‘Art is not what you see, but what you make others see’.   -  Edgar Degas

Knowledge:

Our Art and Design curriculum has been designed to engage, inspire and challenge our students.

Strength:

The projects will equip students with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art and design.  Our aim is as students’ progress, they should be able to think more critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design.

Ambition:

We want students to know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our society.

Each project aims to develop students’ ability to generate and develop ideas for their practical work and to build contextual understanding, from either a self-selected or teacher–negotiated focus. With an emphasis on building technical skill through explore and experimenting with different types of media, processes and techniques, students will develop and refine ideas supported by contextual research, and critical reflection. A student’s ability to understand their own work and justify their ideas can be developed through practical visual analysis and annotation resulting in a personal portfolio of practical work that explores all the key concepts of photography.

• Explore ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources (AO1)
• Develop and refine ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes (AO2)
• Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses (AO3)

Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language (AO4).

For more detailed information of the core content covered in this subject for each year group, please access the Knowledge Organisers here:

Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9)

Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11)

Topics covered in art will include:

Year 7

1	2	3	4	5	6
Introduction to drawing	Observational drawing Project	Observational drawing Project	Observational drawing Project	Street Art - PHLEGM Project	Street Art - PHLEGM Project

 Year 8

1	2	3	4	5	6
Observational drawing – still life	Michael Craig Martin	Surrealism - Objects	Surrealism - Objects	Macro Art - Composition	Macro Art - Composition

Year 9

1	2	3	4	5	6
Observational drawing – Skull Project (8 weeks)	Design for Purpose – Skull Merchandising	Identity	Identity	Protest Art	Protest Art

 

Design Technology

Design Technology Curriculum intent

‘Technology is fundamental human activity that physically intervenes in the natural and man-made world, is built on previous technologies and has implications for the future’.

Knowledge:

Our Design Technology curriculum has been designed to engage, inspire and challenge our students in decision making, problem solving and marketing in selling solutions.

Strength:

The projects will equip students with the knowledge and skills from a wide range of sources including mathematics and science. The students will be involved in learning and working in a variety of domains: conceptual; technical; aesthetic; constructional; marketing; in order to design and develop technologies and products to intervene in the natural and man-made worlds.

Ambition:

Our aim is as students’ progress, they should be able to think more critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of Product Design. We want students to know how through the exploration of these concepts, they will learn about their impact on the world. By working in design and technology pupils will learn potential, valid and successful solutions to problems and therefore judgement of effectiveness.

For more detailed information of the core content covered in this subject for each year group, please access the Knowledge Organisers here:

Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) 
Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11)

Year 7	Project
SUSTAINABLE TIMBER	PHONE STAND
PAPER & BOARD/PACKAGING	PACKAGING DESIGN

Year 8	Project
TIMBER & PLASTICS	LAMP DESIGN
ERGONOMIC DESIGN	CHAIR DESIGN

Year 9	Project
METALS & PLASTICS	JEWELLERY PROJECT
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE	ARCHITECTURE PROJECT