Department Overview
What is art, craft and design? Art, craft and design, as a combination of disciplines which defines and promotes visual literacy. As young children we learn to interpret images long before we become fluent in the written word. Visual literacy enables us to communicate and comprehend successfully and meaningfully in an increasingly image-saturated world.
At Biddenham we aim to inspire personal expression and cultural understanding and to promote creative and practical responses, as well as imaginative risk taking. We look to provide solutions to our material, emotional, social and virtual worlds through the work of our students. It is a unique subject with attributes that must guarantee its place, not only on the curriculum from early years through formal education settings, but also within lifelong learning.
We aim to inspire, challenge and motivate every student, no matter what their level of ability, while supporting them developing, creative and engaging outcomes; provide scope for innovation and stimulating opportunities to develop and explore their personal interests in art and design; and allow for progression from key stage 3 whilst providing a strong foundation for further study at GCSE and A level as well as vocational pathways.
Subject Learning Journey
Who to contact for extra information:
Miss Parker
lizzie.parker@biddenham.beds.sch.uk
Assessments
| Fine Art - Key Stage 3 | Fine Art - Key Stage 4 | Fine Art - Key Stage 5 |
|
Students are assessed for Art according to the techniques and skills they have demonstrated within each project through their written work, practical work and verbal contributions. Independent learning skills are developed through targeted homework tasks. Students are awarded a formal grade for each piece of work as well as for their overall attainment each term. Verbal feedback is given throughout the course. |
Component 1: Portfolio |
Component 1: Personal Investigation (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (preparatory period followed by 15 hours supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
| Textiles - Key Stage 3 | Textiles - Key Stage 4 |
|
Students are assessed for Textiles according to the techniques and skills they have demonstrated within each project through their written work, practical work and verbal contributions. Independent learning skills are developed through targeted homework tasks. Students are awarded a formal grade for each piece of work as well as for their overall attainment each term. Verbal feedback is given throughout the course. |
Component 1: Portfolio A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper (preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
| Graphics - Key Stage 4 | Graphics - Key Stage 5 |
| Component 1: Portfolio A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper (preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
Component 1: Personal Investigation (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (preparatory period followed by 15 hours supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
| Photography - Key Stage 5 |
|
Component 1: Personal Investigation (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (preparatory period followed by 15 hours supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
Exam Board Information
