Use this KS2/KS3 Art & History lesson to engage students with medieval art and have them design a shield that represents their identity. Includes: -Assessment Criteria -Examples of Medieval Shields -Shield templates

Use these editable Art Activity Feedback Trackers to organise the learning for each of your year groups over the course of the year. These trackers can be stuck into the inside cover of the sketchbook and allow for you to communicate regularly with students about their progress as well as enabling students to take ownership and be more independent in their art-making. Includes: -Instructions for Artist Activity -Self/Peer & Teacher Main Assessment Checkpoints -Space for the teacher to write a quick target for improvement -Formative & Summative Assessment

-Use this assembly to help educate and raise awareness about refugees and how we can support them. -Defines important terminology to address misconceptions about what a refugee is or is not. -Develops empathy, gets students thinking about what it might be like to face the challenges that a refugee has to face -short video clips to further emphasise the importance of World Refugee Week -Good for primary or secondary asemblies Approximate running time: 10-15 minutes

A 10-15 minute assembly on the important topic of bullying just in time for ANTI-BULLYING WEEK 2024. Includes: Reflection questions Definitions for different types of bullying Tips on how to be an upstander A choice of relevant videos to share Resources at the end so students know how to get help when they need it.

Use this Ppt. to introduce the artist (designer) Nina Chakrabarti to your students and get them experimenting with portraiture and exploring the limits of mark-making. You just need black fineliner pens and some photos of faces. Enjoy!

A simple lesson to get students drawing- hearts, lungs and mixed body parts.

Staying home and don’t know what to do? Now’s a great time to do something for you! Quiet, focused, relaxing fun- Colouring is for everyone! I’m always drawing in black & white, I’d like you to help me make things right. Go get your markers, pick a place to start And help me add colour to my Art….

1 page NUTRIENTS knowledge organiser for KS3

Can be used as a revision lesson or set as homework. Can be printed out as a booklet.

-Use this resource to get your AS students thinking about the exam theme Structures. -Students will explore portraiture through drawing as well as learn about portraits by notable traditional and contemporary artists. -Students will practice their portrait-drawing skills and independently create a self-portrait working in the style of a chosen artist.

-Use this ppt to start your KS3 students onto a baseline drawing, working from any object. (We use this at the beginning of the year to assess ability on entry and collect a sample of existing skill). -Succinctly explain what observational drawing is and get your students to practice the skill right away. Featuring: -Instructions for the activity -6 Steps to success -Tonal chart Just add: Objects, pencils, paper and students.

Use this resource to kick-off The Edexcel A2 exam preparation period from February 1st onwards. Enough resources here to keep your students interested and productive for several lessons... Featuring: -Instructions & Examples for 3 tasks to ensure your students are engaging with the theme and to support them in completing work to a high standard: -Mindmap Challenge task -Mood Board Collage -Artist Research page -Artist Creative Response task -Collaborative Photo project

Get your students drawing animals realistically and imaginatively as well as researching relevant artists, earning marks for Assessment Objective 1, 2 & 3. A powerpoint featuring... -introduction to a range of different traditional and contemporary animal artists for students to choose from -Instructions and success criteria for an observational animal drawing task -Instructions and success criteria for an imaginative animal drawing task

Everything you need in one ppt! -Use this resource to get ALL of your year 11 students effectively researching and writing high quality Artist Study pages to earn top marks for AO1. -Hopper is featured in the new Beginnings/End exam Edexcel paper, why not use this ppt to scaffold for your students how to do a proper artist study. Featuring: -A foolproof system with step by step instructions on how to analyse Hoppers’ work using SEMI -Printable differentiated worksheets for students to answer questions and fill in the blanks -A comprehensive and engaging introduction to Hopper’s work -Examples of high quality GCSE research pages -Success Criteria & Edexcel mark scheme -Tips and tricks for top attainers -Video clips to an analysis of Hopper’s work.

Need a quick, engaging cover lesson for your KS3 art students? 2 for 1 on cover lessons: -Design a Wassily Kandinsky Google Logo for your school -Keith Harring Creativity Test worksheet

Use this resource to show your students how to revise effectively.

An 'egg-cellent' way to push your students to draw and paint from observation without 'crackin' a sweat. We used this activity as a 5 hour practical art exam. Includes: -2 lessons: Exam activity & imaginative response -Step-by-step instructions for success -Assessment criteria -Visual examplars -Links to relevant artists All you need to do now is go buy some eggs!

A-level and GCSE students will enjoy learning about Ursus Wehrli in this introduction to DECONSTRUCTIVISM in Art. -Differentiated Assessment Criteria for a deconstructive collage task -Definition of Deconstructivism -Guided Annotation -Homework assignment

Save loads of money by creating your own school rewards postcards! Instead of ordering through a company and paying loads of money for rewards postcards, why not print them off yourself using this resource. 1. Add your own school logo to the postcard (if you wish). 2. Print out in colour A6 size on cardstock. 3. Distribute to your staff to use. 4. Write a personal message on the inside of the postcard (& add the address if you want to mail it) 5. Hand it to the student and praise them for their effort (or drop it in the post if you want it to be a surprise).

Use this Marking crib sheet to simplify your marking and develop student's self-criticality. The idea is to use a marking crib sheet to collate generic comments rather than writing them down into individual books. The benefits include garnering a whole class overview and thus allowing for your planning to be more specific. This file can be adapted to use with any subject.