A handy step-by-step guide using artist JIM DINE to help your students create excellent Artist Research pages. Includes: -Assessment Objectives -Examples of Artist Studies -Animated diagram explaining how to create an Artist Research -Template that helps students in interpreting an artwork -Resources to support Art vocabulary

I used this with my Year 9s and got some really great results back Iain McArthur and Birds Includes: A Checklist the explains clearly exactly what to do. Example outcomes A range of activities that develop … -Knowledge -Analysis -Skills …all leading to a challenging and fun final outcome This could be 2 or 3 lesson’s worth of work easily.

Need a drawing Assessment quick? Print this out and you’re ready to go! Observational drawing task, ideal for KS3. Includes: -Instructions -Assessment Criteria -Easy to mark

Honestly. Here is your first KS3 lesson done… with class. -Do Now Activity -Rules & Routines of the Art class -How to use a sketchbook -Deeper Questioning -Baseline Drawing Assessment -Success Criteria & Assessment Material for Baseline -Homework -Inspirational video clip Make a few tweaks to customise for your school and you are ready for all of your first KS3 Art lessons!

I assigned this to my new GCSE groups so that students could continue improving their drawing and knowledge while at home. A challenging mini unit of work based on Iain Macarthur’s animal illustrations (line, pattern, detail etc) that offers choice and includes opportunities to develop a range of technical skills and demonstrate creativity. Organised into the following tasks: -Knowledge -Interpretation -Practice -Inspiration -Final piece My students enjoyed it and the outcomes were decent. I hope your students enjoy it too!

A 26 page booklet of art activities for artists of all abilities. Designed to challenge and inspire… while developing skill, knowledge and creativity. Staying home and don’t know what to do? Now’s a great time to learn something new. Refining skills, or just for fun- Drawing is for everyone! Creativity, technique, knowledge aplenty For humans aged 4 to 120 Parents, teachers, sisters, brothers- Let me know if this is useful and I will make others.

I created this to use for an interview lesson with a group of Year 9 boys. I had a lot of fun teaching the lesson, all students were engaged, learning and making progress… and I got the job. Includes powerpoint & lesson plan. Just add: paper, markers, wire, masking tape, scissors/wire cutters and students Learning Objectives & Outcomes: -To understand and reflect on the purpose of a portrait, using key terms -To create an abstract, dimensional portrait, developing problem-solving skills while working with wire We look at a classic Velazques and compare it with Bacon’s reinterpretation Key words: -line -continuous line drawing -sculpture -shape -abstract -portrait Enjoy!

The perfect activity to follow up on a unit on portrait drawing. Use this to have your students developing their own pattern taking inspiration from a variety of sources. Complete lesson with lesson plan & differentiation. Create a Self Portrait taking inspiration from the style of artist Kehinde Wiley. There are two parts to this artwork : Your tonal grid drawing (last 2 lessons) Your personalised background pattern (today) Key words for this project: Pattern, Portrait, Design, Shape, Identity, Personalisation, Repeat, Symmetry, Flip, Reverse, Colour Scheme, Harmonious, Monochromatic, Complimentary

Download this & use the steps to get your students pizza-making in no time! We used ready-roll pizza bases and I had students working in groups of 3. Works perfectly with my Food Tech Booklet.

2 for 1- You are getting both the Year 7 & Year 8 booklets. Everything you need to kick-off your food tech unit! This one-of-a-kind booklet will safely take your students on a journey through 7 different practicals while engaging their senses and challenging their knowledge & skills. -A wide range of activities and practicals -Assessment Criteria -Links to GCSE themes -Do Now & reflection activities I will learn about hygiene, equipment, routines & organisation of the kitchen I will learn how to cooperate with others to safely prepare food using a range of skills I will learn the importance of healthy eating and plan nutritious menus I will learn how to taste and describe food using sensory vocabulary

An entire Design Technology term in one file… print off this booklet and your KS3 students can enjoy learning about Product Design, how to draw & render using 3D geometric forms, video game design, logo design & printmaking. Includes: -30 pages of engaging, challenging activities -Assessment Criteria -Extended writing task -Self & peer assessment checkpoints -Teacher feedback checkpoints -Assessments -Do Now tasks -Key vocabulary In a hurry? Need something now? Edit this to suit your school and you will be ready to go in a flash.

Bring in a bag of strawberry laces to ensure this lesson is a hit. I used this resource to help my students learn the importance of knots and to have some knot-tying practice. Our Textiles mission: To learn how to tie a variety of knots and decide which ones are most appropriate for our future projects. Features: Video clips, success criteria, historical information about knots, fun facts, step-by-step instruction & more.

**INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENT USE Tip: Use this framework as a guide to organise your self-assessment writing whenever we do www & ebi. Look carefully at your work and think of what www (use the vocabulary in the green to help you). Working from left to right choose words from each section to build a sentence to evaluate your work. Repeat for ebi (use the vocabulary in the yellow to help you). -Make sure you write using complete sentences. -Make sure your sentences make sense. -Ensure you are being honest about your work.

Open this file for ideas on how to organise a scheme fo work for Art/Design Technology.

Use these bookmarks to build confidence in your students and celebrate high quality work. -Print out a PRIDE PIECE bookmark for each of your students. (Laminate if you wish to resuse). The idea is to allow students to reflect on their work, developping self-criticality and celebrating when they complete work to a high standard.

Use this resource to get your students drawing portraits using tone & the observational method. This resource includes instructions for 2 different skills and could cover 3-4 lessons: 1- Self-portrait drawing from observation 2- Half-portrait of a celebrity. Differentiated targets for Stretch & Challenge, More able and less able students.

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.

Includes: Everything you need to get your students to design and create their own wire insect sculpture. -3 powerpoints to take students through the stages of the unit: Draw/Design/Plan/Execute/Evaluate -Clear instructions & lesson objectives -Assessment Criteria -Key Vocabulary -Homework