Currently work in the Youth Justice Service developing programmes of intervention for young people in the service.
Past experience working as a teacher of Art and Graphics in a young offenders institute, teacher in alternative provision education specialising in SEMH & SEND, and mainstream secondary teacher of Design Technology and Art & Design.
I pride myself on creating visually appealing resources with interesting content that appeals to young people who are disengaged from education.
Currently work in the Youth Justice Service developing programmes of intervention for young people in the service.
Past experience working as a teacher of Art and Graphics in a young offenders institute, teacher in alternative provision education specialising in SEMH & SEND, and mainstream secondary teacher of Design Technology and Art & Design.
I pride myself on creating visually appealing resources with interesting content that appeals to young people who are disengaged from education.
A PDF containing a range of abstract photographers with examples of their work.
I designed this to inspire GCSE Year 10 pupils at a previous school.
I have also added a portrait photographer PDF file as well (separate upload)
A series of worksheets (all in one PDF) created to develop learner understanding of colour theory and colour schemes.
The worksheets have been designed for use in a young offender institute, and so the subject is aimed at teenage boys.
These would work as a cover lesson, homework or taught lesson activity.
Feel free to ask any questions.
A series of worksheets I have produced to develop learner knowledge of the influences and contexts surrounding the creation of graphic design and art. These were designed to meet part of the assessment criteria for Unit 02 of the NCFE Level 1 Award in Graphic Design, however they would suit mainstream KS3 and KS4 as homework, cover lesson worksheets or starters.
Feel free to ask any questions.
A poster I designed to support learners on the NCFE qualifications and to help them understand the expectations within different learning objectives and assessment criteria.
I have also uploaded a Music Technology and Graphic Design version.
A poster I designed to support learners on the NCFE qualifications and to help them understand the expectations within different learning objectives and assessment criteria.
I have also uploaded a Performing Arts and Graphic Design version.
This is a full unit of work for the NCFE Level 2 Certificate / Diploma in Creative Media (Graphic Design). I wrote it to deliver within a young offender setting and it works really well for 15-18 year old learners that are low ability.
I have included pretty much all of the corresponding worksheets for the unit in this bulk resource.
Prior to me writing the qualification, I found very little resources for the NCFE quals so hopefully this will support others now!
I have also uploaded:
NCFE Level 1 Award in Graphic Design
Unit 01 - Visual
Unit 02 - Influential
Unit 03 - Rebrand
Unit 04 - Create
NCFE Level 2 Certificate / Diploma in Creative Media (Graphic Design)
Unit 02 - Minimalist (this unit)
Unit 04 - Typo
Unit 07 - Communicate
Unit 08 - Illustrate
The NCFE EQA approves of the formatting for the unit booklets and finds them very easy to quality assure.
Feel free to message me with any questions.
I have recently modified the resources to remove all youth justice reference. If you require any changes, please feel free to contact me nataliesheldon86@outlook.com
A series of design movement worksheets I have created for use in my lessons. I use these alongside the NCFE Level 1/2 in Graphic Design, however they would work well in KS3 and GCSE curriculum, perhaps as a homework task.
Would suit Art & Design, Graphic Design and Design Technology subject areas.
Have also uploaded some more Graphic/Design/Technology based worksheets of the same style.
A series of design movement worksheets I have created for use in my lessons. I use these alongside the NCFE Level 1/2 in Graphic Design, however they would work well in KS3 and GCSE curriculum, perhaps as a homework task.
Would suit Art & Design, Graphic Design and Design Technology subject areas.
Have also uploaded some more Art based worksheets of the same style.
I created these slips for learners on my course to demonstrate how they have embedded literacy and/or numeracy into their graphic design
This is a big push within young offender learning and it helps the learners to understand the relevance of core subjects within pathways and the real world
Happy to edit the PDF for other subject areas - please just contact me!
A series of key words / terminology displayed in categories relating to Art & Design, Photography and Graphic Design
Taken from the AQA GCSE website
Perfect blown up on display - can be copied onto coloured paper for effect, or even placed in sketchbooks as a daily reference
A series of displays I created for my classroom
Colour theories, Pantone and Swiss Design
I use these in my young offender Graphic Design classroom but they would work in any creative environment
A set of worksheets relating to different graphic designers
Each one encourages the learner to consider the designer and the reasons behind the given example, with reference made to the visual elements of design
Work well with the NCFE Creative qualifications, but would also work as a homework task for mainstream KS3 / KS4 Art & Design based subjects
KS3 lesson on types of wood
Written to start to incorporate the new Design & Technology GCSE framework into KS3 learning
PowerPoint includes worksheets to be printed. When I delivered this lesson I found it useful to get the learners working in small groups (on tables that were strategically arranged to mix SEN, behavioural and higher ability learners).
Feel free to ask me any questions!
A series of resources I designed for a KS3 (Year 8) mixed ability Art & Design class.
The theme of the scheme of work was African Plank Masks
Resources included: starter, two homework tasks, artist study and presentation with basic stages
Feel free to ask me any questions
I tended to group learners strategically to support with SEN, behavioural difficulties and to challenge those that are higher ability
A learner friendly peer feedback slip designed for use in an Art & Design lesson (with a project focused around Robots, however the design is very neutral and suitable for a variety of subject areas!)
A great tool for formative assessment and a way to encourage learners to work together and respect each other (British Values).
A series of GCSE Textiles Technology worksheets that I created to support a year 11 class with their revision in the lead up to their exams.
I tried to make the worksheets very user friendly and used the AQA revision guide alongside the creation of them (a great book to encourage learners to read as they revise).
A series of worksheets designed to encourage higher order thinking in the classroom
I currently use these with young offenders, however they would work just as well in a mainstream classroom
I designed them with a creative subject area in mind (given that I deliver Graphic Design), however they could work in other subjects as a creative and cross-curricular starter!
NCFE Level 1 Award in Graphic Design command words display / poster
I designed this to display on my wall to help learners with the command words commonly used, to ensure they successfully meet the assessment criteria
Also relevant for GCSE Art & Design - happy to edit the document, please just message me!
This resource is something I designed to help embed literacy within my qualification.
The front of the resource contains a highly colourful range of examples to demonstrate the formal elements in Art and visual elements in Graphic Design.
The back of the resource contains:
Support for annotating work (with bullet points to encourage thinking)
Sentence starters to help reflect on positives about a piece of their design/art
Sentence starters to help reflect on areas to improve about a piece of their design/art
Sentence starters to help reflect on things the learner does not like about about a piece of their design/art
I chose to laminate these (double sided) and each learner has one in their folder to use as a point of reference if required. They would also work laminated and stuck to tables or even made larger and displayed on classroom walls.
This resource contains:
Unit booklet - Unit 02 of the NCFE Level 1 Certificate in Art & Design (Complete a final art and design project)
Title page
& all mentioned resources needed for the completion of the unit
I designed this for young offenders that I teach to provide them with a structured way to enter designs to the Koestler Awards.
The format of the booklet is highly praised by EQA visits
Please do contact me if you have any questions.