Autumn: Who Am I? – Self portraits, Colour mixing, Seasonal art- Drawing and Painting

Spring: Around the World/ Growing Things – Collage and Different Media

Summer: Endangered Animals and Wonderful Water – Acrylic Paint, Observation Drawing, Painting on different surfaces

Autumn: Drawing- Exploring materials

Artists: Albrecht Durer 

Spring: Painting- making marks

Artists: Piet Modrian

Summer: Collage- Natural/man-made materials

Artists: Paul Klee

Autumn: Drawing and Painting- Mood and movement and line, colour and shape

Artists: Beth Krommes and Wassily Kandinsky

Spring: Printmaking and Textiles- Repeated patterns and dip-dye

Artists: William Morris and Katie Vernon

Summer: 3D and Creative Response- Aboriginal Art and clay

Artists: John Kindness

Autumn: Drawing and Painting- Tonking and Sgraffito

Artists: Vincent Van Gogh

Spring: Printmaking- Monoprints and pattern 

Artists: Neil Bousfield 

Summer: 3D and Creative Response- Coil pots

Artists: Louise Bourgeois and Kehinde Wiley

Autumn: Drawing- Contour drawings 

Artists: Giorgio Morandi 

Spring: Painting- Abstract Art

Artists: Georgia O’Keefe

Summer: 3D- Wire structures

Artists: Alberto Giacometti 

Autumn: Drawing and Painting- Subtractive drawings 

Artists: Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Frank Auerbach

Spring: Printmaking- Three colour prints

Artists: Andy Warhol

Summer: Textiles- wall hangings

Artists: Lesley Richmond

Autumn: Drawing and Painting- Surrealism and Portraiture

Artists: Frida Kahlo, Patrick Caulfield and Pablo Picasso

Spring: Printmaking and Textiles- Batik technique

Artists: Patrick Hughes

Summer: 3D and Creative Response- Glasswork and Wire

Artists: Dale Chihuly and Terry Gillecki

Autumn: All About Me – Drawing & Painting

Spring: Landscapes and Cityscapes – Printmaking & Collage

Summer: Insects – Digital & Textiles

Autumn: African Art – 3D & Printmaking

Spring: Cubism and Distortion – Collage & Drawing

Summer: Objects and Viewpoints – Drawing & Painting

Autumn: Architecture – Drawing into 3D & Printmaking

Spring: Close-Ups – Photography & Drawing

Summer: Oceans – Drawing & Sculpture

Awarding Body – AQA

Specification Code – 8201

Tiers – all candidates sit the same level of qualification

Pupils must demonstrate the ability to:

• develop their ideas through investigations informed by selecting and critically analysing sources
• apply an understanding of relevant practices in the creative and cultural industries to their work
• refine their ideas as work progresses through experimenting with media, materials, techniques and processes
• record their ideas, observations, insights and independent judgements, visually and through written annotation, using appropriate specialist vocabulary, as work progresses
• use visual language critically as appropriate to their own creative intentions and chosen area(s) of study through effective and safe use of:
  •  media
  • materials
  • techniques
  • processes
  • technologies
• use drawing skills for different needs and purposes, appropriate to context
• realise personal intentions through sustained application of the creative process.

Assessment is through two non-examination assessments (NEAs):

A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives.

It must include a sustained project evidencing the journey from initial engagement to the realisation of intentions and a selection of further work undertaken during the student’s course of study.

This assessment is set and marked by the school and moderated by AQA during a visit – moderation will normally take place in June – and makes up 60% of the overall grade awarded.

An externally-set assignment, where pupils respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives.

This assessment is set by AQA, pupils are given a preparatory period followed by ten hours of supervised time; it is then marked by the school and moderated by AQA during a visit – moderation will normally take place in June – and makes up 40% of the overall grade awarded.