Taunton Deane Partnership College Art and Design

Overview 2023/2024

Key Stage 3-4

Life is like a camera.

Focus on what’s important.

Capture the good times.

Develop from the negatives.

And if things don’t work out …

Just take another shot

I can’t draw V I can do ART

Intent

The Art room is a room for expression in Art and design, as well as a safe room that students can come and simply gather their thoughts. They are offered access to GCSE but also allowed to purely enjoy Art for what joy it gives.

• Pupils at TDPC know that they can always succeed and achieve during Art lessons. All ideas are embraced and channelled and pupils know that they can express themselves creatively in a safe and stimulating environment.

• To learn the skill of perseverance. When we make mistakes we can learn from them, we can enjoy them, we can make them part of the design – this skill can be transferred into our everyday life.

• To make the Art room their room, to feel ownership and belonging. Displaying the students work and respecting others work.

• Our Art Curriculum is designed to develop knowledge and skills that are progressive, enabling students to strength both critical-thinking and problem solving.

• The art room not only covers art but is a place where students feel safe and whilst creating art, they feel free to talk to staff about topics of interest and concern.

Implementation

• Students will have taken part in many Art experiences and found enjoyment, success and pride.

• Creating more all rounded/wholesome individuals.

• Flourishing and happy students, who seek can take the skill learnt in the art room out into everyday life.

• Art stimulates both sides of the brain, increasing the capacity of memory, attention and concentration, acquire social skills, their selfesteem and art gives them the opportunity to be expressive.

• Using our teacher and student assessment sheet we can together talk about WWW, EBI which gives the students ownership and opportunity to look at what they have done well and what they can do even better to improve their skills and possible GCSE outcome. Regular verbal feedback also allows for assessment.

• Students are able to focus on Photography and will learn different photographic techniques and processes, which can also lead to a GCSE, for example: o lighting o viewpoint o aperture o depth of field o shutter speed and movement

Impact

• To provide individual projects for each and every student according to their interests, likes and dislikes.

• To have a variety of activities openly available for students. One fit does NOT fit all.

• To follow a GCSE curriculum as some students do want a GCSE and clearly enjoy having a clear framework to follow.

• AQA Units and Arts Award can be used to accredit students

• To ensure Our Art room is warm, welcoming and for those who simply do not want to create they can sit, feel safe and breath. When they are ready, and they see what’s is on offer in the room they are welcome to join in the activities.

• To ensure their Artwork is displayed around them giving them a sense of achievement, belonging and ownership.

• We follow the 7 elements of art - colour, pattern, shape, line, shade, texture, and form, along with the GCSE framework, and above all enjoyment.