Christmas is nearly here .... but we will be handing out the GCSE Art External Task papers as soon as we return in January 2016. Reduce your holiday workload with this resource. These documents provide a structured guide for students, outlining a week by week approach to developing preparatory work and emphasising the importance of fully covering the Assessment Objectives. Included is a checklist to help students keep themselves on track. Also, a visual prompt sheet for analysing the artwork of recognised artists. The resource is provided as a PDF and also as a Word document so that it can be easily edited to suit your school's specific needs. These resources have been devised by Mael Matthews, Senior Art Moderator for the UK's largest Art Exam board.

This poster compares the current GCSE grades (A -G) with the new grading system (9 - 1). Suitable as a poster around school or a hand out for staff, students, parents and governors. This resource has been developed by Mael Matthews, experienced teacher and senior examiner for the largest UK examination board. If you have found this resource useful, why not check out our other resources ...... there are over 600 other Art education resources in the shop. You can visit by clicking here Why not follow us by clicking here for regular education news. Please don't forget to leave a comment. We value your views.

This resource provides a step by step art project suitable for year 3, 4, 5 and 6 students. The photocopiable work book guides students through a range of fun, informative, creative processes. All tasks are related to the natural world and encourage students to engage with the environment. Tasks are "self differentiating" , meaning that students of all abilities can access the tasks and develop work at an appropriate level. Students are also introduced to a range of artists along the way. Each task build on the previous one and culminates in the student devising a final outcome (a final piece of artwork). Also included is an extensive photographic library of natural images to provide inspiration to students. Photographic files included are: Plants Insects Fungi Birds Natural textures Flowers Fish Trees This project could be a great creative addition to lessons on nature and environment This resource has been devised specifically for Primary Schools by Mael Matthews, experienced Head of Art at a UK Grammar School and Senior A level Art Moderator (examiner) for one of the Uk's leading exam boards. If you would like further information about the resource, please tweet Mael @maelhmatthews

We will be handing out the Externally Set Assignment papers at the start of February. Do you ever spend lots of time finding visual resources for students to get them started? Well this extensive resource will provide students with hundreds of photographic images to help them start to generate ideas. All images are fully copiable and editable. Images are catalogued into separate Powerpoints. Subjects covered are; Autumn Landscapes Sea Rust Insects People Textures Fungi Graffiti Flowers Birds

Get your students off to a flying start with this fully editable 40 slide PowerPoint. The following information is provided for each of the 8 exam questions: 1. Possible starting points 2. An array of supporting photographic images for inspiration 3. A list of all critical and contextual studies documented in the questions, each one hyperlinked to a supporting website 4. Hyperlinks to an extensive range of other relevant artwork for each question Questions covered are Childhood memories, Windows, Letters and words, Industrial landscapes, Collections, Events and issues, Cultural influences, Dynamism and movement. Also included is a generic step by step sketchbook guide which can be edited to suit any of the exam questions. Useful for supporting struggling candidates to cover all four assessment objectives. Also a range of photographic image files to provide even further support. Simply pass on the document to students and ask them to use the images and links to begin to develop their preparatory work. Good luck to you and your students at this important and busy time.

A level Art Unit 4 Get your students off to a flying start with this PowerPoint. The following information is provided for each of the 8 exam questions: 1. Possible starting points 2. An array of supporting photographic images for inspiration 3. A list of all critical and contextual studies documented in the questions, each one hyperlinked to a supporting website 4. Hyperlinks to an extensive range of other relevant artwork for each question Questions covered are Childhood memories, Windows, Letters and words, Industrial landscapes, Collections, Events and issues, Cultural influences, Dynamism and movement. Good luck to you and your students at this important and busy time.

This resource provides 30 high quality photographic images of Spring. Flowers, insects, new growth and sun dappled landscapes to provide inspiration for students of all ages. Ideal for Art, English (Creative Writing), Geography, Biology .... or as a general classroom resource. Check out the huge range of images available in out shop.

Prepare for next academic year with this comprehensive Art Department Teacher handbook covering vision, philosophy, health and safety, expectations of students, course descriptions and more. The handbook provides a fully editable resource which can be modified to suit all Art departments.

This extensive resource provides 15 pages full of comments suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 Art student reports. Comments cover the full range of abilities and are fully editable. A very useful resource for busy Art teachers who require report writing inspiration or just a bit of help with report structures.

This resource provides 36 images associated with Easter. An ideal resource for use with all ages when a bit of inspiration is needed. Happy Easter!

This resource provides 20 high quality Spring themed images for inspiration. Suitable for inspiration for Creative Writing activities, Art projects, or simply for display. Suitable for all age groups. Enjoy the Spring!

30 Images of seas and oceans. An ideal visual resource for Geography and Art lessons.

30 images of varying landscapes. Ideal as a visual resource for Geography and Art lessons.

Save yourself loads of time with these three fully editable Art Student Handbooks. Handbooks cover KS3, GCSE and A level. They provide rationales for Art education, rules, marking systems, overview of past and present curriculum advice and a general ethos for Art. Because they are provided as Word document you can easily edit them to suit the particular needs of your school. A simple way of cutting down your planning for September.

The European Football Tournament is well under way. Join the celebrations by allowing your students to design their own football kit. They can use the templates provided to add patterns and colours. A wonderful way to introduce students to the countries of Europe. Perhaps they would like to design a new kit for their own team or simply add colour to represent their chosen nation? An ideal activity for form time or simply as a bit of fun at the end of a busy day. Suitable for KS2 and KS3. Whichever team you and your students are supporting, good luck and enjoy the tournament!

This resource provides a fun superhero based activity for form time. An opportunity to encourage students to consider positive behaviour traits as superpowers. Suitable for KS2 and 3 students. A choice of superhero templates are offered, both male and female, which allow children to add colour and designs. Children can then develop a positive character for the hero by deciding on "superpowers" and background.

This exciting unit of work is provided ion two formats, an "at a glance" version and an in depth version. Each version includes a step by step guide to delivering the lessons in the unit. Also included are students friendly support guides, exemplar work images, health and safety, critical and contextual studies ideas, homework and cross curricular links. We hope that you and your students enjoy the resource.

This exciting unit of work is provided ion two formats, an "at a glance" version and an in depth version. Each version includes a step by step guide to delivering the lessons in the unit. Also included are students friendly support guides, exemplar work images, health and safety, critical and contextual studies ideas, homework and cross curricular links. We hope that you and your students enjoy the resource.

A huge visual resource suitable for all subjects and age ranges. Over 1000 high quality photographs organised into easy to navigate files. Included are the following themes: Autumn Summer Monsters Birds Buildings Christmas Landscapes Fish Flowers Fungi Graffiti Hands Insects Natural Textures Numbers People Rust Sky Sea Water Trees Faces Halloween Patterns Perspective Colour ....... and more. Also this is a resource that will continue to grow, with new topic files being added regularly. Next to be added (on 19.6.16) is Brazil. Purchase of this resource provides you with a live link that you simply click on to send you to the files in the cloud. It works and it's quick and easy to use.