An introductory lesson to Matisse - creating a collage. These can be made individually, or in groups. Slides map out the outcomes needed, and roles for effective team work! Includes literacy prompts, video links to Matisse at work, review tasks and a recap quiz :-)

Two powerpoints that will get your pupils talking positively about why rules are necessary in your classroom, and then ask them to capture their understanding of the rules, in a poster. Lots of prompts for dialogue and agreement, and structured with clear rules and outcomes, so that pupils will understand what you want, whilst being empowered to take responsibility for their own compliance, and so also their future success! Adapt the rules I have suggested, to meet your own needs :-)

All you need to support spellings and reinforce the teaching of key art vocabulary , for KS3 Art. This bundle gives you everything you need - to teach, test and display the words you want your pupils to know. spellings powerpoint - with key words of y7 & 8 - adapt these using other words, if you prefer spellings strategies cards - engaging pupil friendly cards, that pupils can use individually or in groups - to learn their spellings spelling tests grid - for pupils books. Demonstrate your pupils progress and cover literact across the curriuclum, too!

An introduction to the art of making tone, with a focus on defining what tone is, and how it can be made. 5 lessons, each with a homework, containing fun creative tasks exploring tone making using pencil, charcoal, the amazing artist Escher, and simple methods using shadows and directional light … An ‘off the peg’ set of lessons that will get your pupils creating tone - that you can adapt and extend to suit you. I’ve included a tone and light worksheet, for pupils to print off and use - either in tonal pencil or in colour. Literacy skills and evaluation are addressed, and pupils will finish the sequence of lessons with a good understanding of how to create and analyse tone - ending with an observational drawing to demonstrate their skills. this could easily be made an end of topic test.

6 Art & Design cover lessons on a range of topics that most of us teach… Easy to use - designed for use with a supply teacher / colleague who is not an Art & Design specialist - or an experienced Art & Design teacher to work with! The task topics are: sweet drawing texture worksheet still life drawing artist analysis portraits art work analysis - pupils own or artist examples Each has a task sheet, and an image sheet All have prompts to support annotation and literacy I’ve also included a blank template for each sheet, for you to adapt and make your own :-)

A Level teachers of Art & Design looking for all they need to deliver the Personal Investigation, in Y13 - will love this set of resources. They support your teaching of the unit methodically, yet creatively! Avert crisis or blank pieces of paper, with these tools. pupil plannng proposal form - for pupils to map out their ideas pupils detailed proposal form - with essay content suggestions, deadlines and word counts integrated homeworks and London research trip tasks illustrated Power Point for you to adapt and use in class annotation prompt help sheet [which in fact you could use with any art class] summer Homework task - to kick start the project at the tail end of year 12 We have used these annually in my own school for several years, and they work so well for us I thought they were definately worth offering for you to use.

Why spend time writing your own Art & Design Department handbook, when you could download and adapt mine? OFSTED and your SLT will expect you to have one, so save yourself time, and adapt and use this one! Its 45 pages contains information on: a. General introduction KS3 b. Syllabus KS3 – Course overview c. KS3 National curriculum aims d. Assessment at KS3 e. KS4 Aims f. Courses Plan KS4 & 5 g. Schemes of learning & Homework Assignments h. Assessment i. KS4 Pupil Equipment As well as an overview of Departmental Aims - with a mission statement Health and safety links with whole school policies Homeworks Trips All of which you can adapt to tailor it to your school - simply insert text and photos of your own. There are page dividers for you to place in your own handbook, and an up to date curriculum overview for all secondary key stages - used in my own department which has been graded ‘Good’ with Outstanding leadership and management.

3 presentations to compliment my popular coaching Plan-Do-Review resource. Each contains practical information and prompts to help you coach and develop teachers. Can be used as a self study resource for someone who wants to develop their coaching skills - individually, or in teams Could be used as prompt cards for coaching sessions - or in training others Key T&L content is: top tips for coaching success 5 suggested prompts for coaching sessions how to coach colleagues at different levels of T&L expertise and experience how to evaluate your coaching, to enable further growth

Art & Design A level teachers will find this countdown document VERY useful. I have found that using them has boosted our grades last year to 16% above National Average - and I work in a deprived Academy! For each of the 4 assessment objectives, it states the activities pupils can follow, as they plan for their final or mock exams. They could also be adapted for use with coursework projects. The issue many art teachers have [myself included!!] is OBLIGING pupils to make work, even if they are “stuck” for ideas. The sheet minimises that possibility. They make pupils create outcomes, EVERY lesson. This generates work that is then presented for each Assessment Objective. I have found it really focuses and motivates the pupils, if they have to mount up work for each AO on a display sheet. The countdowns: has 3 tiers of difficulty for each task set - allowing you / your pupil to differentiate can be adapted to suit your calendar - just change the dates, and number of 3 tiers lessons you need in each week can be printed off for display can be shared with parents/carers - electronically if you wish - so its easy for them too to know, what their children should be working on. So; no more blank pieces of paper, and no more blank stares from stressed out pupils, stuck for ideas! Lesson by lesson, your exam work is produced… Do try these yourself, and let me know how you get on :-)

Art & Design GCSE teachers will find these countdown documents VERY useful. I have found that using them has boosted our grades last year to 16% above National Average - and I work in a deprived Academy! Each one, for each of the 4 assessment objectives, charts the activities pupils can follow, as they plan for their final or mock exams. They could also be adapted for use with coursework projects. The issue many art teachers have [myself included!!] is OBLIGING pupils to make work, even if they are “stuck” for ideas. These sheets minimise that possibility. They make pupils create outcomes, EVERY lesson. This generates work that is then presented for each Assessment Objective. I have found it really focuses and motivates the pupils, if they have to mount up work for each AO on a display sheet. Each of these countdowns: has 3 tiers of difficulty for each task set - allowing you / your pupil to differentiate can be adapted to suit your calendar - just change the dates, and number of 3 tiers lessons you need in each week can be printed off individually, or merged into one document, for display can be shared with parents/carers - electronically if you wish - so its easy for them too to know, what their children should be working on. I have included them in different formats; in word - so you can just print them off; trim off my own lesson dates or have your pupils alter them? in excel - so can adapt them to suit your own dates, and insert / delete tasks in excel - an overview of all 4 AO’s - that you can again adapt if you wish, then clip into your planner So; no more blank pieces of paper, and no more blank stares from stressed out pupils, stuck for ideas! Lesson by lesson, your exam work is produced… Do try these yourself, and let me know how you get on :-)

An introduction to the art of making pattern, with a focus on defining what pattern is, and how it can be made. 4 lessons, each with a homework, containing fun creative tasks exploring pattern making using Zentangles, ICT, the amazing artist Romero Britto, and simple methods using repeats and rotates…so you can link it to your Maths work ? An ‘off the peg’ set of lessons that will get your pupils creating patterns - that you can adapt and extend to suit you. Literacy and book presentation skills are addressed, and pupils will finish the sequence of lessons with a good understanding of how to create and analyse patterns - in lively, contemporary ways!

A set of work centred on the 7 elements of Art & Design that students can work from remotely, at any time - especially good if you need a set of work that pupils can create easily at home? As the tasks set develop skills in the basic elements of Art & Design, they will develop your students generic Art skills, whatever their current topics or stage. A knowledge organiser, and a set of tasks are provided, for the elements of: LINE COLOUR TONE TEXTURE FORM SHAPE PATTERN All are in PDF format or image files - so they can be easily uploaded to your school website or emailed home.

A template to use in Plan-Do-Review discussions with your teaching colleagues - as you coach yourself or a peer, to develop Teaching and Learning. Aswell as the template, there are two samples used in real coaching situations - to give you an idea of how they might be used. Great as they give you a clear set of goals for your development, that are easily tracked :-)

Stretch and Challenge cards linked to common Art project themes at KS3&4, with a template teachers can use to create their own. Suitable to print and hand to pupils as extension materials, or to populate a ‘Challenge Area’ in your differentiated classroom. Easy for pupils to understand, and flexible to use - and adapt to create your own.

A straighforward powerpoint with Blooms tiers tied to evaluating pupils own art work, or that of others. Blue Screen to enable SEN pupils, with simple questions that elicit higher level responses from pupils at KS3, 4 &5. Especially useful for MA pupils and those looking to increase their marks for AO3 at GCSE and A’Level. Enables differentiated responses, in a clear and easy to understand way. Display it in class, or print it off as handouts.

A fun and easy to understand powerpoint suitable for KS2 & 3 pupils, that explains how artists like Kandinsky used abstract art to depict emotions and music. As well as art making activity - it contains easy to use literacy templates for pupils to write about their art works, and sound clips to get the pupils listening, thinking, - and painting! Lesson objectives, starter, review and PLTS prompts are in the powerpoint slides, so its an easy and practical resource to use without adaptation. Suitable for non specialists and art teachers alike - who want to teach pupils about abstraction, and how colour can be used to explain emotions.

AQA GCSE powerpoint to show pupils as the consider their options - contains embedded creativity film and creative hamster in a paintball video, to amuse and capture your audience!!

3 Items that will make assessing your KS4 Art & Design pupils so much easier! Using the grade boundaries published last year, I’ve created resources that work for my own pupils, that tell them what grades they have - and so also - how to get better! Here are: An assessment grid in language pupils can understand - that you can highlight / write on - with the boundary marks for each GCSE grade, stated A sheet of last years grade boundaries - that you can print off, for pupils to glue into their folders / sketchbooks A marking tracker, that you can use to formatively record your marks on, with a space for pupils to write in their comments, too I have found that by sharing the marking I do, and giving the pupils the chance of a re-mark, pupils [and parents] now more readily not just the grade they have - but what they can do to get better. These helped us improve our departments marks by 10% to above national average last year!

A condensed version of my exam countdown activities - shortened for the mock exam, which we do in year 10. There are 4 lessons for each assessment objective, with 3 tiers of each task, for differentitation. Alter the dates and sequence of lessons, to suit your own school :-)