GRAPHICS
GRAPHICS
Teacher: Mrs Melanie Pearson-Jury Email
Department: ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Art, Design & Technology Subject Leader: Mrs Melanie Pearson - Jury Email
Homework tasks can be viewed on the showmyhomework website
Assessment
GCSE Exam Specification:
WJEC Eduqas GCSE in ART AND DESIGN
British Values
Democracy
- Legislation regarding the manufacture of products.
The rule of law
- Legislation regarding the manufacture of products.
- Consumer rights.
- Copyright and TM laws.
- Trading Standards.
- Food hygiene and H&S laws and regulations.
Individual liberty
- Sustainability in design, Eco-design, green design, 6 R’s.
- Making food choices that take seasonality, economics, local sourcing and sustainability into account.
- Developing products for different customers/users with regard to their ethnicity, wants and needs.
Mutual respect
- Students research different cultural values and traditions for their projects. They are required to use these findings to design and make their products.
Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
- Students research different cultural values and traditions for their projects. They are required to use these findings to design and make their products.
- Social and moral issues considered when designing and making products. Referred to in specifications, design brief, testing and evaluations.
Key Stage 3
Design Technology in years 7 and 8 comprises of three term rotations in the areas of Food, Graphics and Resistant Materials (including Electronics). These modules focus on teaching the students skills and encouraging design technology capability.
Year 7
The year 7 course introduces pupils to the concept of basic graphically communication. Pupils are encouraged to develop skills associated with the use of drawing boards and related equipment including the use of ICT.
Please note students are expected to bring their own equipment. Every student must have their own pen, pencil and ruler and a set of colour pencils.
Students must complete all projects and homework is essential as they need to research their ideas.
The following list shows the areas which the students will visit over the term:
- Safety in the graphics room- Competent use of equipment
- Illustrative Fonts- Typography and drawing skills
- Sweet Packaging Design- Design and making of packaging
- Branding and packaging design
- Logo design- Development of formal drawing skills
- All Projects - Testing and evaluation
Year 8
Year 8 graphic class encourages pupils to work on their own and as a team on a range of design and making activities. They think about what products are used for and the need the people who use them. They get to improve on their own and other people’s designs. They use the computer to create a range of ideas.
Please note students are expected to bring their own equipment. Every student must have their own pen, pencil and ruler and a set of colour pencils.
Students must complete all projects and homework is essential as they need to research their ideas.
The following list shows the areas which the students will visit over the term:
- Technical drawing skills
- Packaging and Promotion project- working to a set brief to produce a final product
- Refinement of sketching and rendering skills
- Artist and Designer research
- All Projects - Testing and evaluation
Useful Websites
Key Stage 4
ART AND DESIGN: GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (EDUQUAS)
Graphic Communication encourages students to learn and experience new skills in a creative way. They get experiment and work with new styles and mediums. They are set a range of design briefs that they work through, developing a range of different products and outcomes. Students have the opportunity to experiment with a wide range of mediums, materials and equipment.
The course is broken into 2 sections:
- Component 1: Portfolio 60% This is a series of projects working through the assessment objectives. Students have the opportunity to research different products, artists, designers, work and experiment with different mediums to develop and produce a range of Graphic Products.
- Component 2: Externally Set Assignment 40% This is what we refer to as our exam project. A series of possible themes and starting points are released to students from the exam board in the January of year 11. Students develop projects and are able to design a range of different graphic outcomes. They go on to produce these outcomes in a 10 hour practical exam.
Students are provided with an A3 portfolio folder to keep work in and this will often need to be brought home for students to do homework. Students are expected to have their own equipment, pencil, pen, rubber and sharpener.
We will try and provide as many materials as we can for GCSE students, but for coursework many students want to try different ideas, so it is up to the students to obtain these materials.
AIMS
Students will be able to demonstrate fully their design capability, which requires them to combine skills with knowledge and understanding in order to design and make quality products.
Students will acquire and apply knowledge, skills and understanding through:
- Analysing and evaluating products and processes
- Analysing and evaluating the work or artists and designers
- Engaging in focused tasks to develop and demonstrate techniques
- Engaging in strategies for developing ideas, planning and producing products
- Considering how past and present design, relevant to a designing and making context, affects society
- Gaining an awareness of the moral, cultural and environmental issues within Design
Useful Websites
KS4 Revision Resources
Graphics
Useful Websites
http://www.design-technology.info
Revision booklets are also made and given out to each student in the spring term and also emailed to them.