KS3 & KS4 art and design curriculum

At this stage, pupils have an increasing awareness of their own developing practice and creative intentions. This unit provides the opportunity for pupils to engage in targeted, intensive practice and experimentation with materials, techniques, and processes. They are beginning to identify key areas for development, focusing on improving technical skills to better realise their intentions. The unit encourages refinement of their ideas and practice, allowing them to explore more advanced approaches to their work while developing greater control over their chosen media and processes.

1. Initial ideas: collaboration and generating ideas
2. Building a collaborative still life
3. Developing ideas collaboratively through manipulating source material
4. Effective annotation: supporting each other to record the process
5. Analysing the work of artists and designers who work collaboratively
6. Taking the individual path, responding to the collaborative work
7. Analysing the work of artists and designers: key elements
8. Exploring and experimenting with materials and techniques
9. Develop ideas: trials and experiments
10. Review developed ideas: trials and experiments
11. Personal response: a developed personal first hand resource
12. Personal response: create a response
13. Personal response: reflect and refine the response
14. Curating artwork: selecting and arranging key pieces into portfolios or workbooks
15. Creating a cohesive narrative: explaining the process
16. Evaluate use of materials and techniques
17. Evaluate collaborative work
18. Presenting artwork