Each year pupils will undertake 3 projects.
Year 7 - Natural form, Oriental wall hangings, ceramics fish.
Year 8 - Plant forms, Islamic ceramic tilesm Fruit cross-sections.
Year 9 - Portraits, African masks and artefacts, Insects.

Assessment
All work is marked at the end of each unit and given one of the following grades:
A - Exceeding targets
B - Achieving targets
C - Working towards targets

You are assessed according to the 4 stands of the national curriculum based on your own knowledge, skills and understanding. Your marks are then converted into the National Curriculum Levels.

Level 3 - I can:

• Show ideas through drawing.
  
• Recognize similarities and differences in the work of artists.
  
• Make inprovements to my work.
  
• Collect information and make final piece

Level 4 - I can:

• Collect information and use it to develop my work.
  
• Use tone, texture, shape, form and pattern.
  
• Show ideas through drawings and other materials.
  
• Compare my ideas through drawings and other materials.
• Plan and make a final piece using my own ideas.

Level 5 - I can:

• Collect information from a variety of places.
  
• Use a variety of different materials to express my ideas.
  
• Compare and contrast my work my work with other artists work.
  
• Improve my work as I go along.
  
• Make a successful final piece that shows how my ideas have been developed

Level 6 - I can:

• Collect my own research and use it to develop my ideas.
  
• Use materials for different purposes, giving reasons.
  
• Communicate my ideas using the formal elements.
  
• Explain how artist's work affects the development of my work.
• Comment on my own and other peoples work.

Level 7 - I can:

• Select and organise information, using it to develop my work.
  
• Explain why i have used certain formal elements in my work.
  
• Expand upon my knowledge of materials and processes.
  
• Develop my work and final piece inependently.
• Comment upon the context of my own work and that of others.

Level 8 - I can:

• Research and present my information in a visually interesting way.
  
• Exploit the potential of materials and techniques to develop my work as a result.
  
• Evaluate my own work and develop my own work as a result.
  
• Articulate similarities and differences between my own and others' work.
• Develop my research, ideas and final piece independently and produce a successful result.