Art & Photography GCSE

ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

Sixth Formers Megan Wheating and Lauren Jackson with Mrs Athene Jones (Head of Art and Photography

The Mayor of Richmond, Sister Paula and members of the Photographic Society

The Art and Design Department was very proud to display the work of our pupils over the Easter Holidays with both the Twickenham Art Circle Exhibition here in our school hall  and also with The Richmond and Twickenham Photographic Society at the Landmark in Teddington.  Nine hundred people visited the photographic exhibition with many commenting on the quality and liveliness of the images.  I wish to thank Ann Smith for all her help with regard to our inclusion in this exhibition.

The Mayor of Richmond, Sister Paula and members of the Photographic Society

Venice School Trip - 2012

Venice Trip - 2013

Mrs Jones, Head of Art and Photography, is organising a trip to Venice in February 2013. All year 7, at the time of trip, are welcome to join us.

Letters for the Venice trip are now available from Mrs Jones.

Staff

Mrs A Jones - Head of Department
Mrs R Sharman

Syllabus

Both the GCSE courses are run using the EDEXCEL specification, which consists of 60% course work and 40% Externally Set Assignment. Year 10 is spent building skills with a focus on experimental work and developing a greater understanding of the History of Art/Photography .

Year 11 is the time to develop a more personal response in the exploration of a theme. The theme is introduced at the end of the summer term for exploration over summer holidays to include visits to Galleries and to allow for the collection of visual material. This piece of work will be completed as the Mock Exam for the subject.

GCSE Results 2011

GCSE art grades all A and A* except for one grade B
GCSE Photo all A and A* again
AS photography Grade A

Previous Results

• 2007 100% A* - A
• 2008 100% A* - A
• 2009 100% A* - A
• 2010 100% A*- A

A Levels

'A' level courses now run in Textiles and Photography.

Outings

The Art Department organises a trip every two years to a European city visiting major Art Galleries. A big focus is for the students to draw in their sketchbook and to use photography to record the cities sights.

Art Club

Art Club is run every Thursday lunchtime during term time with the rooms also open every lunchtime for pupils to continue their own work.

Exhibitions

The Art department exhibits twice a year with the Twickenham Art Circle in the school hall and once a year with the Richmond Photographic Club at the Landmark Arts Centre.