Sponne School

Art

The Art department is a very busy, popular and successful department. We have many students who take the subject at GCSE and A-Level achieving excellent grades.

At all levels we encourage students to become independent learners and to foster their own creative ideas and to make their art a personal creative statement.

All students have the opportunity to attend weekly popular after school Art Clubs. We hold an annual showcase art exhibition that includes all Year 11 and Year 13 Art students' work. We visit galleries and encourage our students to engage with the wider world of Arts and Culture.

We run a popular A Level Photography course. Each student learns how to develop and produce black and white photographs in one of our three darkrooms as well as digital photography.

The Art department at Sponne develops independent, creative, questioning, confident minds that enables students to go onto their future life with open minds and a range of creative expressive skills. Many students do go on to study an Art course at university and have successful careers, where they use their creative communication in an increasing visual world.

Year 7 - We explore shape, line and form, Illustration and a creative 3D sculpture project
Year 8 - We explore portrait, perspective and a creative sculpture project.
Year 9 - We explore still life and Landscape - using a range of media
Year 10 - Students explore natural forms as a stimulus which leads onto a sculpture design/maquette. Following this they look at the Human figure and develop their own theme which develops further in Y11.
Year 11 - Students choose their own theme and media to work towards their final project and their exam project.
Year 12 - Students do a foundation course where they explore drawing, painting, sculpture and printing. Following on from this they start their personal investigation which forms 60% of their final A Level
Year 13 - Students work further finalising their Personal investigation project, followed by their exam project which forms 40% of their final mark..

In Year 7 and Year 8 we encourage all students to have an A4 sketchbook, at GCSE (Year 9 - 11) A3 sketchbooks and at A-Level (Year 12 - 13) A2 books. All items can be ordered online through the school shop via SCOPAY.