Department Overview
Visual Arts is a combination of creative disciplines including fine art, textile design, graphic communications and digital photography. By developing their visual literacy, students can understand the world around them and communicate creatively.
At Biddenham we aim to inspire personal expression and cultural understanding and to promote creative and practical responses, as well as imaginative risk taking. We look to provide solutions to our material, emotional, social and virtual worlds through art and design.
Key Stage 3 builds a strong foundation in drawing, painting, printmaking and sewing skills that lead many of our students to further their Visual Arts study at Key Stages 4 and 5. We aim to inspire, challenge and motivate every student, no matter what their level of ability, while supporting them to develop creative and engaging outcomes and explore their personal interests in art and design.
Subject Learning Journey
Visit our Instagram page to view a gallery of our students’ work.
Who to contact for extra information:
Miss Parker
lizzie.parker@biddenham.beds.sch.uk
Assessments
| Fine Art - Key Stage 3 | Fine Art - Key Stage 4 | Fine Art - Key Stage 5 |
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Students are assessed against a set of project-specific success criteria. They are assessed according to the techniques and skills they have demonstrated within each project through their practical and written work, and verbal contributions. Verbal feedback is given throughout the course to help students refine their skills. Independent learning skills are developed through extended homework tasks. |
Component 1: Portfolio A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives (60% of final marks)
Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper (preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
Component 1: Personal Investigation (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (preparatory period followed by 15 hours supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
| Textiles - Key Stage 4 | |
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Component 1: Portfolio A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper (preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
| Graphics Communications - Key Stage 4 | Graphics Communications - Key Stage 5 |
| Component 1: Portfolio A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper (preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
Component 1: Personal Investigation (60% of final marks) Component 2: Externally Set Assignment (preparatory period followed by 15 hours supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
| Digital Photography - Key Stage 5 |
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Component 1: Portfolio A portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives (60% of final marks)
Component 2: Externally Set Assignment Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper (preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time, 40% of final marks) |
Exam Board Information
