These cards have been created to support students with composition in photography. They were written for year 10 as an introduction to the skill of using different compositions such as negative space, rule of thirds, leading lines etc. and will be a useful reference for year 11 as a visual reminder. There are 6 A4 colourful cards ready to be laminated, each for a different type of composition with clear tips, diagrams and photos for reference.

This SOW has been written to get year 9 students excited about art by exploring urban artists and techniques. The SOW has been written to be student friendly, with an A3 flow diagram with images and colour coded to explain the project, with links to GCSE criteria to get students into the habit of working in a similar way to KS4.

This PowerPoint was written for a KS3 transition session with a group of SEN students but would be suitable for all groups. The topic is alternative drawing, and there are a range of short drawing tasks that focus on being creative rather than perfect or accurate in order to build confidence.

This resources is a double sided A3 learning mat which breaks down the AOs for students, highlighting what they need to do to be successful in each area. A particularly good resource for encouraging students to push for higher grades. Colourful, clear and student friendly, my classes have responded well to this resource and found it useful!

A student friendly SOW based on insects, with an A3 visual flow diagram to demonstrate the project overview with links to AOs as well as a task overview.

Introductory lesson to photograms - suitable for GCSE and A-level. Practical element to the lesson, including labelling the darkroom equipment. Full lesson with worksheets and review.

18 week project based on faces and figure aimed at year 9. Skills focus on drawing, printmaking and mixed media, linked to artists such as Rankin and Angie Hoffmeister.

This has been a really successful scheme of work. Students engaged with it really well, partly due to the variety of artists that I presented to them but also due to the potential for an abstract approach to the project. We did a lot of clay in this project, including a day with an artist which is something I'd highly recommend if you have the budget. The SOW is broken down by week, giving tasks linked to AOs, Skills focus and extensions for HPA. In addition to the SOW, I've also included a worksheet with artist images on that I used for this project.

This lesson worked really well with year 9, engaging them during the pattern drawing element of the task, and then teaching them some basic photoshop skills as a follow up lesson (using the worksheet). Students design a pattern page, you then need to scan their drawings ready for the following photoshop lesson where they add colour and further patterns. One tip - get students to press fairly hard in pencil or go over designs in pen so the scanner can see them clearly!

The idea behind this presentation is to encourage students to engage more in form time, and to take some ownership over what they do in the mornings whilst encouraging leadership skills. A good introduction with some tips and outlines to structure their sessions. I've previously used this with sixth form tutor groups but it would probably work with KS4 too.

I've previously used this with sixth form tutor groups, but they'd probably work with KS4 too. This presentation introduces the idea of students leading form time, each leading a different debate, along with a discussion on the purpose of developing debate skills.

This table structures the analysis of an individual photograph through the use of various prompt questions and scaffolds. Ideal for A-level students, and for pushing GCSE students to work at a higher level.

This is a good worksheet to go along with teaching students the difference between SLR and DSLR cameras. There’s a table to summarise the differences, positives and negatives, a table to input the meanings of key terms linked to them both, and an image of an SLR camera to be labelled.

This resource explains how a pinhole camera works, how to take and develop pinhole photographs and key words associated with definitions. Ideal for introducing the technique.

This is a product design project based on designing trainers. The SOW details weekly tasks for a 10 week project suitable for year 7 or 8. The tasks include product analysis, product design, logo and packaging design, marketing and evaluation. Also included is the 15 page booklet which includes all worksheets and resources for the unit, including self, peer and teacher assessment boxes.

This powerpoint was written for my year 11 students who are doing a project on Distortion. After looking at the work of Suzanne Saroff, I wanted students to complete a photoshoot of a single glass, demonstrating how you can get a real variety of photos documenting distortion with a little creativity. Each slide includes examples of photos and key tips for success!

This checklist lists all of the tasks that I expect all students to complete for a GCSE Photography project. It is colour coded linked to the AOs, features clear success criteria for each task, and offers a 'going for gold' extension to push the higher ability students. A really good resource for encouraging students to work independently, as well as for reference when structuring their projects.