Art
Curriculum Intent
Students at Kingsway Park High School investigate a wide variety of artists and materials/techniques during their KS3 journey preparing them for GCSE. Students will begin their journey with a baseline assessment task at the start of year 7, allowing staff in the department to identify ability and what strategies need putting in place to ensure all students progress and achieve to the best of their ability.
Students will investigate contemporary artists who are currently creating work. Our aim for students to identify how the arts can continue with students into their future educational pathways as well as into their future careers.
Key Stage 3:
- X1 one hour art lesson each week.
- Mixed-ability classes.
- Assessment once per half-term and marked out of 40.
- All art outcomes are placed into an A4 sketchbook which students receive at the start of Year 7 and continue working in until the end of Year 9.
- Sketchbooks are kept in school at all time until the end of Year 9 when students are welcome to take these home.
- Progress monitored by the faculty leader for the creative arts.
- Key Stage 3 art club is every Wednesday lunch time with a wide variety of projects and outcomes. Projects are based on current events, such as remembrance day, Eid, Christmas, Chinese New Year, LGBTQIA+ Pride etc...
Key Stage 4:
- X5 on hour lessons over the 2-week school timetable.
- Mixed-ability classes.
- The examination specification is AQA for GCSE Art and GCSE Textiles. GCSE Photography is taught through EDEXCEL. All GCSE courses are marked 60% Unit 1 Coursework and 40% Independent Assessment Unit 2 (NEA).
- All coursework is created in A4 sketchbooks which go home with students are all art lessons to complete homework and to be brought ack into school for every art lesson.
- Written feedback and assessment is completed once per term.
- Progress monitored by the faculty leader for the creative arts.
- Homework is continuous through the entire 2-year course. Students work on their outcomes in lessons and then complete artwork and annotation at home.
- Additional support for students is after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Extended Curriculum
Clubs
- KS3 Art Club – Wednesday 1:30pm – 1:45pm in P106.
- Year 10 and 11 intervention and additional support is Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3pm until 4pm.
Extra Support
- Students have access to all Padlets in the Art Department. These Padlets have tutorial videos of all tasks that we ask students to complete. These tutorial videos can also be accessed from home (internet connection required).
Experiences
YEAR 8
Students will take part in a street art workshop in school where they will create a spray painted MDF board with their name and use stencils in the style of artist Banksy.
YEAR 10
- Year 10 Photography - Students visit Manchester Victoria Baths and MediaCityUK to take photographs for their GCSE Photography portfolio.
- Year 10 Art - Students will have a practicing artist either come into school or we will visit the artist to complete a workshop to create outcomes which will go towards their GCSE coursework.
- Year 10 Textiles - Students will have a practicing artist either come into school or we will visit the artist to complete a workshop to create outcomes which will go towards their GCSE coursework.