Art and Photography

Curriculum intent

Art has the power to enrich our lives and offers pupils unique opportunities to develop and explore their own powers of imagination and creativity. The Heath Lane Academy Art and Design curriculum is designed to expose pupils to the core principles of art; drawing and painting, beginning with the skills and techniques required to create an accurate observational outcome in a range of media. Mastering accurate observation, using both primary and secondary sources, is at the core of the Heath Lane Art and Design curriculum. Once observational skills are mastered students can adapt, explore and experiment with them in diverse and creative ways as they move through key stage 3. 

Once pupils have begun to develop their artistic skills and techniques, they then explore how they can convey ideas to an audience through their work, taking their first steps towards becoming their own artist. Pupils develop skills and techniques in a diverse range of materials, increasing the artistic challenge and scope for creativity with each cycle of the curriculum. 

Throughout Years 7,8 and 9 pupils are introduced to key artists and art movements, from pre-historic art to the work of contemporary artists. Pupils develop an appreciation for the ways in which art has evolved, being both influenced and an influencer on society and culture.   

For those pupils who wish to follow Art and Design into key stage 4, we offer two GCSE pathways: the Edexcel GCSE Art and Design qualification, which offers both a Fine Art or Photography endorsement. Both courses have been selected to allow pupils to continue their creative journeys that they began in key stage 3. Pupils are required to build on their knowledge, artistic vocabulary, awareness, skills and techniques to produce their own portfolio of proportioned and emotive pieces of artwork in response to a given stimulus. 

KS3 Curriculum

Y10 Fine art: Pupils will push their skills of observational drawing further with detailed and intricate studies with a focus on the use of primary and secondary sources and how they are used to develop work and ideas. They will develop a skill of print making – lino/mono/screen/press Whilst using artists as reference to building these skills. They will then start to develop a piece of coursework based on their own topic from a starting point.  

Y10 Photography: Photography students will be introduced to photography concepts and genres and how to use a camera. They will look at a variety of photographers to build their core knowledge of artists and use these to inspire digital and traditional manipulation techniques. They will then start to develop a piece of coursework based on their own topic from a starting point. 

Y11 Fine art and photography Two pieces of coursework will have been developed in year 10, September – January will be the finalisation of coursework which includes: Observational studies with a variety of media, artist response pages. A minimum of two for each project. Annotation to show the project development and a final piece. 

January of Yr 11 – March Exam preparations. 

Careers linking to the subject

GCSE Art and Design (Photography) enables an opportunity for pupils to reflect on and refine skills as young photographers. Careers Photography can lead to are, studio photographer, set designer, photographic stylist. GCSE Art and Design (Fine Art) actively engages in the creative process of art and design to develop as effective and independent learners, and as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds. Students become confident in taking risks and learn from experience when exploring and experimenting with ideas, processes, media, materials and techniques for them to focus on identifying and developing individuality in their art. Careers Fine Art can lead to are, architecture, illustration, freelance fine artists. 

Key Contact

Rhian Jarvis

Head of Art & Photography

Rhian.jarvis@heathlaneacademy.org.uk 

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