| Welcome to Rushcliffe School Art Dept |
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The head of department is Mrs J McFadyen who leads a team of three full-time teachers, one part time teacher and one part time technician |
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| We aim for excellence in the visual arts and hope to create well-informed, autonomous and confident artists |
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2007 Examination results
GCSE 97% A – C (OCR)
AS 100% Pass (OCR)
A2 100% Pass (OCR) |
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Rushcliffe has a thriving sixth form taking AS/A2 Art . The students are very successful and many go on to follow higher education in art related fields.
Last year students gained places at: |
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- The Courtauld Insittute, London (Art History)
- South Notts College (Art Foundation)
- Sheffield University (Architecture)
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Special activities are arranged for our gifted and talented students and an Art Club for keen artists runs on Tuesdays after school. |
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| The Department organises trips to galleries and museums to enrich the students learning experiencies and to see original art works. |
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Topics covered. |
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Key stage 3
In year 7 - basic skills of drawing, painting, ceramics, and printing.
In year 8 –skills aquired in year 7 are built on and sculpture is introduced.
In year 9 – students skills to express their our own ideas |
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Key stage 4
GSCE students study topics of Pop Art, Still Life and figures |
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| At AS/A2 level we explore the man-made and natural environment |
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Levels expected |
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Year 7 Level 3 – 5
Year 8 Level 4 – 7
Year 9 (KS3) Level 5 – 8
The results for Key Stage 3 are above the national average.
Some students who work hard may reach exceptional performance by the end of Key Stage 3. |
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Current Developments
This is an up to date and well equipped department which has facilities for drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, printing and ICT.
This year, the department is planning to improve their ICT provision by building a bank of e-learning resources. They also hope to improve their teaching and learning by implementing leading in learning strategies across all lessons. |
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| Some Examples of Art Work |
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| To see bigger pictures right click a picture select full screen. |
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