-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.

-Use this resource to get students to earn marks for all Assessment Objectives and to effectively plan for their GCSE 2017 Photography exam. Features: -Differentiated pathways to ensure student confidence and success in planning & producing a high quality final piece for the art exam -Examples of high-quality outcomes -Questions for students to evaluate where they are at with their exam-planning -Strategies for how to achieve a high-quality outcome for different skills and tastes

Creative Literacy Drawing Challenge Includes: -Printable worksheets for key texts used in years 7, 8 & 9. Activity: Students use different types of expressive lines and marks to interpret and draw a visual response inspired by the text. Year 7: Theseus and the Minotaur Year 8: Act 1, Scene 4, Macbeth Year 9: Act 1, Scene 1, Romeo & Juliet

Get your students drawing animals realistically and imaginatively as well as researching relevant artists, earning marks for Assessment Objective 1, 2 & 3. A powerpoint featuring... -introduction to a range of different traditional and contemporary animal artists for students to choose from -Instructions and success criteria for an observational animal drawing task -Instructions and success criteria for an imaginative animal drawing task

Surrealist Collage -To write your own definition of “surrealism” -To work in groups to recreate a famous surrealist work of art using collage. Engage students in surrealism and have them experiment with collage to fulfil National Curriculum Key Concepts: A01 Develop & A02 Refine.

Use this printable worksheet to get your art & design students thinking and working more creatively.

An 'egg-cellent' way to push your students to draw and paint from observation without 'crackin' a sweat. We used this activity as a 5 hour practical art exam. Includes: -2 lessons: Exam activity & imaginative response -Step-by-step instructions for success -Assessment criteria -Visual examplars -Links to relevant artists All you need to do now is go buy some eggs!

A-level and GCSE students will enjoy learning about Ursus Wehrli in this introduction to DECONSTRUCTIVISM in Art. -Differentiated Assessment Criteria for a deconstructive collage task -Definition of Deconstructivism -Guided Annotation -Homework assignment

Need a quick, engaging cover lesson for your KS3 art students? 2 for 1 on cover lessons: -Design a Wassily Kandinsky Google Logo for your school -Keith Harring Creativity Test worksheet

Explains what D.I.R.T. time is and how to make it an effective practice at your school.

4 worksheets to use to introduce Mehndi designs. Great to use as a cover lesson.

Use this resource to get your students drawing portraits using tone & the observational method. This resource includes instructions for 2 different skills and could cover 3-4 lessons: 1- Self-portrait drawing from observation 2- Half-portrait of a celebrity. Differentiated targets for Stretch & Challenge, More able and less able students.

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

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.

Save loads of money by creating your own school rewards postcards! Instead of ordering through a company and paying loads of money for rewards postcards, why not print them off yourself using this resource. 1. Add your own school logo to the postcard (if you wish). 2. Print out in colour A6 size on cardstock. 3. Distribute to your staff to use. 4. Write a personal message on the inside of the postcard (& add the address if you want to mail it) 5. Hand it to the student and praise them for their effort (or drop it in the post if you want it to be a surprise).

Adapt this poster and invite your cohort to join in contest creating your school's Christmas card design. Also includes an adatable rewards certificate for the winning designers.

Use this resource and a set of tools and scratchboards to create beautiful drawings with your students. I asked each student to bring in a photo of themselves to work from. -Includes: -Artist Inspiration -Examples of work with marks -Differentiated Success Criteria -Safety Tips -Link to instructional video Enjoy!

Open this file for ideas on how to organise a scheme fo work for Art/Design Technology.

Use the Assessment sheet & powerpoint to help your students push themselves further in their art lessons.