OLDYear 8 Curriculum Information Booklet 2017-2018

Art
Art is taught to all students at Stretford Grammar School at Key Stage 3, and the National
Curriculum Programme of Study for Art & Design (2014) is used as the basis for curriculum
planning and delivery, as this provides the most recent detailed and applicable content.
Within each Unit, there may be anything from 2-4 individual items of homework set. On
submission, these will be given a mark and summative/formative comments.
Once a Unit is completed, the students are given a Self-Assessment sheet in which they
reflect on their work, and look forward to their future development. These are then
completed by Art staff with assessment and formative comments.
N.B. Apart from the Entry Level Tests in Year 7, for all Units of Art work at Key Stage 3
there may be variations in the processes and outcomes involved. The reason for this can be
practical, such as availability of resources and materials, but is more often because the Units
themselves have been designed to be open to individual staff and students’ interpretation
and experimentation. This is the nature of Art.
In Year 8, the aim for the year is to develop the students’ ability to draw imaginatively and
decoratively.
Unit 1 – Mucha
Students will study the following within this
Unit:
Enlargement & use of viewfinders
Decorative work & Design
Lettering
Commercial Art
Art Nouveau
Possible techniques include:
Coloured Inks
Photoshop
Collage
Drawing & Painting
Unit 2 – Comic Strips
Students will study the following within this
Unit:
Comic Strip Artists & Styles
Narrative; Writing & Editing a Story
Roy Lichtenstein
Possible techniques include:
Halftones & using Ben-Day dots
Drawing & Painting
Collage