Year 11 GCSE ART
Curriculum Allocation
Art is taught over three 100 minute lesson per fortnight.
Specification/Exam board – OCR
Link to Specification - OCR GCSE (9-1) Art and Design J170-J176 specification
Course title - Fine Art
Course code – J171
Fine Art is defined here as the practice of creating work that is primarily for aesthetic, intellectual or purely conceptual purposes, rather than purposes that have a necessarily practical function.
• Learners must explore, acquire and develop skills, knowledge and understanding through the application of techniques and processes specific to their chosen area(s) of study of Fine Art.
• Learners must explore practical and relevant critical and contextual sources such as the work of historical and contemporary fine artists and the different purposes, intentions and functions of fine art as appropriate to their own work.
• Learners must demonstrate the knowledge, skills and understanding through area(s) of study relevant to Fine Art
Areas of Study
Learners are required to work in one or more area(s) of Fine Art, such as those listed below. Combinations of these areas are also possible:
• Drawing
• Installation
• Lens-/Light-based Media
• Mixed-media
• Land art
• Printing
• Painting
• Sculpture
Component 1 – Portfolio - (60%)
This is completed from September in year 10 until January in year 11.
This includes the mock exam project.
Students produce a portfolio of practical work showing their personal response to a set starting point, brief, scenario or stimulus. The portfolio may be presented in appropriate formats for the specification title they are following and chosen area of study, including sketchbooks, digital presentations, mounted sheets, maquettes, prototypes, animated work, scale models or illustrated written work.
The portfolio must provide evidence that the student has met all four assessment objectives.
Component 2 – Externally Set Task (EST) – (40%)
This is from January in year 11 until the 10 hour exam.
Students respond to one of five themes, each with a range of written and visual starting points and stimuli. Students research, plan and develop ideas for their response to the option they have chosen, which they must then realise within the ten-hour supervised time period.
Assessment Objectives
There are four Assessment Objectives in OCR GCSE (9–1) in Art and Design. These are detailed in the table below.
All are equally weighted at 25% each.
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AO1 |
Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources. |
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AO2 |
Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes. |
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AO3 |
Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses. |
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AO4 |
Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language. |
Course content
Curriculum Period 1
Mock exam/final coursework project
Lesson Order
Lessons follow a logical order in which work is developed based upon a theme. Each student will be working on personal projects and will be working on different pieces of work based on their own ideas.
Artist Research - Selecting an artist and creating work in response to their work, this includes a background, images, titles, written evaluations and a copy/study of the work of the chosen artist.
Observations - Work created based on the chosen theme, inspired by the artist. This could include a range of techniques but must include drawing and photography. Drawing could be done in any media and must be appropriate to the chosen idea.
Development of Ideas - combining artist influence and observations, considering media experiments and exploration. Considering composition ideas.
Final Piece Planning - planning the final piece including scale and media, work must link to artist research and be a direct result of the development of ideas.
Art History/Context – Students will be introduced to Cubism, Reynald Drouhin and other artists of their choice.
Lesson 1 | Initial Ideas Presentation |
Lesson 2 | Initial Ideas Presentation |
Lesson 3 | Artist Research |
Lesson 4 | Artist Research |
Lesson 5 | Artist Research |
Lesson 6 | Observations |
Lesson 7 | Observations |
Lesson 8 | Observations |
Lesson 9 | Observations |
Lesson 10 | Observations |
Lesson 11 | Observations |
Lesson 12 | Development of Ideas |
Lesson 13 | Development of Ideas |
Lesson 14 | Development of Ideas |
Lesson 15 | Development of Ideas |
Lesson 16 | Development of Ideas |
Lesson 17 | Development of Ideas |
Lesson 18 | Plan final outcome |
Lesson 19 | Final Piece |
Lesson 20 | Final Piece |
Assessment
Students will complete a 300 minute practical assessment where they will be required to complete the planning stage of their final outcome and then start to work on the final outcome(AO4) which will evidence their knowledge of observational drawing (AO3), use of media (AO2) and artist links (AO1).
Curriculum Period 2 Externally Set Task
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Lesson 1 |
Final Piece |
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Lesson 2 |
Final Piece |
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Lesson 3 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 4 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 5 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 6 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 7 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 8 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 9 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 10 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 11 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 12 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 13 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 14 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 15 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 16 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 17 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 18 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 19 |
Externally Set Task |
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Lesson 20 |
Externally Set Task |
Assessment
Students will complete a 10 hour controlled test which adheres to JCQ guidelines. Students work independently on a piece of work which they have planned and prepared for over the Externally Set Task period, this follows the process as outlined above with the addition of initial ideas to start the project.
Curriculum Period 3
All work will have been completed and assessed by this point. Marks will be awarded and internally moderated before being issued to students, these RAW marks are subject to external moderation which is usually in June, these marks are then converted to grades which are released in August.
Subject advice and guidance
If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:
daniel.roberts-mcgurrin@endon.SET.org