A 25 slide exploration of the need to develop ideas through careful, considered and informed decision making. The slideshow starts with a series of slides that encourage students to think about how to work from an initial starting point to a final outcome. Slides then move on to the links between idea development and the four Assessment Objectives. It clearly shows that ALL FOUR AOs have links to idea development. The slideshow also includes a full explanation of each AO in student friendly language. This has been written by an experienced Head of department and Senior A level Art moderator. We hope that you find it of use when discussing component development with your students.

A slideshow of over 50 copyright free photographs of patterns in the environment. This resource offers pattern based images of natural and man made objects. A wonderful resource for any project based on pattern.

A document outlining the duties of an Art technician. Duties are split into daily, weekly, termly and on-going jobs. Fully editable.

A KS3 Art Unit of Work. Focus: Still Life

Written by a Senior Art moderator. This step by step guide leads the student through the development of a component of work for GCSE Art. The theme here is "Metamorphosis". Students are encouraged to explore the art of a range of contemporary and past artists and develop their own work ensuring that they fully address the four Assessment Objectives. Suitable for use with either the AQA or EdExcel specification. The resource can either be printed out and provided to students as a work book, or alternatively it can be used as a guide, allowing them to explore and expand upon the theme. Ideal for handing to Year 10 students before the summer holiday for them to develop work for September.

In light of the momentous election result in the USA, this resource provides a 10 question quiz about the election and a copiable fact sheet about President Elect, Donald Trump.

This resource provides a range of superhero templates that children can use to design their own superhero character. They can add colour to develop their own super suit and then they can think about the super powers that their character will have. You could encourage children to develop super powers linked to study skills, for instance, super memory or super writing ability …. Or you could use it as a lead into creative writing, with their superhero saving the day in an adventure. Male and female character templates are provided. This resource could help make cross curricular links – study skills, art, creative writing. Please leave feedback. We really value your views. Many thanks.

A model for comment only marking for KS3 Art lessons. Suitable for all subject areas and fully editable so that you can insert information to suit your particular school. This resource provides a clear, simple rationale for providing comment only feedback to students whilst ensuring that data is collected recording and reporting purposes and linking to the new numeric GCSE grading system (9 to 1).

A KS3 Art Unit of Work. Focus: Portraits

A step by step guide showing how to use guide lines to draw a face. A visual resource suitable for use with all ages. An ideal starting point for lessons based on portraiture. Art resource by Start Creative Resources.

IDEAL FOR GCSE ART. Simple and easy to use sheets to support GCSE students when analysing the work of artists and producing their own annotations using key words to structure writing. Can be used as worksheets, posters or placemats. 18 sheets of specialist vocabulary. Print friendly.

Definition of an adjective. A high quality "vintage" style poster to add character to your classroom.

Over 40 high quality photographic images of scenes to support the teaching of 1 point perspective. All images are free of copyright and therefore can be copied, distributed and modified freely.

A printable list resource providing facts about US President Elect, Donald Trump. Also includes quotes made by Trump during the election campaign. Suitable as a hand-out for students of all ages. Please note that facts are not illustrated. This is simply a quick way of passing facts over to students. 4 pages of information plus title page.

A useful visual resource setting out the many aspects of the Art and Design Process in a mind map format. This diagram provides easy to understand support for all Art students and is as relevant to Key Stage 3 students as it is to GCSE and A level students. It can help inform the development of Art project work.

This simple resource might just help you get to the end of the week. A summer holiday themed word search suitable for all ages. Enjoy the hols when they finally arrive!

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!

15 exciting homework ideas for Key Sage 3 students focussing on the use of line, tone colour and alternative methods of drawing. Each homework outline in written in student friendly language so that the sheet could be photocopied and handed out.