A Level Art is about developing your creativity and the way you express ideas about the world around you, very much as a practicing artist would. The purpose of this course is to develop your ability to appreciate the visual world, respond in a personal and creative way and perhaps even contribute for the benefit of everyone. The skills you will develop will be varied. Among them, you will develop a working knowledge of materials, practices and technology within art; develop the skills to interpret and convey your ideas and feelings using art, craft and design; develop your imaginative and creative powers and your experimental, analytical and documenting skills, and do these in increasingly independent ways What will I be studying on the course and what will I do in lessons? During the course you will explore ways of working and ideas within a given theme. There will be an experiment and exploration phase where you will be taught different techniques by your teachers. You will expand on existing skills such as painting and drawing and will also explore new techniques such as etching and screen printing. Beyond this you will be expected to progress ideas and techniques in an independent way aiming to achieve a personal style and approach to your work. Lessons are largely practical based and once in the independent development phase are tutorial based with one to one and small group discussions about your work. The A-Level course is intended to be very self directed; the theme and ideas are to be generated by the students informed by discussions with teachers, in addition there is an essay (1000 words min) that needs to be submitted as part of the project. Both the AS and A Level courses have a second unit where a broad theme is set by the exam board and will result in a piece of work completed in exam conditions.
Whilst it is not essential to have taken the GCSE Art course, if you have done so you will need to have achieved at least a grade 6. If you have not taken the GCSE course you need to show that you have an in depth interest in the subject and be able to demonstrate a solid ability in the subject
There are two projects or components in each course, a coursework project and an externally set assignment (exam unit). Each project of work is assessed in the same way, against the same criteria which has four assessment objectives. At AS the externally set component is weighted 100% of the marks and at A Level it is 60% coursework and 40% exam. 20% of the coursework mark at A level will be attributed to the essay. The criteria require you to develop ideas using the inspiration of the work of others (AO1); explore, experiment and refine different ways of working and materials to help you with your development (A02); record your observations, ideas and experiences which are relevant to the intentions of your work (A03); and produce a meaningful outcome or set of outcomes which reflect the rest of your investigation work (A04)
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Slough |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | Reddington Drive, Langley, SL3 7QS |
A Level Art is about developing your creativity and the way you express ideas about the world around you, very much as a practicing artist would. The purpose of this course is to develop your ability to appreciate the visual world, respond in a personal and creative way and perhaps even contribute for the benefit of everyone. The skills you will develop will be varied. Among them, you will develop a working knowledge of materials, practices and technology within art; develop the skills to interpret and convey your ideas and feelings using art, craft and design; develop your imaginative and creative powers and your experimental, analytical and documenting skills, and do these in increasingly independent ways What will I be studying on the course and what will I do in lessons? During the course you will explore ways of working and ideas within a given theme. There will be an experiment and exploration phase where you will be taught different techniques by your teachers. You will expand on existing skills such as painting and drawing and will also explore new techniques such as etching and screen printing. Beyond this you will be expected to progress ideas and techniques in an independent way aiming to achieve a personal style and approach to your work. Lessons are largely practical based and once in the independent development phase are tutorial based with one to one and small group discussions about your work. The A-Level course is intended to be very self directed; the theme and ideas are to be generated by the students informed by discussions with teachers, in addition there is an essay (1000 words min) that needs to be submitted as part of the project. Both the AS and A Level courses have a second unit where a broad theme is set by the exam board and will result in a piece of work completed in exam conditions.
Whilst it is not essential to have taken the GCSE Art course, if you have done so you will need to have achieved at least a grade 6. If you have not taken the GCSE course you need to show that you have an in depth interest in the subject and be able to demonstrate a solid ability in the subject
There are two projects or components in each course, a coursework project and an externally set assignment (exam unit). Each project of work is assessed in the same way, against the same criteria which has four assessment objectives. At AS the externally set component is weighted 100% of the marks and at A Level it is 60% coursework and 40% exam. 20% of the coursework mark at A level will be attributed to the essay. The criteria require you to develop ideas using the inspiration of the work of others (AO1); explore, experiment and refine different ways of working and materials to help you with your development (A02); record your observations, ideas and experiences which are relevant to the intentions of your work (A03); and produce a meaningful outcome or set of outcomes which reflect the rest of your investigation work (A04)
