketches in their books. |
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Summer |
In this unit pupils explore a variety of different cultures and explore the use of ceremonial mask making. They use this information to develop independent skills such as researching, developing their own idea, construction of a mask and evaluating the outcome. |
Students will develop drawing skills and gain an understanding of cultural art in the form of African masks. Students will look at the aesthetic differences and the different origins of the masks. Students will develop 3D sculptural making skills. | Excellence will be a precisely planned mask that has been made with confidence and shows a clear understanding of the contextual links. | Students' masks will be both peer and teacher assessed. The criteria will include; Evidence demonstrating how the pupil has been influenced by their independent research. Students are assessed on the quality and the shape of the mask and the precision of the mark making. |
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Summer |
Students will learn about the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Students will create portraits using images of fruit and vegetables. |
Students will build on previous contextual studies by adding an understanding of the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Students will learn the skill of constructing a face using only fruit and vegetables. | Excellence will be shown with an accurately drawn and painted portrait that shows a clear link to the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. | For this unit students work will be teacher assessed based on the Arcimboldi inspired portrait produced in their books, and the final outcome painting that will be produced to A3 size. |
Year 8 Curriculum plans
| Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
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Autumn |
Henri Matisse cut-outs series. Students will learn about th work if French artist Henri Matisse, in particular his cut-outs series. Students will learn how he constructed the images and the process he went through to achieve the final outcome. |
An understanding of Matisses cut-outs work and how he constructed them will be gained. Students will improve their use of oil pastels and collage skills. | An accurately presented final artwork that demonstrates a clear understanding of the way that Matisse constructed his images. The artwork will include images of fruit that have been painted with confidence. | Students will be assessed on their painting skills and understanding of the artists work. |
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Autumn |
Henry Moores figure sculptures. Students will learn about the work of Henry Moore and the drawing process he used to help design his sculptures. |
Students will learn what a war artist was and what their role was during WW2. Students will use life drawing sessions to help assist with their sculpture designs. Students will learn how to make a 3D clay figurative sculpture. | A confidently designed sculpture that has been made with precision and shows a clear understanding of the work of Henry Moores figurative sculptures. | Students will be assessed on their final painted sculptures and their sketchbook life drawing figures. |
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Spring |
Students will learn about the work of the Expressionists and will obtain an understanding of how to create an expressive image. They will learn what colours are associated with emotions and feelings. |
Students will use knowledge from Year 7 colour theory to assist them with their work. Students will gain an understanding of work created by the Expressionists and will gain insight into the lives of some of the Expressionist painters. | Excellence will be evident with work that has been driven from an emotional aspect rather than looking to create realism in their work. Students will produce a painting that has qualities influenced from the work of the Expressionists. | Students will be assessed on their sketchbook work from week 4 and 5. |
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Spring |
The students will learn how to create a cubist image from observational drawing and will learn about the different elements of a cubist image. |
Students will gain an understanding of what a cubist image looks like and will learn the skills on how to construct a cubist image from observational drawing. | Excellence will be shown in the form of a final picture that demonstrates a clear understanding of the different elements of a cubist image. This image will be painted with accuracy. | Students will be assessed in their final cubist image that has been developed in their sketchbook from observational drawing. |
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Summer |
Students will learn about the work of Calligram artists. |
Students will build on previous contextual studies by adding the work of Calligram artists. Students will create portraits using words in the style of Calligram images. | Excellence will be shown with a well planned and executed coloured self-portrait that has been constructed completely of words. Colour will be used effectively. | Students’ work will be teacher assessed at the end of the unit. The main self-portrait image that the students produce at the end of the unit will be the focus for the assessment. |
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Summer |
Students will learn about the work of The Impressionist artists. Students will learn how the Impressionists worked and how and why they got their name. |
Students will build on previous contextual studies by adding the work of Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, George Seurat, Pierre - Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. Students will complete work using a painting technique using directional brushstrokes | Excellence will be evident in a well-executed image of Monet’s ‘Haystack’ in which students will show confidence in their use of oil pastels. | Students’ work will be teacher assessed on their Haystacks by Monet image that they will complete using oil pastels. A clear understanding of how the work was created and a resemblance to the original painting will be assessed. |
Year 9 Curriculum plans
| Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
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Autumn |
Heaton Cooper landscape painting. Students will learn how a landscape painting is constructed and will paint their own version of a landscape painting applying the rules learnt. |
An understanding of how to construct a landscape painting will be learnt. Students will also learn how to paint using the wet on wet technique. | An accurately drawn and painted landscape that demonstrates very good brush control, colour mixing and risks taken using the wet on wet technique. | Students will be assessed on their painting skills and understanding of the technique shown. A short written test will also be taken. |
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Spring |
The students will learn about the events of Guernica and why it inspired Pablo Picasso to create his painting Guernica. Students will also learn about the work of Banksy. |
Students will learn about the events of Guernica. Students will gain an understanding of why Picasso created the painting. | A stencil image that has been designed with a strong image/statement that links to COVID-19. The image will be stencilled on to a sheet of paper using the stippling effect. | Students will be assessed on their final stencil image. |
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Spring |
Students will learn about the origins of the Pop Art Movement and become familiar with the work of famous Pop Artists. |
Students will gain knowledge of the origins of the Pop Art Movement and the artists that made it famous. Students will develop an understanding of how images were made famous through the media of print and will learn the skill of printing using polystyrene sheets. | A strong image that has been designed and printed with precision and has used colour to great effect. | Students will be assessed on their print work. |
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Summer |
Students will learn about the work of several contemporary surreal artists and learn what makes an image surreal. |
Students will learn how to alter their work to create surrealism. Students will build on previous contextual studies by adding the work of a number of contemporary surreal artists. Students will further develop their drawing skills. | Excellence will be evident in a precisely drawn and painted image that shows a comprehensive understanding of surrealism. | Students' work will be teacher assessed on their final paintings. |
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Summer |
Students will learn how to draw different facial features accurately. |
Students will build on previous contextual studies by adding the work of MC Escher and Sophie Derrick. Students will learn the skill of drawing an accurately drawn eye with precision. | Excellence will be evident in a well-executed image of an eye painted on a piece of wood. The work will be produced with lots of fine detail. | Students' work will be teacher assessed on their final paintings. |
Year 11 Curriculum plans
| Term | What are we learning? | What Knowledge, Understanding and Skills will we gain? | What will excellence look like? | How will these be assessed? |
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Autumn |
Surrealist 3D Sculpture. Students will learn independently about various surreal artists. They will continue to develop drawing skills and material use. Students will design a surrealist sculpture and learn how to make a 3D clay sculpture. |
Students will gain a greater knowledge of the work of the Surrealist artists. Students will learn clay modelling techniques. | Excellently presented sketchbook pages demonstrating an understanding of the surrealist art movement and the work of the surrealist artists. A creatively presented 3D design that is made with confidence and has an element of fine detail. | Students will be assessed on their finished painted clay pieces that will be accompanied by their sketchbook work. |
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Autumn |
Students will learn how to compose an original painting that incluedes their 3D clay design within the composition. Students will learn compositional techniques. |
Students will learn compositional and painting techniques. | A confidently painted picture that demonstrates a clear understanding and influence of the surreal artist that they have studied. | Students will be assessed on their final painted image against the assessment objective 4 criteria. |
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Spring |
Students will learn about the portraiture of Frida Kahlo. |
Students will gain knowledge of Frida Kahlos work. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of backgrounds in a painting. Students will obtain knowledge of Symbolism in paintings. | A final image that has been painted with confidence. The image will have a likeness to the model and will have a well-planned background. | Students work will be assessed against Assessment Objective 4, looking at a clear influence to the work of Frida Kahlo. |
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Spring |
Students will revisit work from their portfolio to improve final pieces. |
Students will continue to improve their painting and drawing skills. | Excellence will be an improved portfolio work that fulfils the criteria for confident and assured work. | Students will be assessed against the Assessment Objectives. |
