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Engaging, easy-to use, challenging lesson resources designed to help close the disadvantage gap. From print & go worksheets when you're in a rush to thoughtful assemblies when you need to impress. For busy, happy teachers who want highly motivated and productive students. Designed by a Head of Creative & Performing Arts, Head of Art and GCSE and A-level Art moderator. MA, BFA, NPQSL

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Engaging, easy-to use, challenging lesson resources designed to help close the disadvantage gap. From print & go worksheets when you're in a rush to thoughtful assemblies when you need to impress. For busy, happy teachers who want highly motivated and productive students. Designed by a Head of Creative & Performing Arts, Head of Art and GCSE and A-level Art moderator. MA, BFA, NPQSL
Art class cover worksheet quick download & print
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Art class cover worksheet quick download & print

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Need to print something off for ANY Art, Design Technology or English lesson? Print this off on a double sided sheet and you can relax knowing your students will be enjoying themselves as they create their own characters and comic book spread. L.O: To create our own original expressive characters using different combinations of facial features and hairstyles. Instructions: Start by choosing a pair of eyes, a nose & hair from below and draw them directly on top of the circles to the right. Feel free to be brave and invent your own features & hair too.
Art Drawing GCSE project
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Art Drawing GCSE project

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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!
Art Assessment Writing Frame  AFL
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Art Assessment Writing Frame AFL

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**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.
Wire Portraits
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Wire Portraits

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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!
Art Summer Homework GCSE
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Art Summer Homework GCSE

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100% Ready to download, print out and use! Several hours of focused tasks to keep your cohort busy all summer all on one page! -10 different summer Art challenges to inspire, engage and enthuse your students towards success in their Art GCSE. -Each is linked to the Art GCSE Assessment Objectives -Hyperlinks to helpful websites and practical tasks -Build cultural capital, photography and drawing skills, experimentation and much more!
Insect Sculpture Art Design Technology Project
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Insect Sculpture Art Design Technology Project

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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
Art: Drawing Birds & Iain McArthur Remote Learning Booklet
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Art: Drawing Birds & Iain McArthur Remote Learning Booklet

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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.
Intro to Art Baseline KS3 Rules & Routines
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Intro to Art Baseline KS3 Rules & Routines

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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!
Art Marking Crib sheet REDUCE your MARKING LOAD
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Art Marking Crib sheet REDUCE your MARKING LOAD

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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.
GCSE Art Exam Assembly
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GCSE Art Exam Assembly

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-Need to motivate a group of GCSE Art & Design students? -Looking for a decent way to get them to focus in on preparing for their exam? -Want to show visual examples of high-quality and poor-quality GCSE exam outcomes? Use this assembly resource to inspire your cohort to start taking some initiative TODAY.
Art Working on Found Surfaces Lesson Artists GCSE Recycling
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Art Working on Found Surfaces Lesson Artists GCSE Recycling

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-Instructions for a practical activity -Introduction to a range of Artists who work on founds surfaces… Ekaterina Panikava, Vhils, Florian Nicole, Carola Kastmans, Guy Denning, Ed Fairburn, Mark Powell, Robert Rauschenburg -Ready to upload or print as is- no edits needed. -Have a look at the examples of Artwork on this presentation showing the way a variety of different artists have used found surfaces to create portraits.
Cover Lesson Art Pop Lichtenstein
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Cover Lesson Art Pop Lichtenstein

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Ready to print or upload and use immediately. Perfect to use as a lesson cover Includes: -drawing activity -dot colouring task -artist information -word search
Still life Vanitas Art Skulls Remote Learning Lesson History Drawing Skills Book 1
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Still life Vanitas Art Skulls Remote Learning Lesson History Drawing Skills Book 1

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Need a high quality lesson to deliver in school or set as remote learning? This easy to use resource will have your students learning key art vocabulary, deciphering famous vanitas paintings and practising their own drawing skills using the observational, grid or upside-down techniques. I set this for my year 9 & 10 remote learning- they loved it and asked for more!
Hospitality & Catering Food Technology Booklet Several Activities Cover
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Hospitality & Catering Food Technology Booklet Several Activities Cover

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I’ve used it for KS3 or KS4, several hours (8+) worth of activities to keep students focused, engaged and learning all about a range of important topics related to Food Technology, Hospitality & Catering. 15 pages, several different topics with very clear instructions and no internet or other resources needed. Literally just print & go, I had my students record their answers in their exercise books or on lined paper.
Graffiti Art Complete Unit of Work all lessons, printable worksheets & resources
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Graffiti Art Complete Unit of Work all lessons, printable worksheets & resources

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An engaging, challenging unit of work that explores the origins of graffiti. * Includes* 7 or more lessons worth of resources definition match-up DO NOW tasks history of graffiti linking back to prehistoric times easy to print off worksheets teaching knowledge and literacy bonus cover lesson worksheet to use at any time I used it with year 9, but could work for any year. Enjoy!