Ceramic Workshop October 2009 

GCSE Photography Course 

GCSE Photography Homework Information

GCSE Art Course

Key Stage 3 Art

Year 7 Pupils learn about colour and are introduced to a wide variety of Art Materials. They work from observation when drawing and also do design based work in class. Pupils are taught how to make ceramic artefacts and these vary depending on the year. The things they make include Chinese Terracotta Warriors and small ceramic human figures.

Year 8 Pupils work on a different theme every year; this year they will be looking at the theme of African Art and working with Ceramics and Printmaking techniques. The Art department tries to provide pupils at key stage three with a variety of experiences.

GCSE Art

Year 10 Pupils start to prepare for Year 10 in June when they are given summer homework to do. The theme we will be working on this year will be Natural Form. Pupils will visit Chester Zoo and work will be produced in class based on this visit. The work of other artists will consistently be an important part of their work and we will look at the work of Franz Marc, Elizabeth Blackadder, Eugene Grasset and Karl Blossfeldt. Pupils will use a wide variety of media and homework will play an important part in the course.

Later in the year pupils will start a project, which will allow them to choose their own theme. We will be studying contemporary artists within the ‘word and image' project. Artists will include Jenny Holzer, Banksy, Mark Titchner and Robert Rauschenberg.

Year 11 For their mock exam pupils will be given four weeks to do preparatory studies. The brief is to design the front and back of a playing card in the style of an artist of their choice. For the remainder of their coursework, pupils will choose their own theme and each student will produce a unique exhibition at the end of the course as a result.

The exam begins in February and pupils are given an exam paper with seven questions on which is written by the exam board QCA. Pupils will be given four weeks in class to prepare for the exam and will then do a final piece in exam conditions, which lasts 10 hours in total.