This qualification aims to encourage an adventurous and enquiring approach to art. Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate an understanding of past and contemporary art practice and be able to produce artwork that embraces a range of ideas. Candidates should be encouraged to reflect on their own work and on the work of others. Course Content and Assessment The specification is designed to facilitate increasing opportunities for candidates to determine the nature and direction of their own studies. Candidates will have opportunities to explore the variety of formal elements, processes and practices which underpin art, as experienced through the four units. In addition to the above, candidates will be required to submit supporting studies which will contain evidence of students’ visual thinking and conceptual understanding, recording their responses to chosen ideas. Assessment Objectives The assessment objectives. They are equally weighted and form the basis of the course. AO1 1. Development of ideas – Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. AO2 2. Refine - Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. Experiment as much as possible and refine/review often. AO3 3. Recording – Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. AO4 4. Outcomes - Bring together investigations in relation to creative intentions to realise final outcome(s). Written component- An essay is written by students alongside their Component 1 project in Year 13. This is marked separately, making up 12% of the final grade.
Students should have achieved GCSE grade 5 or higher in Art. Alternatively, the submission of a portfolio of relevant work will be assessed for suitability for study at this level.
Unit 1: Coursework Unit 2: Internally Set Assignment 60 % Written Personal study Unit 3: Externally Set Assignment 40% (including 15 hours timed examination)
About Education Provider
| Region | East of England |
| Local Authority | Hertfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0UU |
This qualification aims to encourage an adventurous and enquiring approach to art. Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate an understanding of past and contemporary art practice and be able to produce artwork that embraces a range of ideas. Candidates should be encouraged to reflect on their own work and on the work of others. Course Content and Assessment The specification is designed to facilitate increasing opportunities for candidates to determine the nature and direction of their own studies. Candidates will have opportunities to explore the variety of formal elements, processes and practices which underpin art, as experienced through the four units. In addition to the above, candidates will be required to submit supporting studies which will contain evidence of students’ visual thinking and conceptual understanding, recording their responses to chosen ideas. Assessment Objectives The assessment objectives. They are equally weighted and form the basis of the course. AO1 1. Development of ideas – Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. AO2 2. Refine - Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. Experiment as much as possible and refine/review often. AO3 3. Recording – Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. AO4 4. Outcomes - Bring together investigations in relation to creative intentions to realise final outcome(s). Written component- An essay is written by students alongside their Component 1 project in Year 13. This is marked separately, making up 12% of the final grade.
Students should have achieved GCSE grade 5 or higher in Art. Alternatively, the submission of a portfolio of relevant work will be assessed for suitability for study at this level.
Unit 1: Coursework Unit 2: Internally Set Assignment 60 % Written Personal study Unit 3: Externally Set Assignment 40% (including 15 hours timed examination)
