Use this Marking crib sheet to simplify your marking and develop student's self-criticality. The idea is to use a marking crib sheet to collate generic comments rather than writing them down into individual books. The benefits include garnering a whole class overview and thus allowing for your planning to be more specific. This file can be adapted to use with any subject.

Open this file for ideas on how to organise a scheme fo work for Art/Design Technology.

Introduce your students to Keith Haring's Art and have them creatively reinvent the middle of one of his designs. -I recommend printing out copies of the slide shown for students to work into. -I've used this lesson as a baseline Creativity Test for Year 7

Use this to show your students how to use the grid method to draw a realistic portrait.

Bring in a bag of strawberry laces to ensure this lesson is a hit. I used this resource to help my students learn the importance of knots and to have some knot-tying practice. Our Textiles mission: To learn how to tie a variety of knots and decide which ones are most appropriate for our future projects. Features: Video clips, success criteria, historical information about knots, fun facts, step-by-step instruction & more.

Use this engaging lesson to kick off a unit on Lord of the Flies Learning: -To begin to understand the historical and social context surrounding our next project. -To consider how outside influences can create a piece of literature that has been called ‘a masterpiece’. -To consider what assumptions we may have about the novel and how accurate they might be. Strong links to SMSC

I used this to begin a unit on Van Gogh’s Starry night to teach brush control to my year 7’s.

Download this & use the steps to get your students pizza-making in no time! We used ready-roll pizza bases and I had students working in groups of 3. Works perfectly with my Food Tech Booklet.

The perfect activity to follow up on a unit on portrait drawing. Use this to have your students developing their own pattern taking inspiration from a variety of sources. Complete lesson with lesson plan & differentiation. Create a Self Portrait taking inspiration from the style of artist Kehinde Wiley. There are two parts to this artwork : Your tonal grid drawing (last 2 lessons) Your personalised background pattern (today) Key words for this project: Pattern, Portrait, Design, Shape, Identity, Personalisation, Repeat, Symmetry, Flip, Reverse, Colour Scheme, Harmonious, Monochromatic, Complimentary

Clear behaviour management system using YELLOW & RED CARDS. Yellow is a 2nd warning and Red Card means a further sanction.

Use this resource to teach students about Ernst Haeckel, explore Biology in Art and guide your students how to produce a high quality Artist Research page. Includes: -Template to help students analyse art -Examplar material with GCSE levels 1-8 -Key information and links to resources for Research -Simple step-by-step approach to completing tasks

-2 booklets that teach art history, observational and grid drawing techniques and are fun to work through. -Over 8 hours worth of materials. -Scaffolded structure to learning, with Do Now (starter) tasks which build up to a final outcome. -Great for remote lessons as clear instructions make it easy for students to work through independently. -High quality activities which develop a range of fundamental drawing skills. -Easy to use- just download and print. -Includes Assessment Criteria -Perfect for KS3 & KS4.

-Get a contest going at your school to help raise the profile of Art and celebrate Black History! -Easy to adapt poster with all the information to run a portrait contest at your school!

Learn about Synaesthesia and artist Kandinsky and try creating art using his neurodiverse ability. Includes: -Ready to print worksheet -homework challenge -Do Now task

Ready to Print or Upload! Includes: -How to draw a self-portrait -Clear instructions & Assessment Criteria -Key ART words -Artist quotes

Ready to print out or upload to use as an engaging, challenging Homework or Pre Learning activity. Includes: -Key ART vocabulary words -Choice of observational drawing tasks -Success Criteria

-Instructions for a practical activity -Introduction to a range of Artists who work on founds surfaces… Ekaterina Panikava, Vhils, Florian Nicole, Carola Kastmans, Guy Denning, Ed Fairburn, Mark Powell, Robert Rauschenburg -Ready to upload or print as is- no edits needed. -Have a look at the examples of Artwork on this presentation showing the way a variety of different artists have used found surfaces to create portraits.

A whole month of lessons! Drawing using tone and drawing celebrity portraits. Always a favorite lesson of my students. Includes: A whole month of lessons! Printable worksheets Assessment Criteria Step by step guide Do now tasks Autumn Art Assessment Marksheet

A whole month of year 7 Art lessons to start your year off on track. Lesson 1: Baseline Drawing Lesson 2: Creativity Challenge Lesson 3: Composition & Collage Includes: Clear Learning Objectives Exemplars Do Now Tasks Success criteria Homework Tasks Printable collage images Marksheet

Use this resource to help your students create level 8 and 9 artist research pages for the 2023 exam theme of LOCK! Includes: Checklist for what is required in an artist research SEMI writing framework & an example of how to use it Visual & written exemplars Tips for top marks Success Criteria for each grade- 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1… A choice of several relevant artists that your students will like.