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Art at Framingham Earl aims to nurture the creativity and confidence of our young people and to equip them with the artistic skills and understanding necessary for all students to find pride and enjoyment in their work.
All students study Art in Years 7, 8 and 9. At the end of Year 9 students have the option to continue to study an Arts subject, with the option of taking either Fine Art GCSE or Art Textiles GCSE.
Through Years 7, 8 and 9 students engage in nine art projects, acquiring increasingly sophisticated skill sets in the disciplines of painting, textiles, and ceramics as they progress. All projects take a key artist or art movement as its starting point, making broader cultural and historical links relevant to the artist or art movement being studied. Each project ends with a final piece, which will make use of the key techniques and ideas that have been learnt throughout the project.
All projects are assessed holistically – this means that each assessment will be based on a student’s sketchbook, homework and final piece as a complete body of work.
The skills, behaviours and patterns of working learnt in Key Stage 3 are the qualities that will enable all our young people to be excited, inquisitive and confident artists. These qualities set them up seamlessly for further study of the subject at GCSE or A level.
Art
Key Stage 3
Year 7
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term |
Formal Elements – Mark Making and Texture |
Project and final piece in response to the ideas of tone and texture explored in the work of artists such as Aaron Siskind and Margaret Mellis.
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Spring Term |
Formal Elements – Line, Shape, Colour and Pattern |
Project and final piece in response to the ideas of line, shape, colour and pattern explored in the work of artists such as Sonia Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Bridget Riley and Josef Albers. |
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Summer Term |
Formal Elements – Scale, Space and Form |
Project and final piece in response to the ideas of scale, space and form explored in the work of artists such as Antony Gormley, Barbara Hepworth, Ettore Sottsass, Phyllida Barlow and Yayoi Kusama |
Year 8
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term |
Pop Art |
Project and final piece in response to the ideas of popular culture explored in the work of artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Dorothy Grebenak. |
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Spring Term |
Cubism |
Project and final piece in response to the ideas of Cubism and multiple viewpoint explored in the work of artists such as Ken Eastman, Pablo Picasso, Maria Blanchard and Juan Gris |
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Summer Term |
Post-Impressionism |
Project and final piece in response to the ideas of post impressionism and expressionism explored in the landscape work of artists such as David Hockney and Vincent van Gogh |
Year 9
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term |
Vessels |
Project and final piece in response to the concept of vessels explored in the work of artists such as Magdalene Odundo, Hans Coper, Martin Smith, Ken Eastman, Giorgio Morandi and Rachel Whiteread. |
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Spring Term |
Identity |
Project and final piece in response to the ideas of portraiture and identity explored in the work of artists such as Victoria Vilasana, Andy Warhol, Janice Guy and Wolfgang Tillmans |
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Summer Term |
Words and Action |
Project and final pieces in response to the idea of art as a vehicle for change explored in the work of artists such as Corita Kent and Bob & Roberta Smith |
Key Stage 4 ART
Year 10
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term |
Project 1: Surfaces Project 2: Form |
Working at grade based on assessment of project so far. |
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Spring Term |
Surfaces Form |
Assessment of finished project and final piece. |
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Summer Term |
Coursework Project 2 Choosing a theme and Responding to artists |
Working at grade based on assessment of project so far. |
Year 11
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term |
Coursework Project 2 Refining Ideas and Final Piece |
Assessment of finished project and final piece. |
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Spring Term |
ESA Project Choosing a theme, Developing Ideas and Responding to Artists |
Working at grade based on assessment of project so far. |
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Summer Term |
ESA Project Refining Ideas and Final Piece |
Assessment of finished project and final piece. |
Key Stage 4 ART TEXTILES
Year 10
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term |
Project 1: Surfaces Project 2: Structures |
Working at grade based on assessment of project so far. |
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Spring Term |
Surfaces / Structures Refining Ideas and Final Piece |
Assessment of finished project and final piece. |
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Summer Term |
Coursework Project 2: Natural Forms |
Working at grade based on assessment of project so far. |
Year 11
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term |
Coursework Project 2: Natural Forms |
Assessment of finished project and final piece. |
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Spring Term |
ESA Project Choosing a theme and Responding to Artists |
Working at grade based on assessment of project so far. |
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Summer Term |
2022 – ESA Project Refining Ideas and Final Piece |
Assessment of finished project and final piece. |
