Key Stage 3

Curriculum Overview

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GCSE skills:

• Develop ideas in response to a researched artist’s work
• Evaluate their own work and identify areas they need to improve on
• Experiment with a range of materials and use them skilfully
• Gather their own source materials and take ownership of their project work
• Select and record relevant observations

By the end of year 9, students should be able to:

• Have gained sufficient drawing and painting skills to enter KS4
• Apply problem solving skills
• Research and respond to artist work with confidence
• Experience a wider range of materials
• Continue to develop conceptual personal responses

By the end of year 8, students should be able to:

• Apply a range of basic artistic skills and build upon these
• Use some problem solving skills by means of 3D work
• Apply increasing freedom of choice for artists to study
• Select appropriate materials for their requirements
• Use personal creativity as a means of self-expression

By the end of year 7, students should be able to:

Explore the formal elements of art- line, tone, colour, shape, form, texture
Understand the key elements of a formal introduction to artist work
Follow clear guidelines to write a research page
Create a presentation
Build a solid foundation of art skills to develop further
Understand an introduction to using materials