You Are Here » Methodist College Home The College » Parents - Form One » Art

Art

Summer Term 2012

 The Art Department runs three units over the spring and summer terms and staff choose the order in which they deliver these to make best use of resources. Some of this information will already be in the details for the Spring Term section below.

Which booklets/ topics/ themes etc will be covered in the Summer term and roughly how long will each topic take?

UNIT 1:
Corporate Identity		 Pupils design a corporate identity for an aquarium, working in groups and as individuals, they design a logo,  poster and homepage for a website using Photoshop.
   
UNIT 2: 
Ceramics		 Pupils produce a low-relief ceramic tile inspired by their favourite building.
   
UNIT 3: 
Mixed media textiles		 Pupils produce a mixed media textile outcome on the theme ‘Under the Sea’.

Will there be an end of topic test or any formal homeworks/ assessed coursework for a particular topic?  If so, what will it entail and roughly when will it be set?

Work is continuously assessed and the best 2 coursework marks are taken for summer assessment. This represents 80% of the marks for assessment. 10% of the marks come from the Exhibition Report (see attachment). This is set over the Easter holidays and 4 weeks are allowed for its completion. The remaining 10% comes from the average for all practical homeworks.

Are there any resources on Learning NI that parents should be aware of concerning any of the topics/ booklets that will be covered this term? 

Form 1 Art and Design Exhibition Report -  brief for coursework and document with galleries and museums in greater Belfast area. 

Please click here to read exhibition report brief. Examples to follow.

Exams

Not applicable. Continuous assessment only.


Spring Term 2012

Which booklets/ topics/ themes etc will be covered in the Spring term and roughly how long will each topic take?

Unit 1: Corporate Identity

Pupils design a coroporate identity for an  aquarium, working in groups and as individuals, they design a logo, poster and homepage for a website using Photoshop.

Unit 2: Ceramics

Pupils produce a low-relief ceramic tile inspired by their favourite building.

Unit 3:  Mixed media textiles

Pupils produce a mixed media textile outcome on the theme ‘Under the Sea’.


Will there be an end of topic test or any formal homeworks/ assessed coursework for a particular topic?  If so, what will it entail and roughly when will it be set?

Work is continuously assessed and the best 2 coursework marks are taken for summer assessment. This represents 80% of the marks for assessment.

10% of the marks come from the Exhibition Report (see attachment - to follow). This is set over the Easter holidays and 4 weeks are allowed for its completion. The remaining 10% comes from the average for all practical homeworks.


Autumn/Winter Term 2011

Which booklets/ topics/ themes etc will be covered in the Christmas term and roughly how long will each topic take?

  • First ½ term – observational drawing of soft toys
  • ½ term to Xmas – painting based on work of Georgia O’Keeffe

Good examples of First Form work - observational drawing of soft toys

Please click on the images to see full size picture

Will there be an end of topic test or any formal homeworks/ assessed coursework for a particular topic?  If so, what will it entail and roughly when will it be set?

Research into work of Georgia O’Keeffe (set around ½ term):

  • 5 facts on life and work
  • 3 examples of work and pupil’s description of each and opinion in own words
  • Presented on A3 paper

Any practical homeworks will count towards 10% of Xmas assessment

Examples of Georgia O’Keeffe project for Form 1 Art
 
Some more examples of the Georgia O'Keeffe project