Stretch & Challenge

Education to understand the world and change it for the better

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Year 9 ELT – David Hockney Investigation David Hockney is one of the UK’s most celebrated living artists. This ELT project will enable you to find out more about him and his work. It will encourage you to experiment with different materials and techniques and also think about how to look at things in different ways. In 2012, Hockney had a major exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. He was given the entire gallery to fill with his work – an honour never before given to a living artist. The exhibition is the starting point for this ELT.

Year 9 ELT – David Hockney Investigation David Hockney is one of the UK’s most celebrated living artists. This ELT project will enable you to find out more about him and his work. It will encourage you to experiment with different materials and techniques and also think about how to look at things in different ways. In 2012, Hockney had a major exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. He was given the entire gallery to fill with his work – an honour never before given to a living artist. The exhibition is the starting point for this ELT.

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A Beginner's Guide for How to Choose and use Wire Sculpture Tools & equipments

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Learn the basic types of wire and how to create wire jewellery and other wire art & sculpture. Wire working materials list and glossary of terms.

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Homework due 13th June

Make a tonal drawing of some pieces of popcorn.

Success criteria……

Draw the piece much bigger than life size

Draw them so that they don’t get cut off at the bottom of the page

Use tone and texture to add detail to all the pieces

Add shadows if there are any

Use a clean rubber to add any of the highlights

Keep you pencils sharp

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Depiction Precedes writing, Howard Riley

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Drawing: Practice, Theory, History

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Explore collections and stories from around the world with Google Arts & Culture.

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Threshold Concepts acknowledge that students don’t all begin in the same place or move through the threshold at the same pace. A Threshold Concept includes a liminal space where the student engages with “troublesome knowledge”. A Threshold Concept (according to Meyer and Land who invented the term) should therefore be: 

Transformative - students are changed by engaging with a new concept

Irreversible - there is no going back

Integrative - new concepts build on other concepts

Bounded - concepts are clearly defined

Troublesome - the new knowledge takes time to absorb and ‘master’

Check out these Threshold Concepts for photography and the associated resources.

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Eight Tips for Fostering Flow in the Classroom

Every teacher wants students to feel engaged and happy in the classroom. Here are research-based tips for making it happen.

Since psychologist Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi (who first coined the term) started studying flow, it has been linked to feelings of happiness and euphoria, and to peak performance among workers, scientists, athletes, musicians, and many others.

Flow is valuable in school classrooms as well. Research by Csikszentmihalyi and others has found that flow deepens learning and encourages long-term interest in a subject. (For more on the benefits of flow in education, read “Can Schools Help Students Find Flow?”)

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Sense about Science ? Equipping people to make sense of science and evidence

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Tramway in Glasgow – an international art-space renowned for commissioning, producing and presenting contemporary arts projects – hosts the Turner Prize 2015, 1 October 2015 – 17 January 2016

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Homework due 25th Nov

On the large postcard you have been given write to one of the people in your narrative.  Your message should be about recounting memories, thoughts, places that tell your story.  On the other side that is blank illustrate your narrative.  Look at the examples of illustration below to give you an idea of how you may do this.

Don’t forget to add an address.

Your postcard may read something like this.

Dear Grandma, do you remember many years ago when we went to……………..I remember the sea and how windy it was……….I lost my favourite toy you had given me and I cried all the way home……….you read me the story………

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Dear Scott, you have always been my funny brother.  I remember when we went to Auntie Jeans house and we………………..

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Dear Grandad, I remember the last christmas we spent together.  You had a paper hat on and I bought you some new gardening tools……….you told me stories of the war……..

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Dear Mum.  I have had allergies all my life.  I am really grateful for the fact you have always looked after me, reminding me to take my medication………

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Dear Dad, I felt really sad we had to move house………

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Dear Auntie.  It must have been really difficult for you when you were younger having to move countries at such a young age.  I remember you telling me that………

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We want to start this special project by  gathering your thoughts about your learning habits as well as how you feel about your abilities with literacy and numeracy.  Please answer the following questions as honestly as you can.  Thank you.

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Digital copies of sheets given out are on SMHW

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Examples, help and guidance for A Level Art students who are writing an A2 Art Personal Study. Tips from an experienced Art teacher...