Core Knowledge and Skills

• Workshops to encourage and develop pupils’ skills.
• Workshops to include:
• Oil painting, contextual studies, printing, producing large pieces and textile experimentation.

Enriched Knowledge

• Contextual analysis- students delve deeper into the meaning behind works and learn to analyse them in preparation for their related studies.

Key Vocabulary

• Symbolism
• Narrative
• Social perception
• Subject
• Object
• Composition
• Imagery

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Workshops to encourage and develop pupils’ skills.
• Workshops to include:
• Oil painting, contextual studies, printing, producing large pieces and textile experimentation.

Enriched Knowledge

• Contextual analysis- students delve deeper into the meaning behind works and learn to analyse them in preparation for their related studies.

Key Vocabulary

• Symbolism
• Narrative
• Social perception
• Subject
• Object
• Composition
• Imagery

Core Knowledge and Skills

• With support from staff, pupils develop a question and/or title which will be a base for their personal investigation. Pupils start to record from life using a range of techniques.
• Students decide on a question for the related study component (3000 word essay) of their portfolio & start to research their chosen question.

Enriched Knowledge

• Students continue to build on their contextual analysis but also the analysis of their own work.

Key Vocabulary

• Critical understanding.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils begin artist research relevant to their coursework, developing their understand of the work of others in a much deeper and with more critical understanding.
• Practical responses to artists help students to develop their own skills and interests, constantly reviewing their practice.
• Pupils start to write their introduction for their personal studies.

Enriched Knowledge

• Students find personal connections to their work and use their life experiences to make their work personal where appropriate.

Key Vocabulary

• Pupils will learn a range of new vocabulary as they build up their related study- these will be specific to the student and the topic that they have chosen.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils continue with their study, each experimenting individually, class structure is now individual mentoring along with appropriate and personalized demonstrations.
• Pupils build on their related study- one lesson put aside for theory per week.
• At the end of the year the rough related study should be almost completed with a conclusion.

Enriched Knowledge

• Students develop writing skills and understanding of the impact of art on the wider world through their contextual analysis and related studies.

Key Vocabulary

• Pupils will learn a range of new vocabulary as they build up their related study- these will be specific to the student and the topic that they have chosen.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Pupils work on their contextual analysis, continuing with experimentation and artist research, always taking note of sources for their bibliography.
• Rough draft of most of the essay should be completed.
• All artists researched by the end of term. 15 hour exam to start development ideas.

Enriched Knowledge

• Students develop writing skills and understanding of the impact of art on the wider world through their contextual analysis and related studies.

Key Vocabulary

• Pupils will learn a range of new vocabulary as they build up their related study- these will be specific to the student and the topic that they have chosen.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Students now develop their ideas using inspiration from artists and other sources. They experiment and explore with a variety of materials.
• Related studies are completed and presented.

Enriched Knowledge

• Students build on independence and their own practice, building on connections and context with wider world or personal stories.

Key Vocabulary

• Pupils will learn a range of new vocabulary as they build up their related study- these will be specific to the topic they have chosen- they may include art movements, techniques or styles.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Development of ideas is continued, final piece planning takes place.
• All ideas are annotated thoroughly with careful thought about why choices are being made.

Enriched Knowledge

• Students build on independence and their own practice, building on connections and context with wider world or personal stories.

Key Vocabulary

• Pupils continue to use their knowledge of vocabulary to build on their annotations and show their understanding.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Final pieces are created- these should show the very best of the student’s skill and reflect their investigations from the past year.

Enriched Knowledge 

• Students build on independence and their own practice, building on connections and context with wider world or personal stories.

Key Vocabulary

• Pupils continue to use their knowledge of vocabulary to build on their annotations and show their understanding.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• OCR set a range of themes in February.
• Students choose their theme.
• Exam preparatory work should contain observational studies, artist research & analysis, along with responses and development all preparing for the exam.

Enriched Knowledge

• Utilising all of the skills and techniques, students independently work towards planning their exam.

Key Vocabulary

• Analysis of work should continue to explain their thoughts and processes to the examiner.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Finishing touches to exam prep is added in the first few weeks of the half term.
• 15 hour exam sat- usually mid-May.