Art

The Academy art department has a growing reputation for offering a diverse creative experience for learners and aims to encourage an understanding of art in its broadest terms. Our goal is to familiarise students with a range of materials, techniques and experiences as well as to introduce students to the rich and varied aspects of the contextual history of art practice.
Learners in Year 7 and 8 are linked to Creative arts (Art, Drama and Music) embarking on 6 projects across 2 years. Learners rotate through the CA subjects in 4 weekly cycles (16 lessons). At the end of Year 8 learners will have the option to gain a qualification in Art and Design (Level 2 BTEC Extended Certificate) or follow a different subject pathway.

Year 7

Manga Me: introducing mark making in Black and white through Manga.
Multicultural Me: Introducing colour through textile exploration
Personal Me: Page and book making (mixed media)

Year 8

Express Me: expressive portraiture (Artist/s movements - Fauvism/Expressionism)
Map Me: Collaborative map of the school. Visual art/s documentation of the existing school prior to move to the new build in Sept 2011. (Artists - the Boyle family)
Model Me: Body sculpture in wire and Modroc (Artist - Niki de St Phalle)

Year 9

All learners will be entered for the Level 2 BTEC Extended Certificate. Learners whom may start the Academy at a later date will follow the Level 2 BTEC Certificate (Edexcel 2010 specification).

Edexcel Level 2 BTEC Certificate (1 GCSE)

- Unit 1: Contextual References in Art and Design (Compulsory)
- Unit 2: 2D Visual Communication (Optional)
- Unit 3: 3D Visual Communication (Optional)
Learners must complete 1 compulsory and 1optional unit.

Edexcel Level 2 BTEC Extended Certificate (2 GCSE)

- Unit 1: Contextual References in Art and Design (Compulsory)
- Unit 2: 2D Visual Communication (Compulsory)
- Unit 3: 3D Visual Communication (Compulsory)
- Unit 4: Using Ideas to Explore, Develop and Produce Art and Design (Optional)
- Unit 13: Working with Visual Arts Briefs (Optional)
Learners must complete 3 compulsory and 1 optional unit.

Links to other websites
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/subjects/art-and-design/index.aspx

Student Work

Year 8 Body Movement Drawing

Year 9 Textiles Development