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Art
Super Curriculum
Completing a range of tasks from the selection for your year group will help you to develop independent learning skills and achieve a wider more rounded understanding of the subjects you explore through the Super Curriculum.
For each task you undertake, complete the ‘TASK OUTCOME’ as evidence of the completion of the task. You then need to confirm which task you have completed by completing the form accessed by clicking the SUBMIT button. Your progress will be tracked via these submissions so remember to do this!
Also remember to save your evidence in your ‘locker’ on the UNIFROG platform where you can save your work, or a photograph of your work. This is your evidence of completion which will be reviewed at the end of the year.
At the end of the academic year, you will get the chance to discuss your work (using your stored evidence in your UNIFROG locker. Depending on the level of work completed you may be able to achieve a special Scholar’s Award!
To receive a Scholar’s Certificate, you must complete at least 3 tasks from each subject section. To achieve the Scholar’s cup for the year, you need to be in the top 5 performers who have successfully completed more than 3 tasks from each subject section.
Good Luck!
Read
Read your chosen text(s) from the selection below. The TASK OUTCOME for ‘Read’ tasks is as follows: hand write a 150 word review of what you have read. Use the SUBMIT button to register completion of each task; then save a copy of each task in your locker on UNIFROG.
- Read ‘The Illustrated Story of Art’ published by DK
- Read ‘Tell me a picture’ by Quentin Blake
- Read Google Cultural Institute Art Project website here. This is an ongoing project where you will be able to see every piece of art work in the world.
- Read ‘SPLAT! The Most Exciting Artists of all Time’ by Mary Richards
- Read ‘Student Handbook for Art and Design’ by Richard Hickman
- Read ‘Draw like an Artist’ by Patricia Geis
- Read ‘Nature Art’ published by Frances Lincoln
Write
Hand write your TASK OUTCOME – don’t type it. Use the SUBMIT button to fill in the form to confirm that you have completed a task. File a copy of your work, or a clear photograph of your work, in your locker in UNIFROG.
- Choose a piece of art that inspires you. TASK OUTCOME: write 300 words to explain why you are inspired by it.
- Research the life and times of an artist we have studied in class. TASK OUTCOME: present your research in an interesting way including at least 300 words of your own about what you have found out.
- TASK OUTCOME: produce a piece of writing that describes a landscape painting. Try to include sounds, smells, tastes and the tactile and kinaesthetic properties of the landscape. There is a useful link to help you here.
- Inspired by the letters of Van Gogh (see here) TASK OUTCOME: write a letter to a friend or family member which tells them about your art work.
- Make a sketch of some of your paintings TASK OUTCOME: share your ideas about your own work and the artists that have inspired you
Listen
Hand write your TASK OUTCOME – don’t type it. Use the SUBMIT button to fill in the form to confirm that you have completed a task. File a copy of your work, or a clear photograph of your work, in your locker in UNIFROG.
- Listen to one of the MoMA Teen podcasts here. TASK OUTCOME: hand write a summary of what you have heard. Include what was most memorable and most surprising as well as the key points made in the podcast. Also include how what you have heard might influence your approach to art going forward. You should write about 300 words.
- Listen to at least 3 from the selection of Royal Academy podcast. TASK OUTCOME: for each one of at least 3, hand write a summary of what you have heard. Include what was most memorable and most surprising as well as the key points made in the podcast. Also include how what you have heard might influence your approach to art going forward. You should write about 300 words in total for all 3 (or more that you have listened to).
Watch
Hand write your TASK OUTCOME – don’t type it. Use the SUBMIT button to fill in the form to confirm that you have completed a task. File a copy of your work, or a clear photograph of your work, in your locker in UNIFROG.
- Grayson’s Art Club available via Channel 4. TASK OUTCOME: hand write a summary of what you have heard. Include what was most memorable and most surprising as well as the key points made in the programme. Also include how what ideas from the programme might influence your approach to art going forward. You should write about 300 words.
- Watch at least 2 of the ‘What do Artists do all day?’ art documentaries here. TASK OUTCOME: hand write a summary of what you have heard. Include what was most memorable and most surprising as well as the key points made in the programme. Also include how what ideas from the programme might influence your approach to art going forward. You should write about 300 words.
Create
Use the SUBMIT button to fill in the form to confirm that you have completed a task. File a copy of your work, or a clear photograph of your work, in your locker in UNIFROG.
- Make your own sketch book using many different kinds of paper. Watch the online tutorial here for an explanation on how to do this. TASK OUTCOME: photograph your hand-made sketch book and file the photographs as evidence on UNIFROG.
- Choose a theme – it could be urban architecture/Nature/Animals/portraits etc and use this theme to guide your choice of topic for your images – they all need to be based on the same theme. TASK OUTCOME: Take a different photograph every day for 30 days based on your chosen topic/theme.
Visit
With the permission of your family, arrange a visit to one of the places mentioned. TASK OUTCOME: take a photograph of yourself at your visit location. Use the SUBMIT button to fill in the form to confirm that you have completed a task. File a copy of your photograph, in your locker in UNIFROG.
- Visit Tate Britain or Tate Modern to give you an insight into the history of British art and current ideas and trends.
- Visit The National Gallery in London
- Visit Kew Gardens, London
- Visit St. Albans Museum
- Visit Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire
