At key stage 3 we aim to engage pupils through a wide range of creative making processes. Pupils will explore embroidery, ceramics, painting, printing, constructing and drawing in its many forms. Pupils will learn about contemporary artists and understand how they are situated in an historical context. Independent learning is a vital part of pupils’ learning and they will be set a one hour independent learning task per fortnight. We embrace photographic processes and this is encouraged, especially as independent learning.
Topics covered in Year 7
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Self portraiture – drawing
- Distorting self portraits – collage processes
- Exploring embroidery and scale
| - Self portraiture – final outcome
- Surrealism – exploring the theory
- Surreal photographic collage
| - Exploring surreal artists
- Exploring painting
- Final painted surrealist outcome
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Topics covered in Year 8
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Perspective drawing
- Exploring Op Art
- Exploring Dazzle camouflage
| - Printing Op Art designs
- Final Op Art outcome
- Exploring personal identity
- Exploring narrative
| - Stop frame animation
- Ceramic pot construction and illustration
- Frida Kahlo research
- Final painted outcome
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Topics covered in Year 9
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Exploring consumer culture
- Exploring Pop Art
- Graphical drawing
| - Final Pop Art painting
- Final Pop Art painting
- Body sculpture
- Exploring Artists
- Making processes
| - Making your personal body sculpture
- Fashion show
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