Art & Design | Bourne Community College

Curriculum Intent

To ignite a passion for art in all our students. To introduce students to a wide range of artists, styles and techniques, enriching their knowledge and understanding of the world of art. Inspiring projects are taught that engage students, encourage risk-taking, creative thinking and self-confidence

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Aims

The Art department here at Bourne Community College is a colourful and dynamic learning environment, the Art staff are an energetic and passionate team and are all practising artists. The Art program is rich and vibrant and enables students to explore different materials, styles and techniques, developing observational skills and the ability to analyse, reflect and refine ideas. Projects are thoughtfully designed and informed by different artists, cultures and themes. Students show creative risk-taking and problem solving through their work, projects are designed to ignite passion for the subject.

The Art team create links to develop art within the local community, securing funding and sponsorship and creating local partnerships. Through these links numerous artworks have been created. One project created with local community artists, enabled year 9 students to make a large jubilee themed mosaic for the pavilion in our local park. Community artwork has also been displayed at both Chichester and Bosham station, as well as in local residential care homes.

We have led an art themed project with our two link schools in Ghana, designing a competition to create a logo that unites our 3 school emblems and core values.

A recent community project involved all students in years 7-9 creating designs for signage at the entrance to the new local housing estate Priors Orchard. Three students designs were chosen by the Priors Orchard Estate Committee, their artwork will be on permanent display at the entrance as laser cut metal panels. Huge thanks to David James at Priors Orchard for his ongoing support of the Art Department.

Other local links include Pallant House, we are invited annually to participate in their out-reach programs. We have also made links with the Education and Community Officer at QE/Staunton Park, visiting these venues for different art activities.

Learning Journey

Our learning journeys give a visual overview of the curriculum content covered in each subject. They will help you understand how students make progress in different topics over the years they are with us.

Art Learning Journey

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Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview

Year 7 ART

Colour – A project that looks at colour theory, develops painting skills and the ability to experiment and take creative risks. Students respond to artists using different materials and complete observational studies of insects, using these to develop skills in print-making and textiles embellishment.

Pictorial Space – Through this project students develop skills in perspective drawing, understanding how to create depth and space within an artwork. Students create wonderful watercolour landscape paintings and complete drawings of nature within the school grounds.

Year 7 ART TEXTILES

Colourful Fruit and Veg – With links to the Art Curriculum as well as Food Technology, this project aims to develop students sewing skills based on studies of fruit and vegetables. Responding to the work of artists that present artworks of fruit and vegetables as explosions of colour and pattern, students develop personalised ideas, focusing on surface decoration skills including applique and embroidery.

Natural Landscapes – This project further develops students’ understanding of perspective and viewpoints, linking to the Summer term project in Art, Pictorial Space. Developing ideas informed by our local environment, students create fabric banners of natural landscapes, further extending their knowledge of decorative techniques.

Year 8 ART

Portraiture – A project aimed at developing students’ skills in observing and recording through portraiture, understanding scale and proportion, shape and form, expression and emotion. Students extend and build upon painting skills from Year 7, learning how to mix skin tones and use different drawing techniques and mediums within their portraiture work.

Cubism – A project that develops knowledge and understanding of Cubism through varied drawing tasks, showing the use of symmetry, ellipses and parallel lines. Also focusing on showing different viewpoints of objects informed by Cubism. Students develop ideas to form a mixed-media Cubist style artwork.

Environment – A project that looks at climate change impact on UK wildlife and designing posters that explore composition and font styles, with inspiration from artists including Michael Craig Martin. We continually seek out opportunities to showcase our students and their artwork and following contact made with Sussex Wildlife Trust, some of our Year 8’s posters are available to view on their website. Do have a look on Sussex Wildlife Trust website and search for Bourne Community College. Sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk

Year 8 ART TEXTILES

Capital Cities – Through this project students further build on their knowledge and skills, personalising their ideas by focusing on a chosen capital city, studying iconic architectural shapes, landmarks and skylines. Creating their own layered cityscape using varied materials including recycled and recyclable items as well as found materials. Reference is made to sustainability within the Textiles industry, as well as the importance of recycling and the environment. (Most fabrics sourced for projects within our Textiles Curriculum are donations and recycled garments).7

Letter Cushions – Following a brief with guidance and specifications for the product to be made, students create a 3D letter-shaped cushion developing their technical and construction skills with fabric. Students create designs that reflect personal interests such as hobbies, favourite sports team or favourite food. These ideas are developed to form a decorative panel on the front of their cushion, showing an accumulation of skills previously developed and using knowledge fluently.

Year 9 ART

Year 9 Fantastical Mask-Making – This project explores the world of fantasy within art, writing and film, looking at how imaginary creatures are depicted in a realistic style by artists and animators. Students investigate different artists, their style and technique and develop designs for their own fantasy style mask. Masks are then created using papier-mâché, card construction and decorated with inks and paint.

Students also explore careers in art through this project.

Year 9 Street Art – Students study different styles of Street Art exploring materials, styles and techniques, analysing work and messages depicted. Students develop skills in stencilling and explore how contemporary images and text within street art often refer to political and topical issues. Students design a poster/ billboard/mural based on the topic of child labour, also making reference to the UN Rights of the Child, linking to our Rights Respecting Gold status, developing their skills in stencilling through this project.

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Key Stage 4 Curriculum Overview

AQA Exam Board. This course is 60% Coursework and 40% Exam.

Fine Art GCSE – This dynamic course enables students to continue to develop their artistic skills. Through projects taught students explore varied techniques, styles and materials, experimenting with ideas to develop their own personalised outcomes in response to the theme. The first GCSE coursework unit is entitled Climate Change, investigating artists that focus on this theme and creatures at risk of extinction. The second unit entitled Nature, focuses on lino print-making, with the aim of developing a high level of expertise within this medium, also investigating the work of different print-makers to further develop their own ideas.

The GCSE exam follows the same structure as a Coursework unit and is a theme-based project set by the Exam Board.

Key Words

We aim to support students in their literacy across all curriculum subjects. We provide key word lists as a teaching and learning tool to support student understanding of the technical vocabulary needed to articulate their learning about a particular subject.

Year 7- Key Words

Year 8- Portraiture Key Words

Year 9- Fantastical- Key Words

Year 9- Street Art- Key Words