GCSE Art & Design scheme of work

Year 10

1. 1a Recording: Observation Held Over Time
2. 1b The Photographic Image
3. 2a Print: Layer, Register, Edition
4. 2b Surface and Stitch: Building in Layers
5. 3a Form: Casting, Constructing, Repeating
6. 3b First Sustained Project: From Question to Outcome

Year 11

1. 1a The Portfolio Project: Finding the Question
2. 1b The Portfolio Project: Sustained Development
3. 2a Resolving and Presenting the Portfolio
4. 2b The Externally Set Assignment: the Preparatory Period
5. 3a The Period of Sustained Focus, and What Comes Next

Year 10

• GCSE subject content coverage
• Before September: deciding what Year 10 work is for
• Standardising this scheme in your department
• Which works to show, and where to find them
• Glossary — every term this year introduces
• The four assessment objectives, and where this year builds them
• Material areas covered this year
• Substances that need a COSHH assessment before you teach this
• What varies between boards — check these locally
• How we know it worked

Year 11

• GCSE subject content coverage
• The Year 11 calendar: what has to happen, and when
• Preparing for moderation, and standardising the marks
• What actually goes to the moderator
• Which works to show — the seven artists new this year
• Which works to show — the eight artists revisited from Year 10
• Glossary — every term this year introduces
• The four assessment objectives, and where Year 11 evidences them
• The two components, and how this year sits inside them
• Safety when the student chooses the process
• Access arrangements in the supervised sessions — what actually applies
• What varies between boards — check these before you timetable
• How we know it worked