Art & Design

Year 8

Unit 1: Me. Myself and I

• Who Am I?
• Myself Box
• Artist – Joseph Cornell

Unit 2: Still Life

• Line
• Tone
• Artist – Paul Cezanne

Competition

West Tyrone Feis

Year 9

Unit 1: Colour

• Recycled Fish
• Artist – J Vincent Scarpace

Unit 2: Journeys

• Pressprints
• Collographs
• Aboriginal Art

Competition

Credit Union Poster Competition

Year 10

Unit 1: Portraiture

• Maskmaking
• African Art

Unit 2 Landscapes

• Photography
• Photoshop
• Artist – David Hockney

Competition

Design cover for school planner

Edexcel Art and Design

Edexcel Art and Design equips students with the skills to enjoy, produce and engage with the visual arts throughout their lives, and it has immense value as a GCSE subject.

GCSE Art and Design provides the opportunity for students to:

• explore both contemporary and historical sources of art, craft and design first hand through, for example:
• visiting museums, galleries, art shows and fairs
• experiencing audio-visual productions, including still and moving    imagery
• their surroundings and environments.
• take an individual approach to their art, craft and design making
• develop the skill of selecting their best and most appropriate work for presentation.

GCSE title and area of study – Art, Craft and Design

Overview

The GCSE in Art, Craft and Design is a broad and flexible course that requires students to develop an appreciation of the creative process through a practical response, using a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, materials, techniques and processes. Students should explore critically how artists, craftspeople and designers from diverse cultures, times and societies have arrived at solutions and communicated meaning using the formal elements. Students should use this knowledge when developing new ideas, recording observations and creating outcomes which fully realise their personal intentions.

 The Pearson Edexcel Art and Design consists of two internally assessed and externally moderated components.

• Component 1: Personal Portfolio (internally set)
• Component 2: Externally Set Assignment.

This qualification can be achieved by following one of the six titles detailed on pages 11–21. Students must complete all assessment in May/June in any single year.

 Component 1: Personal Portfolio

*Component code: 1AD0/01

60% of the qualification

 Content overview

• Students must work within one of the following titles: Art, Craft and Design; Fine Art; Graphic Communication; Textile Design; Three-dimensional Design; Photography.
• Students undertaking Art, Craft and Design must create work associated with areas of study chosen from at least two of the endorsed titles. Students undertaking one of the endorsed titles must create work associated with at least one area of study for that title.
• Students create a personal portfolio of work that demonstrates the knowledge, understanding and skills on page 7.
• Centres are free to devise any theme(s), project(s) or task(s) appropriate to their students and resources. They may each have a separate focus or be interconnected.
• This component allows students opportunities to:

1. develop and explore ideas
2. research primary and contextual sources
3. experiment with media, materials, techniques and processes to present personal response(s) to theme(s) set by the centre.

• The proportion of the 120 guided learning hours spent on this component should reflect its

60% weighting.

Assessment overview

• Students’ work must comprise supporting studies and personal response(s).
• Students’ work must show evidence of all four Assessment Objectives.
• All work is internally set and is internally marked using the assessment grid and internally standardised.
• A sample of work is externally moderated by a visiting moderator.
• All marks must be submitted before moderation.
• First assessment is in May/June 2018

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment

*Component codes: 1AD0/02

40% of the qualification

Content overview

• The Externally Set Assignment (ESA) represents the culmination of the GCSE course as it draws together all the knowledge, understanding and skills developed in Component 1.
• Students must continue to work in the same title as they did for the Personal Portfolio.
• Art, Craft and Design students are required to create work associated with at least one area of study for this component.
• Students must present personal response(s) to an externally set broad-based thematic starting point, set by Pearson in the ESA paper.
• This component allows students opportunities to:

1. – develop and explore ideas
2. – research primary and contextual sources
3. – experiment with media, materials, techniques and processes
4. – present personal response(s) to the externally-set theme.

Assessment overview

• The ESA paper will be released on 2 January each year and may be given to students as soon as it is released.
• Centres are free to devise their own preparatory period of study prior to the start of the 10-hour sustained focus period.
• The 10-hour sustained focus period under examination conditions may take place overmultiple sessions (a maximum of four within three consecutive weeks).
• Students’ work must comprise preparatory studies and personal response(s).
• Preparatory studies will comprise a portfolio of development work based on the ESA broad-based thematic starting point.
• During the 10-hour period of sustained focus under examination conditions, students will work unaided to produce personal response(s), with reference to their preparatory studies, in response to the ESA broad-based thematic starting point.
• Students’ work must show evidence of all four Assessment Objectives.
• All work is internally marked using the assessment grid and internally standardised.
• A sample of work is externally moderated by a visiting moderator.
• All marks must be submitted before moderation.
• First assessment is in May/June 2018.

Both components will be marked using the Assessment Objectives below:

AO1 Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources 

AO2 Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes

AO3 Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses

 AO4 Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language

Useful links

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/art-and-design-2016.html

Pearson Grades