Year 7
Throughout the year7 course, pupils will cover and experience a range of skills, techniques, starting points and artist’s work. Pupils are encouraged to develop their drawing and observational skills through the projects undertaken. Experiences of a range of artists work gives opportunities for reflection and contextual understanding also allowing for personal opinions and relevant vocabulary development. Areas of drawing, painting, 3D and design work are experienced in the year 7 course.
• Year 7 Art Curriculum Overview
Year 8
The year 8 course continues to cover a range of skills, techniques, starting points and artist’s work. Pupils are further encouraged to develop their drawing and observational skills through the projects undertaken with greater emphasis on the development of their own ideas and development. This includes a technical approach to the use of one and two point perspective drawing. Experiences of a range of artists work continues to give opportunities for reflection and contextual understanding also allowing for personal opinions and relevant vocabulary development.
• Year 8 Art Curriculum Overview
Year 9
Fine Art GCSE
We aim to deliver a course at KS4 that both engages and enables pupils to develop their art and design skills through a series of projects. Projects are structured for students to succeed, yet be flexible enough to allow personal freedom of interpretation. We aim to support lower ability pupils with greater structure and direction, whilst allowing the more capable/gifted and talented pupils develop their skills to a high standard.
We believe that the Units of work developed over the years at Southmoor offer the pupils the opportunity to develop technical skills alongside personal, social and analytical abilities.
The standards of Art and Design work within the department are high but it is wrong to judge art education merely from end products. The process of making art is the learning experience and the adventure of the subject, with each project being assessed appropriately. We are educating pupils through Art and Design and not simply instructing pupils on how to produce art.
The schemes of learning in the department are defined as are the aims and objectives, but there must always be scope for change and development by a reviewing process which promotes a wholesome exchange of ideas to avoid predictability and stagnation. The scheme of work allows flexibility through being able to draw upon any number of projects to substitute the already written units but still address the assessment objectives.
• Year 9 Fine Art Curriculum Overview
Photography GCSE
We aim to deliver a course at KS4 that both engages and enables pupils to develop their photography skills through a series of projects. Projects are structured for students to succeed, yet be flexible enough to allow personal freedom of interpretation. We aim to support lower ability pupils with greater structure and direction, whilst allowing the more capable/gifted and talented pupils develop their skills to a high standard.
We believe that the Units of work offer the pupils the opportunity to develop photography technical skills alongside personal, social and analytical abilities.
The scheme of work allows flexibility through being able to draw upon any number of projects to substitute the already written units but still address the assessment objectives.
• Year 9 Photography Curriculum Overview
Year 10
Fine Art GCSE
The course in year 10 will continue to build upon the technical and formal elements of Art and Design along with enabling the students to develop their own ideas from the assignments
• Year 10 Fine Art Curriculum Overview
Photography GCSE
The course in year 10 will continue to build upon the technical and formal elements of Photography along with enabling the students to develop their own ideas from the assignment starting points.
• Year 10 Photography Curriculum Overview
Year 11
Fine Art GCSE
The course in year 11 will be focussed upon finalising the pupils portfolio of component 1 and ensuring that all of the assessment objectives are fully met.
The Mock exam is designed to build up the pupil’s confidence and ability to work alone prior to Component 2 (Externally Set Task ) in January of year 11. Time frames / structures to enable development will be put in place to support this process.
• Year 11 Fine Art Curriculum Overview
Photography GCSE
The course in year 11 will be focussed upon finalising the pupils portfolio of component 1 and ensuring that all of the assessment objectives are fully met.
The Mock exam is designed to build up the pupil’s confidence and ability to work alone prior to Component 2 (Externally Set Task ) in January of year 11. Time frames / structures to enable development will be put in place to support this process.
• Year 11 Photography Curriculum Overview
Photography GCSE 1 Year Course
We aim to deliver a one year course in year 11 that both engages and enables pupils to develop their photography skills through a series of projects. Projects are structured for students to succeed, yet be flexible enough to allow personal freedom of interpretation. We aim to support lower ability pupils with greater structure and direction, whilst allowing the more capable/gifted and talented pupils develop their skills to a high standard.
We believe that the Units of work offer the pupils the opportunity to develop photography technical skills alongside personal, social and analytical abilities.
The scheme of work allows flexibility through being able to draw upon any number of projects to substitute the already written units but still address the assessment objectives.
The Mock exam is designed to build up the pupil’s confidence and ability to work alone prior to Component 2 (Externally Set Task ) in January of year 11. Time frames / structures to enable development will be put in place to support this process.