Description
The two year International GCSE in Art and Design online course at Cambridge Home School is an excellent opportunity to actively engage in the creative process of art, craft and design to develop as an effective and independent learner with an enquiring mind.
We encourage students to take risks in their work and develop their creative, imaginative and intuitive capabilities through a variety of investigative, analytical and experimental tasks.
The opportunity to develop technical skills working with a variety of media, materials and techniques is as important as the ability to develop knowledge and understanding of historical and contemporary artists and art forms.
The IGCSE in Art and Design is an exciting course and smooth pathway to A Levels in Art or other creative courses.
Homework
Students enrolled in our Online IGCSE Art programme are expected to complete at least one homework a week to support and develop the work completed in class and to upload this work into our Teams Assignments, where they will also be given detailed, constructive feedback aimed at further progression and a grade.
Assessment
Throughout the IGCSE Art Online Course, students’ coursework, along with their portfolio of artwork and art theory, will be regularly assessed. Our specialist tutors are committed to helping students achieve the highest grade possible. Pupils receive consistent, actionable feedback and are kept informed at each step, with clear guidance on how to enhance their work.
Reporting
There are formal internal assessments at the end of every term, with the public exam in the Summer term of year two. The IGCSE public exam will be takin online in CHS, so there is no need to attend or register at an external exam centre.
Parents will be informed by termly report on attitude to learning, grades and full comments on how students can improve and where they are doing well.
There is an annual parental consultation evening to discuss progress, in addition to which you can contact your child’s tutor at any time on our microsoft teams platform to get a quick update on how they are doing. Parents also have readily available access to all recorded lessons, assignments and grades using their child’s Teams login.
In term one we introduce and explore a variety of techniques and skills based on observational drawing, mark making and recording. From these developing skills using a variety of media, including paint, print, sculpture and mixed media to explore ideas and subject matter, which will be linked to research and analysis related to the work of Artists and Designers. The process will lead to exploration of ideas and then plans for a response piece.
Term two and three see us begin an exploration into Portraiture and the Figure, combining observational skills with exploration of media and styles, allowing students to find what they love about art and then develop a personal body of work.
At The start of Level 4 we begin our final project which is our key assessment project based on the theme of arrangements, this allows pupils a broad area of ideas to explore and focus where their passions lie., this lasts from the Autumn term.
In the New Year students receive a theme based exam paper from which to develop a body of research and exploration which leads to a 10 hour controlled test where they create a final piece.
Students will need a creative space to work, where they can paint, draw, sculpt and experiment, sharing their work with their teacher and fellow students online for a creative class teaching experience as close to that offered in a physical class room as is possible.
The Teachers
Art at Cambridge Home School Online is taught by Ms Hope. Click on the name below to find out more about our Art teacher.