AO countdown plans for GCSE ART & DESIGN

Art & Design GCSE teachers will find these countdown documents VERY useful. I have found that using them has boosted our grades to 5% above National Average - and I work in a deprived Academy!

Each one charts the activities pupils can follow, as they plan for their final or mock exams. They could also be adapted for use with coursework projects.

The issue many art teachers have [myself included!!] is OBLIGING pupils to make work, even if they are ‘stuck’ for ideas. These sheets minimise that possibility. They make pupils create outcomes, EVERY lesson. This generates work that is then presented for each Assessment Objective.

I have found it really focusses and motiviates the pupils, if they have to mount up work for each AO on a display sheet.

Each of these countdowns:

• has 3 tiers of difficulty for each task set - allowing you to differentitate
• can be adapted to suit your calendar - just change the dates, and number of 3 tiers lessons you need in each week
• can be printed off individually, or merged into one document, for display
• can be shared with parents/carers - electronically if you wish - so its easy for them too to know, what their children should be working on.

So; no blank pieces of paper, and no blank stares from stressed out pupils, stuck for ideas!

Do try these yourself, and let me know how you get on :-)