Faculty of:
Art, Design & Technology
Head of Faculty:
- Mr P. Davidson
Members of staff:
- Mr P. Copson – Deputy Head Teacher
- Ms T. Swift – KS5 Coordinator
- Mr J. Sitek
About the faculty:
The Art, Graphics and DT Faculty has a mission of stimulating and developing student’s creativity and practical skills. Students will be introduced to many established artists and designers. They will be given guidance in responding to challenging project tasks. This helps them to become confident in using different media to express their ideas and visions.
Key stage 3 Curriculum:
Art
Year 7
Autumn Term – Self-portraits and Colour Theory
Spring term – Surrealism
Summer Term – Mythical Beasts
Year 8
Autumn Term – Cubism Sculptures
Spring term – Pop Art Printing
Summer Term – Anti bullying posters (Graphic Design)
DT
In KS3, DT Projects are taught on a rotation. Throughout the year each group will complete all of the projects below:
Year 7
Textiles projects – Sock Creatures or Tapestries
Acrylic Key Tags
Chocolate bar Packaging designs
Jigsaw puzzles
Year 8
Pewter Cast medallions
T-Shirt Silk-screen Printing
Textile Sculptures
Car designs
Clock Designs
Key stage 4 Curriculum:
Year 9 Cultural Capital Days
All of year 9 will take part in 6 one day activities. This is to ensure that all students continue to have a rich and broad curriculum in year 9
Each day has a specific issue based theme, and work produced will be used to create displays for the school environment.
Day 1 – Environment, focussing on endangered species
Day 2 – Climate Change, focussing on environment
Day 3 – Community
Day 4 – Multiculturalism
Day 5 – Olympics
Art and Graphics
AQA Syllabi:
https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/art-and-design/specifications/AQA-ART-GCSE-SP-2016.PDF
Key stage 5 Curriculum:
We offer:
Clubs and trips are run by staff to help students gain a full understanding of context. Students get the opportunity to develop their work.
An annual exhibition will be started in 2015 to showcase the student’s creative work and broaden the community’s appreciation of Art and Design.
