At Chase Terrace Academy we aspire for all of our pupils to achieve greater things than they ever thought possible.
We pride ourselves on being a warm and welcoming school that places community at the heart of everything we do. Our ambitious curriculum is enriching and inclusive, providing challenge and breadth for all. This empowers our pupils to become compassionate, confident and creative individuals who are resilient, respectful and equipped with a desire to take up a fulfilling role in society and the wider world.
In Art and Photography, we encourage pupils to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative and enterprising. Through the evaluation of past and present visual communication and cultures, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. The rationale behind our curriculum design aims to embrace not only the personal interests, local contexts but also place the value of visual arts in the world of potential career pathways. These pathways include both local and National competitions and events exposing learners to a global world where the arts thrive, cultural links are imbedded throughout.
Our curriculum design is aimed to be broadly balanced across the visual arts, driven by a desire to increase learners understanding and application of visual literacy, the empowerment of increased confidence in their own creativity and understanding of the universal language of Art, Craft and Design. Through their experience they will revisit and refine knowledge and skills whilst introducing new concepts which embrace cross curricular elements and subjects. The skills covered within this are broad. Art is generally delivered through the Fine Arts (painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking), and the 3D/ Photography endorsements through (ceramics, textiles, photography, CAD, CAM, photoshop).
Art and design and photography offers pupils the opportunity to develop their creativity by using a range of skills in a wide variety of contexts. Pupils are entitled to communicate and to express their ideas and feelings through visual and other forms. Through exploring and sharing these ideas, pupils develop confidence and independence in learning. This is essential to becoming a successful learner who enjoys learning, makes progress and achieves
To become confident individuals: Through working in art, craft and design pupils become open to the excitement and inspiration offered by both the natural and made worlds. By engaging in purposeful, imaginative and creative activities pupils learn to take managed risks, trying out new ideas and new ways of working without fear of failure. Through a range of processes, including drawing perceptively and creatively, pupils observe and investigate the world around them, inventing and visualising with increasing independence and ambition. Through allowing their work to be driven by imagination, experience and issues in the real world they learn to explore and interpret ideas and emotions, and develop understanding of others. By developing and using sets of values to evaluate their own and others’ work, pupils are able to increase confidence in their own opinions, in their feelings of self-worth and in their ability to relate to others.
To become responsible citizens: The investigations in art, photography and design help pupils to appreciate the diversity of ideas and approaches to conveying meaning. They learn to understand, respect, value and engage with their own and other cultures and traditions. They learn that through their creative contributions it is possible to change things for the better. Working in the areas of art, craft and design, and in applied practices, promotes an enterprising culture and develops pupils’ ability to work collaboratively with others by taking different roles in teams. Pupils’ understanding and appreciation of fine art, design and photography will enrich their lives now and in the future.
In summary our aims are:
- To develop lifelong interests and a passion for Art and Design
- To extend an appreciation for the diverse world we live in
- To establish a reflective & Resilience, to understand that making mistakes is part of the process.
- To promote enthusiasm, Innovation & creativity developing personal confidence and self-management skills
- For students to gain an ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- To embed knowledge of future pathways within the creative industry.
- A strong foundation of the technical competencies and critical knowledge required to be a strong future learner.
- To select projects and problems that are relevant to the children in our community.
- To review the school’s development plan and design projects that address areas of need.
- To ensure that our curriculum is ‘scaffold’ to celebrate the diverse cultures within our locality and the wider world from year 7 all the way through to year 13.
We allow flexibility within our delivery for pupils and teachers to take creative ownership of their projects, working as individuals and taking risks. We recognise the diversity of both our pupils and staff an embrace approaches that support the strengths and needs as they present themselves. We work on external local and national briefs to ensure that learners appreciate potential pathways and the value of art outside their learning environment Learners are actively encouraged to engage in local, National and International projects these include the Lichfield Christmas tree project in year 8 and the Grace Cares project in Year 9. A real emphasis is given to the diverse methods and purposes and values to drawing, allowing access for all and establishing value in future CEIAG (Careers education, information, advice and guidance) pathways. As well as the practical elements outlined about teachers also select and present meaningful critical, historical and contextual elements to the work that are fully integrated into the practical delivery of the subject. Pupils will engage in written studies to support the theoretical or conceptual approach to their work. Throughout their studies literacy support is scaffolded to introduce key terminology, subject specialist knowledge, analytical and evaluative vocabulary.
The impact of learning will be measured formally through the marking of work in book, digital pieces and 3D outcomes. Assessments will be made in 3 key areas at KS3, 4 areas at KS4 and 5 areas at KS5. These are in line with IBASEOM at KS3 to look at visual recording, artist research and use of media. At KS4 further to these we also assess final outcomes and how their projects come together as a whole. At KS5 further to these we Mark AO5 which is a written essay of wider research personal to them.
| Sixth Form (Year 12 and 13) | Curriculum Implementation Plan |
| Knowledge Organiser – Art | |
| Knowledge Organiser – Photography |