Course leaders; Miss Nichol (Art, Craft and Design and Textile Design) lnichol@tgschool.net, Mrs Raleigh (Photography) fraleigh@tgschool.net & Mr Clark, eclark@tgschool.net, Mr Few (3D Design) dfew@tgschool.net, Mrs Spinks (Graphic Communication) cspinks@tgschool.net 

Examination Board: AQA

Examinations

Students start their exam journey at the beginning of the Spring term in year 11 when they start their Externally Set Assignment (ESA). The examination board AQA releases the ESA paper in January which comprises a number of given themes. Students then have approximately 12 weeks to investigate, develop and refine their ideas in their sketchbooks in response to one of these themes. After the preparatory period of investigation, students will undertake 10 hours of unaided sustained focus over 2 days under exam conditions when they will realise their intentions as a final outcome(s). They will be unable to amend or add to their preparatory work once the 10 hours has commenced.

The ESA equates to 40% of the total GCSE grade. The other 60% is from the personal portfolio (PP) projects produced in years 10 and 11. 

It is worth noting that all students are now required to include evidence of drawing (in any media) in all courses, including Photography: these drawings can take the form of story board designs, small studies based on contextual research or drawings onto photographic images or digital drawings. 

Assessments 

All examination work is assessed internally by Mr Clark and his team, and is then moderated by AQA. Guidance and feedback is given continuously in the run up to the examination. Assessment criteria can be found in the front of all sketchbooks. 

Textile Design:

All students will have a basic project structure and additional information worksheets to follow throughout the project. In addition to this they have the assessment criteria and a checklist with personalised feedback in the front of their sketchbook. Deadline dates are also recorded here and their teacher will sign off each section when the work is completed to the required standard.

Lunchtimes and after school is available for extra support as and when required, also additional sessions are available during the Easter holidays.

Photography:

All projects, including the ESA have a detailed project checklist which the students can use to structure their project and monitor their progress. As with the Art, Craft and Design course, assessment information and other guidance will be found in the student’s sketchbooks. 

Parents can monitor the progress made on the feedback sheets in their child’s sketchbook and check deadline dates and missing/ incomplete work.

3D Design:

Graphic Communication:

Students have the assessment criteria and a checklist in their folders with bespoke feedback given to them regularly within their digital portfolio’s. Interim deadlines are recorded in their folders and the teacher will give feedback regarding each of the assessment objectives and acknowledgement given when work is completed to a required standard.

Additional Support being provided by school

After school sessions are available as and when needed. This will initially be offered and should students start to fall behind and fail to catch up at home we may ask them to attend catch up. 

To ensure there is evidence of their creative journey, multiple resources such as support slides/hand-outs/scans etc for mini projects are regularly uploaded to Google classroom to support student’s progress.

How parents and carers can best support their child

Monitoring the progress of students through the coursework and examination components by reviewing the checklists and guidance booklets and how far each of them have progressed against each task is extremely valuable. The Art team are always happy to answer questions about any students progress and welcome active engagement with their work. Please feel free to contact the team by email or phone for additional information about specific support.

Websites

All students are provided with project checklists and guidance booklets to aid them in their progress against each stage of the project. 

Students can research into new techniques via the internet and YouTube to watch useful tutorials.

Decide Commit Succeed

 Fine Art

Revision Activity 

Skill Developed

Useful learning Link

Visual Arts Structure strip

Signpost your thought process


 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U8e4L5jr1vIX3kFLdoSTEtPLKd1npeGvM1IpYd-HUfY/edit# 


 

Yr11 Component 2 Exam project

The Spring 

Google 

Classroom

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Enter the code  to access the google classroom

Yr11 Coursework checklist

Refine 

Experiments

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yCcqIeqnS52tkuRmyWTfiAM3RO0Gmp-B8QR3sQWwmaQ/edit#slide=id.g2827bb19eda_0_3 

Techniques that can be applied for your exam paper 

Mark making Techniques

Monoprinting Technique

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xOA3rgqo7nnhL6wHDLXr2zKvSgzmzz66YjIh6voCK1c/edit#slide=id.p1 

3D Design

 

Revision Activity 

Skill Developed

Useful learning Link

Keywords

Writing frames

Signpost your thought process

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1szb37T9uJdt2ditD4M4ZWZxK0DtdQIBZSICjwsi50co/edit#slide=id.g1e91d2eaa05_0_1 

Coursework checklist 

Refine

experiments 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l_TyMXSzWoKOnm3hWSYuAK_6jouiPLm9tSGV84BdW-8/edit

Follow staff feedback and instructions; comments or post-its in the front of book to help focus you on the most relevant AO; after school support sessions are available most days

Annotation and Evaluation Scaffolding

Producing clear notes

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rRZpC6CHrMjHjFgXGtjSGF7o3I5eRh_SNc8w6SP8zNA/edit#slide=id.p 

Yr11 Component 2 Exam project

The Spring 

Google 

Classroom

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Textiles

 

Revision Activity 

Skill Developed

Useful learning Link

Textiles Year 11 Coursework 

Checklist 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13WMOLMFHOx-ZLA3leegzDO6r_b4TdbRWHVcfb2cyCec/edit#slide=id.g2827bb19eda_0_3 

Yr11 Component 2 Exam project

The Spring 

Google 

Classroom

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Code to enter the classroom 

Analysing an artists work

Gaining an insight into an artist work

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wiq8PIfMUq-ddRh293LnXisNbLDhwuavb4HEoOsq5oE/edit#slide=id.g28a6430155c_0_0 

Continuing tasks with sketchbooks

Working to a deadline

Follow staff feedback and instructions; comments or post-its in the front of book help focus you on the most relevant AO; after school support sessions are available Wednesday and Friday.

Fabrics

Identify

A range of different types of fabrics 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ei3efQFxN600texUtT56e2jHmgaTM-kAcfLctJnIyd8/edit#slide=id.p2 

 Photography

 

Revision Activity 

Skill Developed

Useful learning Link

Keywords 

How to annotate edits 

Signpost your thought process

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1h_F-X2Ea7ilJfl_Hk2aSB2DFiltOBAwjj5N3TGE7POI/edit#slide=id.g79f9e08b8e_0_1465 

Analysing a photographer and photographs


 

Understanding the artist’s concept

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16xiK3toW4I9QQFM5-c-D6XN2Jt12-UUlYEqaKDwZ-mM/edit#slide=id.g1d18e651d45_0_55 

Darkroom techniques

How to create photograms

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JFH4CuQp8XvMHgK7OGcNFm0zP8-imGAIxxng4VHiUYU/edit#slide=id.g79f9e08b8e_0_601 

Yr11 Component 2 Exam project

Spring tasks 

On Google 

classroom

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