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Art

John Hanson Community School

Challenged to be your best

Floral Way, Andover, Hampshire. SP10 3PB
Phone: 01264 352546 Fax: 01264 339685

faculty

Mr. Paul Brown Head of Faculty
paul.brown@jhanson.hants.sch.uk

Ms Zoe Blyth Lord Teacher of Art
Mr. Anthony Durman Art/ Media Diploma
Mrs. Jenny Marsh Art/ Textiles/Gifted and Talented Coordinator

All teachers bring a wealth of art experience within education and beyond

We work on a variety of scales both individually and in groups with a series of investigations based in the sketchbook building to a final outcome. Homework is set frequently at the start of a unit with longer extended projects occurring mid way. Students have the opportunity to develop work in art clubs after school.
Topics covered include landscape and portraiture, public art, illustration, pattern and C20th painting.

KS3—We offer a broad range of experiences from our initial diagnostic through to thought provoking rights based work in yr 9.

Students undertake drawing, painting and ceramic work in a series of termly based assignments with two hours allocated per fortnight.

Key Stage 4 Edexcel Art and Design
in Years 10 and 11 candidates for the GCSE examination continue to build on their lower school experience. Naturally, they are required to explore media, techniques and processes in much greater depth. Contextual Studies – the study of artists, designers and related crafts is an important part of the course, and follows on from Key Stage 3. Gallery and museum visits support the work, as does access to the Internet and our extensive art library. We are proud of our work on VLE and we continue to develop extensive
resources.

Homework
In Years 10 and 11 homework is set on a weekly basis and should take a minimum of one and a half hours. All homework is recorded on planner live.

Sketchbooks (Work Journal)

All pupils are provided with high quality sketchbooks, using these for the majority of their