Budehaven Community School GCSE ART “This specification provides students with a wide range of creative, exciting and stimulating opportunities to explore their interests in art and design in ways that are personally relevant and truly developmental in nature.” AQA Specification For further information visit the exam board website below http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design-4200
Assessment Objectives Candidates must demonstrate their ability to: • 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
Structure of Course Unit 1: Portfolio of Work 60% Containing the best work from all three years Unit 2: Externally Set Task 40% Exam paper given out during January in Year 11 10 hour exam sat in May of that year
Our Expectations • Attend all lessons • Catch up with work missed • Bring basic equipment to lessons • Using the Art rooms when available at lunchtimes and after school • Completing homework which will be set regularly and be on Planner Live • Visits to galleries can greatly enhance understanding, and should be encouraged
During the course of the year, various topics will be explored, with the emphasis on improving and developing skills taught at Key Stage 3 Media Techniques Drawing pencils Plaster bandage Drawing Painting Colouring pencils Plaster of Paris Collage (2D and 3D) Fine line pen Clay Printing (various) Graphite sticks Fabrics Clay work Water colours Oil pastels Other types of 3D construction Ready mix paint Chalk pastels Paper cutting Acrylic paint Recycled junk Stencilling Inks/bleach Magazines Tracing/projection Printing ink Newspapers Digital manipulation Felt pens Photographs Wax resist
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