ART

Head of Department: Mrs C Fidler

Art in the 1st - 3rd years (years 7 - 9)

Girls have a double period of Art each week until the end of the 3rd year. In the first three years the following topics are covered:

 

1st Year:

Self Image: Drawing, painting and monoprinting
Adornment and Decoration: sculpture
Visit to Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford
2nd Year: Still life sculpture with the Cubists as influence
Landscape: Drawing, painting and lino printing

3rd Year:

Personal places / public spaces: a collaborative project making site-specific sculpture
Life events and narrative painting: photograms

 

GCSE Art (Examination Board: OCR)

During the course the students will learn to understand contexts in Art and Design, develop and explore ideas using media, process and resources in two and three dimensions, including where appropriate, ICT. They will learn to modify and refine work as it progresses and finally present a personal response, realising intentions and showing connections with the work of other artists.

Candidates have to submit a minimum of three pieces of course work supported by preparatory and critical studies . In addition, there is a ten-hour examination. The work is exhibited at the beginning of the Summer Term in the 5th Year and examined internally with visiting moderators.

Art in the Sixth Form (Edexcel Examination Board)

The main purpose of a course in Art and Design is to develop your ability to appreciate and respond to the visual world in a personal and creative way. The skills you will develop will be varied, and determined by the areas of study you choose. The areas of study available to you - in any combination - are: drawing, life-drawing, painting, print-making and sculpture.

There are many careers in Art and Design and at present most students wishing to study further will go on to do a one year "Foundation" course at an art college before applying to degree courses in more specialist areas of Art and Design. You may, however, wish to take an AS- or A-level in Art for its own sake, or you might wish to go into a career where it is useful to have had experience in Art and Design, such as advertising, marketing, architecture, publishing and the media.

For A-level we follow the Edexcel Art syllabus. The course is divided up into six units of assessment. The first three units make up the AS-level and are completed and assessed in the Lower Sixth (year 12). The A2 units are completed and assessed in the Upper Sixth. Workbooks showing research and preparatory studies are produced for each unit.

Which syllabus do we study?  Edexcel Syllabus 8031 (AS) 9031 (A2)

Course Content as from September 2008

AS level (1st year) A2 level (2nd year)

Unit 1:

Unit 3 : Written contextual study & Creative problem solving

Unit 2: 8-hour examination (Thematic)

Unit 4: 12-hour examination

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St George's School, Wells Lane, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7DZ  Telephone: 01344 629900
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