Key Stage 4 Options Brochure

ARTInformaon from:Mrs BrownAssessment:• 60% coursework• 40% externally-set task, designed to allowstudents to show their abilies and interestsCourse contentGCSE Art is ideal for students who enjoy producing a wide range of art work and learning about otherarsts. In Year 10 students will start with ‘Exploring Art’, which gives them the opportunity to explore awide range of processes and techniques while working from direct observaon. This leads on to themebasedprojects, which allow students to personalise their learning and outcomes. The course is praccalwith a wrien element and allows students to work in one or more of these areas:• Drawing from observaon• Painng• Printmaking• Digital manipulaon• Working in three dimensions – eg carving and ceramics• Collage and mixed media.As you work through the two-year course you will build up a collecon of work, which forms yourcoursework.Work-related learning• You will have opportunies to work alongside real arsts• You will study possible careers related to artProgression routes• Post-16 Art• Careers in design01284 761393 www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/Parents/Key Stage 4 Opons 22