Component 1: Personal Portfolio
Teacher led project in Year 10, delivered through practical workshops to teach you how to approach, research and visually respond to a theme. By the end of the project you will have the skills to refine your ideas into creative and visual outcomes.
A second project begins at the end of Year 10 and continues through to Christmas of Year 11. This project is more student-led and allows you to design and lead a project based on your personal interests and your creative strengths.
Each project within the coursework will cover the following:
• Critical research and analysis of practitioners (both historical and contemporary)
• Primary research and observations – including photography
• Development and communication of ideas through drawing
• Recording and evaluation of ideas and insights through written annotation
• Experimentation and refinement using a variety of mediums.
Component 2: Externally Set Assignment
Set by the exam board and released in January, students choose a starting point and produce a succinct portfolio of work independently.
This culminates in the production of a final response in a 10 hour controlled assessment period.
Component 1: Personal Portfolio - 60% of total mark
Your porfolio will be internally set and assessed through controlled assessments during Year 10 and Year 11. It is externally moderated at the end of Year 11, as part of your final exhibition.
Component 2: Externally Set Assignment - 40% of total mark
This component is internally and externally moderated.
Each component is assessed separately; the final marks are combined to create an overall mark/200 which the exam board apply an overall grade to. Component 1 offers a maximum of 120 marks equally split into 30 marks across the four assessment objectives. Component 2 offers a maximum of 80 marks equally split across the four assessment objectives.
These assessment objectives are;
AO1 – Critical Understanding
AO2 – Creative Making
AO3 – Reflective Recording
AO4 - Personal Presentation
At the end of Year 11 both components are presented in an exhibition for the moderator to assess, and to celebrate our students creativity and success.