Year 7 Parents Evening - 14th June 5pm-7pm
We aim for our students:
The creative industry in the UK is one of the fastest growing industries; it is driving economic growth across the UK and is on track to create one million new creative industries jobs by 2030. Visual Arts, Craft, Design and Photography are extremely important subjects and play a key role within our curriculum at King James. The Art department is a very successful department and we offer a good selection of courses that allow students to develop skills in a wide variety of disciplines. Students develop a range of skills within the creative subjects we offer; we teach students the skills and techniques they need to express their creativity, develop themselves as critical thinkers, explore and express their own ideas as well as the ability to work well independently and collaboratively. We believe learning outside of the classroom is crucial and strongly value the experiences students gain when on visits to galleries, exhibitions and different cultural venues. We offer a range of visits each year with some being more to more local venues in KS3 as well as an annual international visit for KS4 and KS5.
All students in KS3 follow a fine Art, 3D and cultural scheme based around key themes. Students in Year 7 develop skills in colour, mark making, mixed media and 3D design. They are influenced by artists and designers and art from different cultures
Students continue on their journey in year 8 and build skills and techniques, experimenting and learning through chance. Y8 students focus on team work and team building skills focusing on our learning wall and the thinking colours and 5r’s plus one. Students follow topics on the themes of contemporary art, 3d Cubist Heads and Aboriginal Journeys.
Year 9 students are challenged to work as they would in GCSE and are given the opportunity to become independent and produce work to a given brief. Students develop further skills learnt in previous years and begin to explore further with new techniques and material including hot wax batik.
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Under Water and Colour Theory |
Contemporary Art studies and research |
Portraiture Studies and Experimentation |
Underwater outcome |
Contemporary Art Response |
Portraiture Outcome |
Fantasy Food Research and experimentation |
Cubist research and experimentation |
Surrealist research and experimentation |
Fantasy Food Outcome |
Cubist 3D Outcome |
Surrealist Room Outcome |
Cultural Celebration research and experimentation |
Aboriginal Cultural studies and research |
African Culture research and sampling |
Cultural Celebration Outcome |
Aboriginal Journey Outcomes |
African Art Outcome |
Year 7 | Learning Journey - Art - Year 7.pdf |
Year 8 | Learning Journey - Art - Year 8.pdf |
Year 9 | Learning Journey - Art - Year 9.pdf |