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This checklist has been instrumental in our GCSE students achieving grades 5+. It’s a great resource to hold students accountable for their work and it ensures that the students hit all of the assessment criteria. I explain to my students that this checklist is the minimum needed for a grade 5 and that in order to achieve higher they would spend more time on the experiments and refinement. HA students use it independently whilst LA and MA use it alongside structured support.

A complete step by step booklet designed for GCSE art students to complete a project themed around DISTORTION and PORTRAITURE. It includes: step by step instructions linking to the assessment objectives with rationale as to why they are needed. Artists to use as starting points including images to cut out and use for sketchbooks/ to work from This was designed originally during Covid as a way for students to complete their projects independently. I now use it as a summer project for my year 10’s to bulk out portfolio if needed.

Art pencil or pen skill builder booklet. Contains: tonal gradient exercises mark making techniques and practice space over 30+ pencil images to draw from including facial features, objects, portraits and animals. Great booklet for alt ed, supply, cover, summer projects, inclusion or homework

Full project portfolio pages to be printed onto art paper and drawn directly onto. includes A3: Mood board/ mind map page which you can also write a proposal on 3X Artist pages with space do complete a copy and add artist information Artist response pages with photographs to work from Devlopment pages including 2 pages of images to work from. Final piece ideas page. I have used this with some of my SEND or Alt Ed students and it has allowed them to focus fully on the artwork itself rather than navigate the portfolio expectations. All students who have used this or something very similar have achieved a grade 5+

I have taken the spidergrams from the AQA standardisation handbook and made them into colourful, A3 posters for use in the classroom. minimal ability will be added in due time! The posters are PNGs so they can be printed whatever size you require. Pop at the front of sketchbooks, on the wall or share digitally with your students. I have purposely uploaded these posters for FREE for all to use as they see fit. I hope you find them helpful!

Way back in 2014 I created and uploaded these assessment objective posters for free and they were wildly successful. Here they are, second time around!