Intent
At Orion in Art, Design and craft pupils explore visual, tactile and other sensory experiences to communicate ideas and meanings. They work with traditional and new media, developing confidence, competence, imagination and creativity. They learn to appreciate and value images and artefacts across times and cultures, and to understand the contexts in which they were made. In art, craft and design, pupils reflect critically on their own and other people’s work, judging quality, value and meaning. They learn to think and act as artists, craftspeople and designers, working creatively and intelligently. They develop an appreciation of art, craft and design, and its role in the creative and cultural industries that enrich their lives.
Our key drivers within our school curriculum are through the lens of our 6 characteristics that we aim to build in our students so they can leave with the skills needed to be successful citizens of the future.
| Key driver | Outcome |
| Team Work | I will develop teamwork skills by setting up and clearing down the classroom each lesson as a team. I will learn what my strengths are and offer these to the group to enable us to make as much progress each lesson. I will work as a group to develop success criteria to guide us through our learning to ensure we all achieve our best and progress each and every lesson.
I will listen and take account of others’ views. I will also form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes when evaluating my progress in line with the success criteria for that lesson. |
| Showing Empathy | Empathy is, at its simplest, awareness of the feelings and emotions of other people – I will learn this by listening to stories chosen to develop my emotional literacy. I will also develop my knowledge and understanding of the work of Illustrators and Artists and other cultures through these books.
Empathy helps us to communicate our ideas in a way that makes sense to others, and it helps us understand others when they communicate with us – through reflection I will learn to analyse mine and the work of others in my class, celebrating success and suggesting ways to make further progress. |
| Showing Commitment | I will show commitment by sticking at a piece of work until it is finished. I will use the success criteria we have written as a class as a guide to refine and progress my work each lesson. I will set personal targets for progress each lesson and review these as I work. I will celebrate the success of my work and the work of others in my class |
| Self-Awareness | Through art lessons I will become more aware of my strengths and weaknesses; team work, commitment, empathy, problem solving and resilience. I will allow the work to teach me more about myself and others in my class. The circular act of review, target, do, review will help me grow as a person and as an artist. |
| Problem Solving | Every learning opportunity in art requires problem solving. I have to learn to be brave, to take creative risks, this can create problems that have to be solved to enable me to move on. With guidance and support I will learn to thrive through these challenges as I gain confidence and knowledge. |
| Showing resilience | As with problem solving, Art, Design and Craft will teach me how to deal with my frustrations when things do not turn out how I want them. I will learn to work with outcomes that are out of my control. I will learn how to adapt and be resourceful. I will learn through the stories we read how others have learnt to deal with their emotions and I will learn how to put this into practice myself. |
Implementation
In Key Stage 3, our Art and Design curriculum is intended to encourage students to be creative and inventive. We are steered by the National Curriculum and use its guidance to inspire students artistically so they ‘think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design’ and consider ‘how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation’ (NC page 225).
We believe that a stimulating and valuable art and design curriculum allows students to learn from great artists, to review these artists’ works and to use classic artwork to inspire their own designs and creations.
Whole school summary – Learning Journey
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
| Year 7 | Tone and Texture
Pencil Drawing Pencil, mark making, and applying tone. |
Aboriginal Art and Culture
Aboriginal inspired painting of their favourite animal. Colour theory, colouring pencils, painting. |
Local Environment Macro/Micro
Mixed media study of local area. Drawing in Pencil and pen, Collage, Mono Printing. |
| Year 8 | Mexican Day of the Dead
2D and 3D Mexican Day of the Dead Mask Pencil, colouring pencil, 3D cardboard modelling, papier mâché, tissue paper collage, paint. |
Portraits
Self Portrait Pencil, oil pastel, poster paint, biro, collage |
Robots
3D Sculpture Found objects, papier-mâché, paint, wire, glue gun. |
| Year 9 | Applied Design African Art
Product related graphic design Colouring pencils, paint, Berol pen, colour wash, composition, working to a brief. |
20th Century art movements: Surrealism
Montage Monochrome using pen. Using colour to add contextual meaning. Biro, ink, montage, processing images, line drawing, composition, scale, weight of line, pattern, contextual meaning. |
Abstract art
Mixed Media collage Photography of bugs/butterflies, pencil crayons, cardboard, pen, ink, graphite, tissue paper, relief collage. |
| Year 10 | GCSE
German Expressionism Drawing Media Experimentation Lino Printing |
GCSE
German Expressionism Drawing Media Experimentation Lino Printing |
GCSE
Natural Forms Drawing 3D modelling Sculpture |
| Year 11 | GCSE
Natural Forms Drawing 3D modelling Sculpture |
GCSE
Externally Set Exam Unit |
GCSE
Externally Set Exam Unit |
Our intention is that during their time at the school, students will gain greater knowledge, skills and understanding of the following key art and design concepts and learning:
⦁ Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences;
⦁ Become proficient in drawing and painting;
⦁ Evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design;
⦁ Know about great artists, craft makers and designers;
⦁ Understand the historical and cultural development of significant and important art forms.
At Key Stage 4, students, who are keen to pursue a career which involves art and design or who would like to study art and design further at Key Stage 5, are able to undertake GCSE Art which is taught by a specialist art teacher.
Please see link to skills progression:
Progression of Skills in Art and Design
Students can also benefit from 1:1 or small group art as therapy sessions in our dedicated therapy room as part of an individualised intervention.
Impact
We monitor the impact of our teaching of art and design through in-class assessments at Key Stage 3 and through exam board led assessments at Key Stage 4 as well as via our monitoring of the Quality of Education throughout the school.
Link to current assessment and qualifications:
GCSE Qualification for Art: