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Year 10

Curriculum Map

 

Year 

Half term 

Unit(s) of Work 

Key Assessments 

Year 10 

Autumn 1 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Creative Enquiry: Depth and Space 

  • Observational drawings carefully and accurately translate them onto paper. 

  • Build consistency and refinement in drawing skills through practice outside the classroom through a homework booklet and mount on card.  

  • Select and combine different materials for collage, focusing on layers and depth. 

  • Arrange work and research to create a visually interesting background. 

  • Incorporate sewing techniques, using thread to add lines, patterns, or texture. 

  • Create clean, sharp, and detailed line work in a final response. 

  • Create a prep sheet with research and observational drawings. 

  • Create a final response using all techniques learnt on the prep sheet.  

Autumn 2 

 

 

 

 

Personal Creative Enquiry: Brutalist Architecture 

  • Create observational drawings on Brutalist architectural features, such as strong geometric forms, sharp lines, and minimal decoration. 

  • Complete homework booklet focused on architectural forms, and mount. 

  • Create mixed media collages, combining drawings, textures, and materials to reflect the harsh and raw qualities of Brutalist architecture. 

  • Develop research skills by investigating the styles and approaches of Meghan McGlynne, Paul Catherall, and Seth Clarke, focusing on how they represent architecture, and creating artist copies. 

  • Design an original piece inspired by Brutalist architecture. 

  • Annotate designs, clearly explaining artistic decisions, the influence of Brutalist principles, and the choice of materials and techniques. 

  • Model and sculpture a three-dimensional work that reflects Brutalist architectural aesthetics. 

Spring 1 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Creative Enquiry: Minerals 

  • Create observational drawings on minerals using a variety of media. 

  • Use unconventional objects (sponges, sticks, etc.) to create interesting mark making with paint. 

  • Take part in a variety on mini workshops, using various media like brusho, ink and fairy liquid, mod rock, glue and paint and oil pastel to recreate a minerals texture with each media. 

  • Research and analyse artists, looking at how they interpret natural forms, textures, and patterns in their work. 

  • Combine techniques learned (e.g., mark making, texture creation, sculpting) into a final piece. 

Spring 2 

Summer 1 

Summer 2 

 

  • Complete an artist CV that reflects on their art ability from KS3 and their likes and dislikes.  

  • Complete research pages on structure, looking at vision, inspiration, links to skills, contemporary art and history, mind mapping all information 

  • create a visual recording page, focusing on observational drawings in pen, pencil, coloured pencil, collage, oil pastel and print making techniques. 

  • Collecting their own photographs that represent structure and mounting these on a page. 

  • Create a mark making page, including tonal drawings, mini mark making and evaluations. 

  • Complete a colour experimentation page, focusing on the colour wheel, mark making with colour, weaving colour, definition of colour with examples. 

  • Create a page of their structure influence after they have narrowed down their mind maps pages, looking at artists and images with evaluations/ annotation. 

  • Research a minimum of 3 artists, recreating their own interpretation of their work and using their photographs to recreate them in the style of the artist, all to be completed on their own, individual pages.  

  • Design a final outcome based on their research with annotation, refining and developing these designs. 

  • Use media and materials to recreate design work to know which material they want to use in their final outcome. 

  • Create a final outcome. 
 

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