Art and design, key stage 3

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The National Curriculum is statutory in all maintained, mainstream schools up to and including key stage 4. An appropriate version of the curriculum is used in maintained special schools. Key Stage 3 (KS3) covers years 7-9, children aged 12-14 years.

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In art and design at KS3, children are working in the following areas of key concepts:

The key concepts need to be understood in order to deepen and broaden pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding:

Creativity: producing imaginative images, artefacts and other outcomes that are both original and of value; exploring and experimenting with ideas, materials, tools and techniques; taking risks and learning from mistakes.

Competence: investigating, analysing, designing, making, reflecting and evaluating effectively; making informed choices about media, techniques and process.

Cultural understanding: engaging with a range of images and artefacts from different contexts, recognising the varied characteristics of different cultures and using them to inform their creating and making; understanding the role of the artist, craftsperson and designer in a range of cultures, times and contexts.

Critical understanding: exploring visual, tactile and other sensory qualities of their own and others’ work; engaging with ideas, images and artefacts, and identifying how values and meanings are conveyed; developing their own views and expressing reasoned judgements; analysing and reflecting on work from diverse contexts.

These are the key processes that pupils need to learn in order to make progress:

Explore and create

  • Develop ideas and intentions by working from first-hand observation, experience, inspiration, imagination and other sources
  • Investigate how to express and realise ideas using formal elements and the qualities of a range of media
  • Make purposeful images and artefacts, selecting from a range of materials, techniques and processes
  • Draw to express perception and invention, to communicate feelings, experiences and ideas, and for pleasure
  • Explore and develop ideas using sketch books, journals and other appropriate strategies

Understand and evaluate:

  • Use research and investigative skills appropriate to art, craft and design
  • Appreciate how codes and conventions are used to convey ideas and meanings in and between different cultures and contexts
  • Reflect on and evaluate their own and others’ work, adapting and refining their own images and artefacts at all stages of the creative process
  • Analyse, select and question critically, making reasoned choices when developing personal work
  • Develop ideas and intentions when creating images and artefacts
  • Organise and present their own material and information in appropriate forms

At KS3 in art and design pupils explore visual, tactile and other sensory experiences to communicate ideas and meanings. They work with traditional and new media, developing confidence, competence, imagination and creativity. They learn to appreciate and value of images and artefacts across times and cultures, and to understand the contexts in which they were made. Pupils reflect critically on their own and other people’s work, judging quality, value and meaning. They learn to think and act as artists, craftspeople and designers, working creatively and intelligently. They develop an appreciation of art, craft and design, and its role in the creative and cultural industries that enrich their lives.

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