A straighforward powerpoint with Blooms tiers tied to evaluating pupils own art work, or that of others. Blue Screen to enable SEN pupils, with simple questions that elicit higher level responses from pupils at KS3, 4 &5. Especially useful for MA pupils and those looking to increase their marks for AO3 at GCSE and A’Level. Enables differentiated responses, in a clear and easy to understand way. Display it in class, or print it off as handouts.

A fun and easy to understand powerpoint suitable for KS2 & 3 pupils, that explains how artists like Kandinsky used abstract art to depict emotions and music. As well as art making activity - it contains easy to use literacy templates for pupils to write about their art works, and sound clips to get the pupils listening, thinking, - and painting! Lesson objectives, starter, review and PLTS prompts are in the powerpoint slides, so its an easy and practical resource to use without adaptation. Suitable for non specialists and art teachers alike - who want to teach pupils about abstraction, and how colour can be used to explain emotions.

These are a great resource for GCSE Art & Design teachers who want to** formatively review their students work **- telling them exactly what they have done well for each AO, and crucially - how they can do better!! The mark scheme for each Assessment Objective is stated on each of the 4 sheets, with a list of formative review comments that the teacher just highlights to state what the student could do to improve their mark. This is easy for the student to understand, and works well when photocopied to send home to parents & carers too - as by adding your own photo of the students work, it’s easy to see what needs developing! Students respond in their own WDYT section, to the teacher marks - so this ticks PIXL / formative assessment / AfL boxes really clearly… Two samples of completed reviews are included too, so you can see the end product with real samples from GCSE students this year! I used them in my own classes, and they made a massive impact on the students responses to their grades - they really took ownership of the reviews, and our grades rocketed as a consequence!

A condensed version of my exam countdown activities - shortened for the mock exam, which we do in year 10. There are 4 lessons for each assessment objective, with 3 tiers of each task, for differentitation. Alter the dates and sequence of lessons, to suit your own school :-)

Suitable for you to alter and use, if you are taking a group to the portrait award show - or want a template to adapt, to prepare for another gallery trip? KS3 & 4 pupils in Art & Design ideally…

Many students will have gaps in their learning, to close, for a variety of reasons. These resources will be especially useful for y10, 11 and y12 & 13 pupils in Art & Design, but could be used by other years, too. There are 17 Resources in total. Centred on each AO [Assessment Objective] they rapidly oblige pupils to create art for assessment AO1 - how to research artists and make work in reponse to them. How to annotate the responses pupils make, using key words the exam boards want. AO2 - a range of activities centred on different materials and techniques, for pupils to do, and annotate their findings AO3 - observations and annotations. Tasks are set from real life and secondary resources. How to develop these ideas into the pupils own personal creative responses AO4 - developing and finishing pupils own personal responses, and preparing these for display, and assessment. Each AO is split into separate, chronologically sequenced tasks, starting with AO1. Each set has images, text and a set of 4 ‘independent study’ questions. All have literacy support materials and key words to use. Each task sheet is in word, to make them easy to upload and send home electronically or printed, and/or their content could easily be cut and pasted into your own lesson slides. There has been much talk in the Art & Design teacher community about how to routinely close the gaps created in pupils learning - so I have put these resources together to try to assist with that big task!

A series of 8 positive behaviour strategies for you and your colleagues to use with children of all ages. Easy to understand techniques you can use to eliminate confrontation, get children happily on board with learning and interacting with peers, and reduce stress and confrontation for everyone! Use the hand outs in any order, and crack that difficult class and/or individual!

Art work needs to be described and annotated - but its so hard to get pupils started on this sometimes! I have created these resources, as they really help :-) The 4 handouts can be used multiple times with pupils, and are in 3 different formats, to suit your different learners :-) I find that printing out a class set, and allowing pupils to choose the one that they like best, gives them ownership of the task, and enables them to gain marks at KS3, 4 and 5 - by scaffolding their responses, and prompting their thoughts into words. All use CONTENT FORM MOOD PROCESS as prompts, and go from fairly basic description to complex written analysis. You can use them at any level, but you will find that they gain your students lots of marks for AO3 in any exam board, at GCSE and A level. Please leave me a review, I’d love to know what you and your students think of them!

As well as classroom protocols and clarity on COVID expectations, this lesson also enables pupils to creatively explore the work of an artist, and literally take a line for a walk. Great as an induction lesson - for any year group at KS2-4 Great to explore creativity and expression, particularly in transition!

Ten presentations on artists & designers that teenage artists can identify with easily - that follow GCSE guidance for AO1 & AO3 to get pupils **not just copying artists work - but responding creatively to them, **and writing annotations that clearly show their understanding! They boosted my pupils grades very well last year, and kids liked doing them too… I used them in Portraiture and Art & Words projects. They include contemporary collage artists Sarah Fishburn & Helen Musselwhite, 3D constructors Jospeh Cornell & Kass Copeland - and big names like Frida Kahlo and Grayson Perry - aswell as designers Stephen Jones & Phillip Treacy. They have a consistent structure that pupils understand routinely, and each PP ends with 4 slides of the image explored, that you can print off 4 per page - to have pupils collage and develop their own images from… I’ve included a template PP for you to use to introduce your own artists, too :-) Please let me know in your review how your pupils respond to them!

Introducing your pupils to work in the practical Art room can be difficult - pupils need to know that there are special ways of working in a creative space, safely and happily. Its essential to set out the ground rules, for any new group - throughout the year - and certainly if fulfilling expectations has broken down - and you need your classes to get back on board, to comply and work well again! Lesson one - this Powerpoint asks pupils to share whats special about a practical art room, and why it needs special ways of working. It then sets out a simple set of rules, and asks pupils to consider [and agree] these. Lesson two - this Powerpoint embeds these rules - by asking pupils to record these, in a poster. Suitable for any new class, or an existing class that needs reminding of your expectations!

A range of AFL resources to assist you and your pupils see how they can improve in ART & DESIGN - ideal for KS3. *AFL bookmarks - for you or pupils to insert in books, and copy suggestions for improvement from AFL project assessment slip - so pupils know how they can get better AFL grading grid - for progress tracking the whole year / Key Stage AFL lesson progress planner - for pupils to plan their own next steps All in a word format, that you can easily adapt to suit your needs, and personalise for your own school :-)

Flip charts suitable for KS2, 3 & 4 - to support the teaching of colour theory. Spin the colour wheel, to learn how secondary colours are made Blend tints and shades, to learn how to make colours lighter and darker Improve the spelling of key colour words - with spelling lists and basic writing tasks, to use these words correctly!

Two powerpoints that will get your pupils talking positively about why rules are necessary in your classroom, and then ask them to capture their understanding of the rules, in a poster. Lots of prompts for dialogue and agreement, and structured with clear rules and outcomes, so that pupils will understand what you want, whilst being empowered to take responsibility for their own compliance, and so also their future success! Adapt the rules I have suggested, to meet your own needs :-)

6 Art & Design cover lessons on a range of topics that most of us teach… Easy to use - designed for use with a supply teacher / colleague who is not an Art & Design specialist - or an experienced Art & Design teacher to work with! The task topics are: sweet drawing texture worksheet still life drawing artist analysis portraits art work analysis - pupils own or artist examples Each has a task sheet, and an image sheet All have prompts to support annotation and literacy I’ve also included a blank template for each sheet, for you to adapt and make your own :-)

A Level teachers of Art & Design looking for all they need to deliver the Personal Investigation, in Y13 - will love this set of resources. They support your teaching of the unit methodically, yet creatively! Avert crisis or blank pieces of paper, with these tools. pupil plannng proposal form - for pupils to map out their ideas pupils detailed proposal form - with essay content suggestions, deadlines and word counts integrated homeworks and London research trip tasks illustrated Power Point for you to adapt and use in class annotation prompt help sheet [which in fact you could use with any art class] summer Homework task - to kick start the project at the tail end of year 12 We have used these annually in my own school for several years, and they work so well for us I thought they were definately worth offering for you to use.

Art & Design GCSE teachers will find these countdown documents VERY useful. I have found that using them has boosted our grades last year to 16% above National Average - and I work in a deprived Academy! Each one, for each of the 4 assessment objectives, 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 focuses and motivates 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 / your pupil to differentiate 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. I have included them in different formats; in word - so you can just print them off; trim off my own lesson dates or have your pupils alter them? in excel - so can adapt them to suit your own dates, and insert / delete tasks in excel - an overview of all 4 AO’s - that you can again adapt if you wish, then clip into your planner So; no more blank pieces of paper, and no more blank stares from stressed out pupils, stuck for ideas! Lesson by lesson, your exam work is produced… Do try these yourself, and let me know how you get on :-)

Stretch and Challenge cards linked to common Art project themes at KS3&4, with a template teachers can use to create their own. Suitable to print and hand to pupils as extension materials, or to populate a ‘Challenge Area’ in your differentiated classroom. Easy for pupils to understand, and flexible to use - and adapt to create your own.

A handy checklist for presentation, you can print off and laminate into cards – 3 per sheet. I hand them to pupils as they enter the room, to use to check their book, as a settling / starter activity. OFSTED are placing a big emphasis on pupils pride in their work, and they see presentation in books as a real indicator of this! We find they work for us…… do use and let me know if they work for you?